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Iran will only agree to talks to end Middle East crisis if Israel stops bombing
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Iran has told other countries in the Middle East that it will only agree to negotiate an end to the war with Israel and resume talks over its nuclear programme only if Israeli…
Read MoreDonald Trump opens G7 summit by criticising Russia’s exclusion
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump said it was a “big mistake” to exclude Russia from G7 summits as he used his opening remarks of the meeting in Canada’s Rocky Mountains to lament the group’s treatment of…
Read MoreSabadell explores sale of UK high street bank TSB
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sabadell is exploring a sale of its British bank TSB, as the Spanish lender seeks to fend off an €11bn hostile approach from its domestic rival BBVA. Sabadell is working with advisers to examine offloading…
Read MoreUK home secretary apologises over child grooming gang scandal
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Home secretary Yvette Cooper has issued an “unequivocal apology” over the failure of the British state to protect young girls from predatory grooming gangs over 16 years, as she confirmed a full national inquiry into…
Read MoreIsrael-Iran tensions test central banks’ appetite for rate cuts
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Central banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The prospect of a new economic shock emanating from the Middle East is likely to heighten central bankers’ cautious approach to cutting interest rates, economists said in the wake of Israel’s attack on Iran. The…
Read MoreOil price falls back as flow of crude through Strait of Hormuz unaffected
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Oil markets have shrugged off Israel’s threat to topple the Iranian regime, with crude exports from the Middle East so far unaffected by the escalating conflict. Financial Times analysis of ship-tracking data shows there has…
Read MoreHow the Israel-Iran war may develop
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wars are unpredictable. Even the Israelis and the Iranians cannot know how their current conflict will end. There are, however, a number of analogies to consider. The first is the six day war of 1967.…
Read MoreIran’s regime fights for survival
After Iran’s newly established Islamic leadership was dragged into war by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1980, it fought, in the words of a top commander, with “empty hands”. For the republic’s young, ideologically driven leaders, determined to export their vision of Islamic radicalism, it was a brutal reckoning: Iran’s conventional army was in disarray…
Read MoreFamilies of British Air India crash victims ‘feel utterly abandoned’ and hit out at government
The families of three of the British victims of last week’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad have criticised the UK government’s response to the disaster, saying they “feel utterly abandoned”. It comes after an Air India Dreamliner crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport in western India, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew. One person…
Read MoreFuel and fury: energy becomes a Middle East battlefield
Israel’s assault on Iran thrusts oil and gas assets into frontline of conflict Source link
Read MoreTributes paid to mother-of-four among two skydivers who died in ‘tragic accident’
A mother-of-four was among two skydivers who died following a “tragic accident” at an airfield in Devon. Belinda Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene following Friday afternoon’s incident in the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome near Honiton. On Facebook, her partner Scott Armstrong wrote: “I miss you so much, you were my best friend. “Thank…
Read MoreWhy is the oil price not surging?
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear facilities has escalated to back-and-forth missile volleys that continue as we write. Much is at…
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