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Financial Times: Oil prices fall as Iran and US pause strikes over Strait of Hormuz tensions

Brent opens lower after two weeks of escalating violence pushed crude to more than $100 a barrel

Financial Times: US pauses Iran strikes as Oman pursues Hormuz transit deal

Neither side launches attacks for second consecutive night as mediators seek to avert return to full-blown war

Financial Times: India’s Gen Z protesters puncture Modi’s aura of invincibility

Long-serving premier the target of demonstrators’ anger

Financial Times: Why wages and productivity look set to diverge further

AI and a falling labour share of GDP risk accelerating decoupling trends across the rich world

Financial Times: How China exploits EU divisions over trade

Individual member states and companies vulnerable to coercion from Beijing, say analysts

Financial Times: ‘Violent’ wildfires rage close to French and Spanish cities

About 335,000 evacuated in worsening blazes

Financial Times: China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative takes advantage of rise in appetite for renewables as Middle East conflict drags on

Financial Times: Maga’s creepy baby obsession won’t solve the fertility crisis

But neither will pretending that it’s merely an economic issue

Financial Times: One dead and 16 injured after van drives into Berlin Pride crowd

Police seek suspect as city’s mayor condemns ‘attack on our free and open society’

Financial Times: Defence giants provide record backing for military start-ups

As drones and autonomous systems transform the battlefield, traditional defence companies start to act more like venture capitalists

Financial Times: Investors use crypto exchanges to avoid Chinese controls on AI stocks

Perpetual futures let investors circumvent restrictions on foreign access to China’s equity market

Financial Times: Why workers are nostalgic for life before AI

Many white-collar professionals worry about the tech inhibiting creativity and making errors

Financial Times: Top Democrat says Trump administration is worsening chip shortage

Apple wants clearance to buy semiconductors from blacklisted Chinese company amid surging demand from AI

Financial Times: Iran says Ukrainian attack on vessel in Caspian Sea killed sailor

Foreign ministry urges EU to intervene to prevent Middle East conflict spreading beyond the region

Financial Times: Saudi Arabia strikes Houthis after Iran-backed rebels target energy sites

Tit-for-tat attacks risk expanding the regional war in the Middle East

Financial Times: Dropping quarterly company reports in US may not be a bad thing

Despite backlash against SEC, it could be beneficial if done in the right way

Financial Times: US immigration enforcement caught between Trump and public backlash

Killings by ICE agents undermine support of voters but White House doubles down on deportation policy

Financial Times: India’s ‘cockroach’ movement halts protests after minister quits

Dharmendra Pradhan’s departure was a key demand of the burgeoning student movement

Financial Times: Intern arrested on suspicion of spying at Nato military HQ

Belgian officials say operations have not been compromised after a Canadian national of Chinese origin is detained

Financial Times: Investors increase bets on Federal Reserve rate rise after oil price surge

Sharp increase in energy prices means next week’s US central bank meeting is ‘live’, investors say

Persuasion: The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: His Life and Ideas

Francis Fukuyama discusses the experiences and individuals that shaped him.

Financial Times: Andy Burnham’s regional privilege

Reflections on an under-scrutinised prime minister

Financial Times: Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic

The AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions

Financial Times: India’s ‘Cockroach’ Gen Z has had enough

The irreverence of the country’s youth brings to light the contrast between government promises and economic reality

Financial Times: Trump attacks journalists at awkward White House press dinner

Many of the president’s jokes met stony silence at rescheduled event

Financial Times: Trump threatens new EU tariffs in retaliation for fines on US tech groups

President says Washington will launch new probe into the bloc that could sharpen trade tensions

Financial Times: India and South Africa lead push to amass emergency fuel stockpiles

Developing countries forced into rationing during Middle East conflict plan to build or expand official buffers

Financial Times: Paramount agrees extensive delay in Warner Bros deal after states’ lawsuit

Media groups freeze merger until as late as June 2027 as court weighs objections to tie-up

Financial Times: US tech groups cut 140,000 jobs despite AI spending boom

Investment spree is reshaping Silicon Valley while wider US jobs market holds steady

Financial Times: Israel prepares ‘major’ West Bank operation after violent clash

Benjamin Netanyahu orders ‘forceful’ response to deadly confrontation between Jewish settlers and Palestinians

Financial Times: ICC ousts chief prosecutor Karim Khan after misconduct probe

Member nations vote to remove him after allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied

Financial Times: Waymo explores split with Uber as robotaxi tensions deepen

Partnership between two groups has soured amid intense lobbying battle over rollout of autonomous vehicles

Financial Times: Nvidia and Palantir urge US not to ban ‘open’ AI models after China scare

US tech groups and investors respond to calls for restrictions on advanced Chinese technology

Persuasion: This Week at Persuasion

London pub meet next Friday! Plus, a new episode of The Good Fight Club.

Persuasion: The Rise and Rise of E-Spirituality

Witches, spells, tarot are taking Gen Z by storm.

Financial Times: Europe wins and Brazil loses in Trump tariff overhaul

Some countries are relatively better off but the reprieve may only be temporary

Financial Times: Carmakers are the rare example of tariffs as the least bad option

Protectionism is rarely cost-free but the profitability of US auto groups shows why the allure of tariffs persists

Financial Times: Trump’s trade war shifts from shakedown to lock-in

The administration wants to ensure the US ‘gets paid’ for the superpower services it provides to the world

Financial Times: Yang Zhilin, the rock star founder behind China’s Moonshot AI

Known as ‘Yang the genius’ by classmates, his new K3 model has closed the gap with leading US rivals

Financial Times: Wildfires force evacuation of Cap Ferret resort on Atlantic coast

Tens of thousands ordered to safety in France and Spain as Madrid declares national emergency

Financial Times: Meta faces higher borrowing costs in latest $12bn data centre financing

BlackRock-led deal meets investor anxiety over rising AI exposure

Financial Times: Ukraine opens probe into defence event after deadly Russian strike

Rare daytime missile attack on Kyiv killed at least 10 people on Friday

Financial Times: Russia’s biggest online retailer becomes target in Ukraine drone war

Strikes on Wildberries have killed nine people and left small sellers facing millions of roubles in losses

Financial Times: The field marshal’s gambit

Asim Munir is trying to refashion Pakistan’s place in the world — and bolster his power at home

Financial Times: South Korea’s cash-rich winners of AI boom go on US buying spree

Companies make biggest US investment push in years to build up tech capabilities and avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs

Financial Times: Welcome to the era of financial candyfloss

The value of real assets in the US is shrinking as financialisation soars

Financial Times: Trump’s dubious nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

An accord lacking ‘gold standard’ safeguards on enrichment would carry proliferation risks

Estate Agent Today: Are YOU in favour of Labour’s house buying reforms?

No fewer than 95% of agents apparently support binding agreements

Estate Agent Today: Good news as deposits more affordable – Barclays

The data comes from Barclays

Estate Agent Today: Burnham set to ditch controversial housing policy

The I Paper says Whitehall concern about the policy is echoed by housing experts

Estate Agent Today: Rich housing market boom despite imminent tax threat

Savills warns activity in this niche may slow until tax clarity is achieved

Estate Agent Today: Lloyds Banking Group increases housing portfolio

Much of Lloyds Living's portfolio has come via deals with volume house builders

Estate Agent Today: New remortgage option for owners aged 76 or above

Next Chapter Lending encourages borrowers remortgaging at or beyond 76.

Financial Times: Trump’s dubious nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

An accord lacking ‘gold standard’ safeguards on enrichment would carry proliferation risks

Financial Times: FDA panel supports access to peptides over scientist objections

Vote is first step in broadening public access to so-called Wolverine peptide despite warnings about risks

Financial Times: Intel posts fastest growth in 15 years as AI data centres demand fuels sales

Chipmaker’s revenue jumped 25% in the second quarter

Financial Times: The US needs a new Manhattan Project for fusion energy

If we are to outpace China and own the future of this technology, we must fund it properly

Financial Times: US hits 60 countries with new duties as Trump rebuilds tariff wall

Administration pins measures on forced labour probe after Supreme Court struck down blanket levies

Financial Times: US justice department to streamline company merger reviews

Change entails focusing on top competition concerns in a deal rather than expansive probes and fact-finding missions

Persuasion: What a Teen Social Media Ban Overlooks

Childhood itself has become an incubator for anxiety.

Financial Times: Oil hits $100 for first time since May

Attack by Houthis on Saudi Arabian tankers combines with disappointing tech earnings to spark Wall Street stock sell-off

Financial Times: Houthi attacks threaten Saudi Arabia’s oil lifeline

Asian refiners may wait an extra month for crude as tankers abandon the route through Bab al-Mandab

Financial Times: Oil price surge drives global bond sell-off

Brent crude’s rise above $100 threatens a prolonged surge in inflation and resetting interest rate expectations

Financial Times: EU fines Google €890mn in test of Trump’s threats to protect Big Tech

EU competition chief says it is bloc’s ‘duty to defend rule of law’ while delivering ‘strong message’ to search giant

Financial Times: Laura Loomer meets Zelenskyy after pro-Ukraine conversion

Far-right influencer abandoned opposition to war to praise Kyiv’s resilience against Russian aggression

Financial Times: Oil jumps to $97 after Houthis attack two Saudi Arabian oil tankers

Yemeni rebels say they used missiles and drones to target the vessels Encelia and Layla

Financial Times: Military briefing: can the US reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force?

Renewed air campaign has yet to reassure shipowners the waterway can be made safe from Iranian attacks

Financial Times: Japan awakes

Why 1 per cent interest rates could shake everything up after a generation of deflation

Financial Times: Is Trump winning the tariff wars?

Time to tot up the scores

Financial Times: Why the US is losing Chinese AI stars

More entrepreneurs from China believe there are now greater opportunities at home than in Silicon Valley

Financial Times: How to be a bull on the S&P 500

Start by focusing on earnings

Financial Times: Trump Media fast feed for president’s posts sparks Wall Street backlash

New venture has raised questions as financial firms decipher risk of paying for advanced access to market-moving feed

Financial Times: Russia forced to import fuel from India as Ukrainian strikes damage refineries

Shipment underlines crisis facing Moscow after drone attacks cut supplies and led to widespread shortages

Estate Agent Today: Agent’s fury at Rightmove’s £40,000 “ransom note”

These are the specific costs of one agency subscribing to Rightmove

Estate Agent Today: Rent-To-Buy operator snaps up entire residential block

This is the fourth London development for this Rent To Buy operator

Estate Agent Today: Property and marketing doyen joins historic agency

He's held senior editorial roles at Country Life and The Sunday Telegraph

Estate Agent Today: Agents Do Charity – massive fund-raise to honour colleague

Sophie sadly died from cancer earlier this year aged 42.

Estate Agent Today: Property SigNATure: Estate agency’s quiet revolution

How self-employed agents are changing career choices and driving a new era for the UK estate agency sector.

Estate Agent Today: Millionaires and Billionaires back London housing market (despite everything…)

The data comes from Beauchamp Estates

Financial Times: Google burns through $6bn in cash as AI spending climbs again

Search giant says it will commit up to $205bn to AI investments in 2026

Financial Times: OpenAI hacking incident exposes mounting risks in AI arms race

Increasing use of aggressive training techniques sharpens threat of bad behaviour by leading models

Financial Times: US and Saudi Arabia agree landmark nuclear energy pact

Critics warn agreement lacks safeguards to prevent future uranium enrichment and reprocessing

Financial Times: The deed thieves targeting New York brownstones

As property values rise, more titles are being stolen from homeowners without their knowledge

Financial Times: Greek tycoon’s tanker towed into Iranian waters

Shipping group Dynacom ‘trying to verify’ whereabouts of vessel hit in Strait of Hormuz

Financial Times: Tesla profits plunge as discounts on EV models weigh on results

Capital expenditures more than doubled as company accelerates pivot to semiconductors, autonomous taxis and humanoid robots

Persuasion: The Misguided Panic About Superintelligence

You can’t ban something that doesn’t exist.

Financial Times: Burnham can be the failure that Britain needs

Big government must be tested to destruction for serious reform to finally happen

Financial Times: Trump threatens tit-for-tat strikes on Iranian infrastructure

US president’s warning marks latest attempts to assert American control over the Strait of Hormuz

Financial Times: European gas prices approach Iran war highs as traders fret over winter supplies

Heatwaves and bidding war with Asian buyers leave market vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz disruption

Financial Times: Mercedes risks US sales ban under Senate China bill

Commerce panel to vote on legislation barring companies with significant Chinese ownership from US market

Financial Times: Private capital misses out as IPO and deal boom lifts Wall Street banks

Reversal marks dramatic shift from recent years when sector was seen as more resilient to changes in financial markets

Financial Times: US cyclospora cases mount as authorities struggle to find source

Thousands have been sickened in an outbreak centred in the Midwest and believed to be tied to a parasite found on lettuce

Financial Times: The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?

Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going

Financial Times: The UK’s biggest university is a private company

Supporters say franchised providers widen access to further education, but others doubt the real value of their ‘no frills’ courses

Financial Times: Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists?

China’s high degree of self-sufficiency also reduces its vulnerability to coercion by others

Financial Times: The high price of insider information

Without tough enforcement, prediction platforms provide fertile ground for manipulation

Financial Times: OpenAI admits an AI ‘agent’ caused a major cyber breach by itself

AI lab’s advanced models escaped testing ‘sandbox’ to hack Hugging Face

Financial Times: Samsung in talks to invest in Mistral at €20bn valuation

South Korean giant could invest as much as €1bn in French AI group seeking to be a leading alternative to US tech

Financial Times: US will cut aluminium tariffs to boost defence supply chain

Trump administration offering exemptions to companies that invest in American smelters

Financial Times: UK ethical fintech boss tried to set up arms deals with Wirecard’s Marsalek

Algbra founder sought to help businessman later exposed as a fraudster and spy raise $2.75bn to buy Russian military tech

Estate Agent Today: Agency recruiting more self-employed agents and targets 36 new areas

The self-employed broker model appears to be growing across the industry

Estate Agent Today: New guidance for agents selling tenanted properties

The effects of the Renters Rights Act are now being felt in the sales market, too

Estate Agent Today: Hamptons associate director becomes self-employed broker

Hamptons associate director Mark Barnes has joined self employed brokerage Moveli. In 11 years at Hamptons, he was Head of Lettings, Senior Head of Lettings and Associate Director in Sevenoaks. A statement from the broker brand says:  “His move comes during a period of rapid growth for Moveli, which has tripled its broker network over […]

Estate Agent Today: Annual house prices rises may be a thing of the past

This is the latest analysis by Zoopla

Estate Agent Today: Conveyancers are amazing value, insists legal firm

The study praises conveyancers' "expertise, efficiency and communication"

Estate Agent Today: AI moves closer to being a search tool for properties

Hailo works from an agent's existing listing feed.

Financial Times: US Treasury sends warning to hedge funds over ‘tax alpha’ strategies

AMG shares tumble after officials question explosive growth of tax-loss harvesting investment techniques

Financial Times: Trump taps Big Tech critic as chief of DoJ antitrust division

Adam Candeub authored a Project 2025 chapter calling for a sweeping shake-up of US competition enforcement

Financial Times: Should testosterone be in Hegseth’s build-your-own-warrior playbook?

The US administration sees scientific evidence as an optional, flexible handmaid to the more vital business of masculinity

Financial Times: Zelenskyy replaces top Ukraine general after mass protests

President chooses 43-year-old Mykhailo Drapatyi to replace Oleksandr Syrsky in generational shift in Kyiv’s military leadership

Financial Times: Trump reinstates direct US flights to Lebanon after meeting its president

US leader declines to put a timeline on an Israeli withdrawal from the Middle East nation

Financial Times: Bill Gates was warned about Epstein links by staff of his foundation

Independent review finds talks with late sex offender continued for more than three years despite concerns

Financial Times: Trump vows to attack Iranian nuclear facility as Middle East war escalates

Goldman Sachs warns oil could jump to $120 per barrel if Strait of Hormuz remains ‘disrupted’

Financial Times: The Gulf nation that became Iran’s softest target

Kuwait, still scarred by the 1990 Iraqi invasion, has been repeatedly attacked by Tehran and its allies

Persuasion: How the War Splits Iranians

U.S. attacks are a gift to regime hardliners.

Financial Times: Trump prepares fresh tariff barrage with 10% levies set to expire

US president to renew trade war after Supreme Court threw out reciprocal duties

Financial Times: Why the world trusts China more than America

Countries suspicious of the US are to be found on every continent, not just in its own back yard

Financial Times: Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over ‘deliberately false’ weight-loss drug ads

Danish group claims rival used outdated data to support claims that its products were more effective than Wegovy

Financial Times: Biotech deals surge to record as fear of missing out grips Big Pharma

Prospect of patents expiring on lucrative drugs prompts drugmakers to hunt for next blockbuster medicines

Financial Times: Berenberg alleges accounting manipulation designed to flatter profits

Auditor signs off delayed 2025 accounts, showing net profit fell from €81.6mn to €20.2mn

Financial Times: Liverpool FC owner in talks to sell stake to Mittal family-backed consortium

Deal would value English Premier League side at more than $6bn

Persuasion: Claude Steele on the Hidden Stress of Diverse Spaces

Yascha Mounk and Claude Steele discuss why diversity can produce anxiety—and how it differs from prejudice.

Financial Times: China weighs tighter export controls on AI models and chips

Beijing consults companies on ways to stop west acquiring its advanced technologies and star start-ups

Financial Times: AI is becoming a geopolitical weapon, warns EU digital chief

Europe needs to avoid relying on an unpredictable Washington for strategic capabilities, says Henna Virkkunen

Financial Times: The fall of America’s farm superpower

The US is on the verge of losing its status as the world’s leading agricultural exporter

Financial Times: Why Canada isn’t listening to American whining in the wine wars

Donald Trump’s tariffs have taught us an important lesson in the value of retaliation

Financial Times: Pointers for Burnham on what Britain really wants

The new prime minister can learn from 40 years of polling the UK population

Financial Times: Nearly 100 US troops injured in two weeks since Iran war resumed

The Pentagon says most soldiers suffered ‘minor concussions’ and have returned to duty

Financial Times: Pro-Trump Super Pac Maga Inc builds $400mn war chest ahead of midterms

President’s allies have built biggest money machine in a non-presidential election year

Financial Times: Burnham to remove VAT on household electricity bills

Former minister Darren Jones suggests new government’s tax cut is ‘unfunded’

Estate Agent Today: Rayner to lead house buying reform programme

Rayner had to give up the job some 10 months ago

Estate Agent Today: Upfront digital sales packs are ready for use – claim

Are we closer than we think to making transactions quicker, easier and safer?

Estate Agent Today: Property porn helps agency win 200,000 YouTube subscribers

The success is down to its Luxury Home Tour Series, apparently

Estate Agent Today: Phil Spencer joins Rightmove bid to cut fall-throughs

The webinar with Spencer takes place on Thursday

Estate Agent Today: Burnham’s first housing pledge will cost £340m

Burnham says homelessness is the fault of politicians who've turned a blind eye

Estate Agent Today: Former Lomond chief moves to franchise agency chain

Jack Spellman was lettings director at a Lomond brand

Estate Agent Today: Burnham becomes PM – property industry’s first reactions

Burnham has now entered Downing Street

Financial Times: US judge pauses Paramount’s $110bn Warner Bros acquisition

Federal court grants request for temporary halt to merger while examining impact on competition in Hollywood

Financial Times: US to hit Canada with 50% tariffs on wide range of goods

Washington accuses neighbour of engaging in unfair practices in move that could reignite trade war

Financial Times: Warsh’s quiet revolution at the Fed

The new US central bank chief is reluctant to signal future interest rate moves — how will hedge funds react?

Financial Times: Burnham becomes UK prime minister promising ‘unity and positivity’

The former mayor of Greater Manchester succeeds Keir Starmer with vow to tackle the cost of living

Financial Times: Oracle could face $7bn collateral bill for Wisconsin data centre

Increased power costs add to challenges facing tech giant’s AI ambition amid high spending and mounting debt

Financial Times: JPMorgan Chase boss warns Andy Burnham of ‘consequences’ if he taxes banks

Jamie Dimon says any tax raid by new UK prime minister would threaten bank’s planned £3bn London office

Financial Times: US petrol prices climb back above $4 as Iran war intensifies

Resurgent costs drive frustration with President Donald Trump ahead of midterm elections

Financial Times: Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten blockade against Saudi Arabia

Renewed fighting puts kingdom’s crude exports through Red Sea at risk

Financial Times: Andy Burnham opens door to using ‘flexibility’ within fiscal rules

New PM to name cabinet after becoming UK’s seventh leader in past decade

Financial Times: Trump is slipping into an Iran quagmire

America cannot achieve its aims by negotiation. So regime change is back on the agenda

Financial Times: How I got into Berghain, Berlin’s notoriously selective club

The mystique of its intimidating door policy still convinces people to fly in from all around the world

Financial Times: Portfolio construction in the shadow of the AI bubble

Hard choices on all sides

Financial Times: Regulator fired by Trump warns Fed independence still at risk

Regulator fired by Donald Trump says Supreme Court decision is not ‘durable’

Financial Times: Zelenskyy’s crisis deepens as ex-defence minister rejects offer to return

Ukrainian president under pressure to replace commander-in-chief who clashed with Mykhailo Fedorov

@1stdibs: We’re noticing the screen-free space as an emerging concept in home design, where the formal living room gives way to something far more leisurely: a reading no

We’re noticing the screen-free space as an emerging concept in home design, where the formal living room gives way to something far more leisurely: a reading nook, a game room, a listening lounge. Slow mornings spent lingering over a favorite novel or the weekend paper seem to be a dying art, one that our curated collection for Analog Spaces hopes to remedy. Tap the link in bio to explore. Inter · 780 likes · 8 comments

@1stdibs: Did you know that Winston Churchill was an avid painter? Like many of us, he used the arts as a way of processing his emotions and lived experiences, never sell

Did you know that Winston Churchill was an avid painter? Like many of us, he used the arts as a way of processing his emotions and lived experiences, never selling one in his lifetime. Montana Alexander (@montanahjfa), chairman of @1stDibs seller @heatherjamesfineart, explains the late Prime Minister’s relationship with painting and his works. 📸: Bettman via @gettyimages · 241 likes · 19 comments

@1stdibs: For 2026 #1stDibs50 Designer @catherinekwongdesign, design is all about edgy elegance. In the breakfast nook of a Lake Tahoe house, both edge and elegance are d

For 2026 #1stDibs50 Designer @catherinekwongdesign, design is all about edgy elegance. In the breakfast nook of a Lake Tahoe house, both edge and elegance are displayed by the 1970s oak Razorblade dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf and the chunky elm dining table. Tap the link in bio to meet the other honorees. 📸: @william.jess.laird · 258 likes · 7 comments · #1stDibs50

@1stdibs: This serene treehouse-inspired retreat was brought to life by @assembledge and @jamiebushco, where Western Red Cedar and natural materials blur the lines betwee

This serene treehouse-inspired retreat was brought to life by @assembledge and @jamiebushco, where Western Red Cedar and natural materials blur the lines between indoors and outdoors. Inspired by local traditions and touches of Japanese and Brazilian modernism, this home honors its architectural legacy while embracing organic modernism. 📸: @yoshihiromakino · 991 likes · 20 comments

@1stdibs: @studiohollond's Phoebe Hollond transformed her Victorian townhouse, located in London’s Shepherd's Bush, from a stark white box into an eclectic maximalist fam

@studiohollond's Phoebe Hollond transformed her Victorian townhouse, located in London’s Shepherd's Bush, from a stark white box into an eclectic maximalist family home. Masterfully layered lighting, bold patterned walls, and carefully curated antiques create a space that feels both energetic and inviting across every level. 📸: @milobrown_photography · 1179 likes · 3 comments

@1stdibs: @zendaya and @luxurylaw have quickly built a name for themselves as Hollywood’s most fashionable duo. From win after win at the Met Gala to the ever-increasing

@zendaya and @luxurylaw have quickly built a name for themselves as Hollywood’s most fashionable duo. From win after win at the Met Gala to the ever-increasing number of deep-cut references and archival looks at Z’s various press tours, their creative collaboration is one of myth. The release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey makes for a most epic excuse to do it all again. 📸: @pierre__mouton, · 734 likes · 8 comments

@vanityfair: It’s been 19 years since a 20-year-old soccer star named Lionel Messi gave a baby named Lamine Yamal a now-viral bath for a UNICEF photoshoot.

It’s been 19 years since a 20-year-old soccer star named Lionel Messi gave a baby named Lamine Yamal a now-viral bath for a UNICEF photoshoot. Today the pair faced off in the FIFA World Cup final, and this time it was the 19-year-old Yamal who did the washing up, leading the Spanish team to victory against Messi and Argentina—an outcome predicted by @tarotbydanteglobal in Vanity Fair’s Summer Is · 54289 likes · 197 comments

@vanityfair: @tchalamet and @kyliejenner traded hoops for football Sunday, heading to New Jersey to attend the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina.

@tchalamet and @kyliejenner traded hoops for football Sunday, heading to New Jersey to attend the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina. The ‘Dune’ star strode into the stadium solo, kitted out and clutching a soccer ball, before taking a seat next to Jenner. · 24189 likes · 219 comments

@vanityfair: It was a stacked lineup at the first-ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show, a non-stop 11 minutes of music from a list of stadium-filling stars. Madonna kicke

It was a stacked lineup at the first-ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show, a non-stop 11 minutes of music from a list of stadium-filling stars. Madonna kicked things off, entering the stadium in a dune buggy driven by retired soccer greats Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, then singing a new version of an old classic, “Music.” She handed the stage over to The Muppets for a cover of “Seven Nation Army,” t · 19365 likes · 257 comments

@vanityfair: Your mom’s favorite actor is probably in East Rutherford, New Jersey today, where celebs including Tom Cruise, Javier Bardem, Matt Damon, and Jon Hamm took thei

Your mom’s favorite actor is probably in East Rutherford, New Jersey today, where celebs including Tom Cruise, Javier Bardem, Matt Damon, and Jon Hamm took their seats for the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina. · 30533 likes · 167 comments

Financial Times: Oil back above $90 as Iran hits tankers

US carries out fresh wave of attacks as the number of American casualties rises

Financial Times: Iran’s currency tumbles as renewed conflict threatens economy

US blockades ports and targets infrastructure as Donald Trump tries to force Tehran’s hand over Strait of Hormuz

Financial Times: Spain outplay Messi’s Argentina to reach World Cup summit

Tournament’s best team wins one-sided final 1-0 and claims clutch of individual prizes

Financial Times: Burnham must remember the first rule of government

The biggest mistake of all would be to imagine the country enjoys a free fiscal lunch. In fact, it only has hard choices

Financial Times: Training AI models might be the chance for a workplace power play

It is becoming clear that the knowledge they require is currently locked inside employees’ heads

Financial Times: Morgan Stanley becomes Wall Street’s top bank for AI debt deals

Big Tech-backed financing has cut borrowing costs but deepened industry’s AI exposure

Financial Times: Coffee drinkers turning to whole beans as prices soar, says Lavazza

Chair of Italian family-owned group says consumers are opting for ‘less but better’

Financial Times: China’s ‘national team’ buys shares worth $9bn to prop up market

State-owned funds announce stock purchases after sharp AI tech sell-off last week

Estate Agent Today: Rightmove: is it taking sellers for a ride?

The FT has written about the portal's legendary high fees levied on agents

Estate Agent Today: Second agency becomes an Employee Ownership Trust

An EOT is defined as a special entity which holds shares on behalf of the employees of a given company.

Estate Agent Today: Surprise large price fall hits housing market

Rightmove has released its latest market snapshot

Estate Agent Today: House buying reform webinar open to all agents

What do the reforms really mean for agents?

Estate Agent Today: Rightmove issues housing tax warning to Burnham

The new Prime Minister enters office today

Estate Agent Today: PropTech product aims to help agents get ahead of buying reforms

The government has issued a roadmap for changes in buying and selling

Financial Times: Boeing says it will be ready to fund new plane programme by 2030

US group expects to have firepower to start work on 737 Max successor but warns that demand may be more of a constraint

Financial Times: US death toll climbs as Iran war expands

A service member died in a ‘controlled detonation’ of a drone after two troops were killed in Jordan with another missing

Financial Times: The art of knowing when to step down

Only a few master one of the hardest career tricks of them all

Financial Times: Spain beat Argentina to win World Cup for second time

Extra-time winner from Ferran Torres is decisive moment in tight but completely one-sided final

UHNW London Relocation Trends: Revolut targets wealthy clients with move into private banking - Sifted

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Financial Times: EU faces crumbling support for new Russia sanctions

National capitals refuse to support measures that could hurt big companies

Financial Times: It’s time for Europe to embrace air conditioning

More frequent hot summers will harm productivity and claim lives

Financial Times: US day traders flock to ‘the most dangerous product in crypto’

Trump administration has opened American markets to highly leveraged perpetual futures

Persuasion: Back When Football Was Innocent—And the World, Too

The game of 1970 was nothing like today. That doesn't mean I'll stop watching.

Financial Times: Chinese leaders zero in on need for stimulus for economy

Policymakers expected to prioritise spurring high-tech rather than ‘big bang’ for consumption, analysts say

Financial Times: How Maga fell hard for the gender binary

Pete Hegseth’s championing of testosterone for troops is the latest manifestation of the rightwing movement’s aesthetic

Financial Times: Heroes, villains and clowns: Simon Kuper’s World Cup awards

With Fifa a bit short on credibility, the FT columnist has stepped in to create his own prizes

Financial Times: Why ‘rightwing’ is no longer such a dirty word in Britain

When words like fascist and Nazi are thrown around, being merely conservative seems mild by comparison

Financial Times: Luxury groups face inventory squeeze under EU destruction ban

Ban particularly sensitive for industry that keeps products desirable by maintaining their scarcity

Financial Times: Singapore weighs hedge fund tax cuts to rival Hong Kong

City-state frets over portfolio managers relocating to Chinese territory

Financial Times: UK seeks extradition of Andrew and Tristan Tate after arrest in Miami

Crown Prosecution Service announces fresh charges of rape and sexual exploitation against social media influencers

Financial Times: US strikes Iran after two American troops are killed in Jordan

Battle for control of Strait of Hormuz escalates after Tehran launches attack on Gulf states

Financial Times: Trump to fund Maga-aligned projects in Europe as he reorders US aid

Objectives include countering ‘censorship’ from EU regulations and supporting ‘national sovereignty’

Financial Times: Traders are increasingly betting against SpaceX just weeks after IPO

Shares of Elon Musk’s rockets and AI company have slipped below their listing price for the first time

Financial Times: German army looks to Ukraine for battlefield lessons

Land forces chief says Kyiv’s military expertise is proving invaluable as Bundeswehr rebuilds and US support wanes

Financial Times: Zelenskyy considers sacking commander-in-chief as protests swell

Crisis engulfs military after Ukrainian president dismissed his popular defence minister

Financial Times: Big Law braces for second fight with Trump over capitulation deals

Department of Justice tells top firms their leaders must sit for depositions over agreements they reached over a year ago

Financial Times: Surrogacy controversy sparks resignation of Merz’s parliamentary leader

CDU rightwinger Jens Spahn steps down after revealing he used a surrogate mother in the US to become a father

Persuasion: The Good Fight Club: Refounding Liberalism, Gen Z's Political Instincts, and a Watergate Ghost Story

Francis Fukuyama, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Janfaza join Yascha Mounk to discuss what a radical liberal agenda might look like today.

Financial Times: Gibraltar land grab stirs age-old dispute with Spain

British overseas territory is expanding into the sea to relieve cramped living conditions