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  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Brexit
    Keir Starmer to hold talks with the EU on defence co-operation

    British premier will accept an invitation by the bloc to discuss security matters, in the latest sign of improving relations

    Sir Keir Starmer
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    Measures to boost housebuilding in England risk being thwarted

    Experts say councils may be given too much time to produce local plans that permit increased development

    New residential housing development  encroaching on greenfield site  near Worcester
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Breaking news in brief
    Swiss interest rates cut more than expected
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    US inflation
    US inflation rose to 2.7% in November

    Figure matches Wall Street’s forecasts and clears way for Federal Reserve rate cut next week

    Line chart showing US inflation rate since 2021
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    FBI director Christopher Wray to step down before Trump takes office

    Resignation comes after president-elect said he will nominate Kash Patel to lead top US law enforcement agency

    Christopher Wray
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Property sector
    Luxury real estate brokers charged with sex trafficking

    Prosecutors accuse brothers Tal and Oren Alexander of using their wealth and connections to attract women they abused

    Oren Alexander, left, and Tal Alexander
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Trafigura
    Trafigura says Swiss prosecutors in bribery case were on a political ‘crusade’

    The company argues that the case was based on flimsy and unreliable testimony

    Michael Wainwright, former Trafigura chief operating officer, right, and his lawyer Daniel Kinzer arriving at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, on Monday
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    An EU-Mercosur deal worth ratifying

    Agreement with South American bloc is a chance to bolster free trade

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the recent Mercosur summit in Montevideo
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    German election
    German election 2025: Who’s ahead in the polls?

    After the collapse of Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition, follow our live-updating polling data and discover other possible coalitions ahead of February vote

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    More than 10,000 UK civil service jobs to be cut

    Voluntary redundancies expected across Whitehall as departments respond to chancellor’s spending review

    Whitehall street sign
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Breaking news in brief
    News updates from December 11: US inflation rose to 2.7% in November; Nasdaq closes above 20,000 for first time
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    OutlookRaphael Minder
    Warsaw’s QueerMuzeum defies anti-gay hostility in Poland

    The nation’s first LGBTQ museum offers hope for a community still struggling with inequality

    Two women kiss inside a museum
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Bank of Canada
    Bank of Canada warns Trump’s tariffs will ‘dramatically’ hit growth

    Central bank has slashed borrowing costs five times this year in an effort to combat unemployment and boost growth

    Exterior of the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Biden administration split over US Steel deal

    Pentagon, Treasury and state department all conclude $15bn Nippon Steel acquisition poses no national security risk

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    UK ministers reject union calls to lift public sector pay to pre-austerity levels

    Downing Street says wages can rise above inflation only with productivity gains to match

    Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Ayatollah Khamenei defiant even as Iran evacuates thousands from Syria

    Over 4,000 flown home in the face of rebel victory and overthrow of ally Bashar al-Assad

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking at a meeting in Tehran, Iran on December 11 2024
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Giedrimas Jeglinskas
    The case for a global defence bank

    Transformative solutions are required to overhaul procurement and expand the pool of available capital

    The headquarters of the European Investment Bank with flagpoles outside it in Luxembourg
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    FIFA Men's World Cup
    Fifa confirms Saudi Arabia as host of 2034 World Cup

    Kingdom’s unopposed bid for sporting event ratified by football’s governing body on Wednesday

    Saudi Arabia fans with a replica of the World Cup during the 2022 tournament in Qatar
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    BoE plans tougher liquidity rules for insurers following ‘critical gaps’

    Mini-budget and pandemic showed need for more frequent reporting, regulator says

    The Bank of England in the City of London
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Business leaders warn Reeves about the impact of her Budget tax rises

    Banking, energy and transport executives voice concerns in meeting with UK chancellor

    Rachel Reeves at the meeting this morning
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    ReviewMusic
    Sam Fender gives a tender and punchy performance at London’s O2 Arena

    The North Shields singer-songwriter was on great form near the end of a sold-out tour of the UK and Ireland

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Chris Giles
    The astonishing success of Eurozone bailouts

    As Greek borrowing costs fall to French levels, the bloc’s ‘periphery’ shows the value of steady reform

    People eat in a restaurant in Athens as a chef cooks in the open kitchen
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK agriculture
    Farmers gather in Whitehall in latest protest against UK Budget tax changes

    Tractors park up in main London thoroughfare in rally opposing government inheritance tax reforms

    Tractors are driven through Westminster on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Global Economy
    Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Emmanuel Macron
    Macron eyes political truce to calm turmoil in France

    President negotiates with party leaders of left and right to ensure survival of next government

    French President Emmanuel Macron
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