Iran warns it will hit US bases across region hours after president’s apology
Masoud Pezeshkian had said Tehran would stop attacks on Gulf neighbours
Trump claims Iran has ‘surrendered’ to neighbours after it apologises for attacks
Iran’s army says it will continue to target US and Israeli military sites as Trump vows to hit back hard
HTSI editor’s letter: why I’m putting ladies first
This International Women’s Day we celebrate female creativity – from Sarah Burton to Sylvia Plath
France’s unfolding nuclear umbrella
President Macron’s deterrence initiative puts Germany on a fast-track to UK-level nuclear cooperation
US faced with few good options to tamp down surging oil prices
Experts say reopening Strait of Hormuz remains most viable option as ideas such as influencing futures market fade
First Brands creditors reckon with dwindling chance of repayment
Upcoming asset sales are expected to yield as little as $200mn to pay off debt pile of more than $12bn
A week of war in charts: the impact on the US
The conflict with Iran is unpopular with the American public and is roiling markets and the economy
Chart of the Week: Europe’s extra energy tax
A weaker euro deepens the pain from higher oil prices
Price is now the main ingredient in the office-lunch slop bowl
Many chains have raised prices to absorb rising costs — which works as long as customer loyalty, or indifference, endures
Formula 1’s leap of faith
Also in today’s newsletter: what the Paramount-WBD deal means for US sports media
Palmer Luckey’s $1bn pitch to reboot 1990s video game consoles
From AI weapons to Game Boys, defence tech billionaire is in talks to raise funds for new gaming venture ModRetro
The bombing of Tehran — in maps and satellite images
Israeli and US strikes have targeted regime infrastructure and also struck civilian sites. Here are some of the key buildings hit
Meteorologists bet on ‘swing’ to warming El Niño weather cycle
Chance of natural cycle that raises equatorial ocean temperatures put at 59% between August and October
UK lenders raise mortgage rates amid warnings over inflation and energy prices
Market mood ‘has completely changed’ following outbreak of Middle East war
The war of unintended consequences
Israel and the US have achieved many military aims in Iran, but the unpredictable fallout poses threats to everyone
Can Crispin Odey convince a judge he was the victim of a regulatory crusade?
Financier is appealing UK watchdog’s decision to ban and fine him in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations
Trump’s war on Iran is spreading. Where does it stop?
US allies in the Arab world have been plunged into a conflict they neither wanted nor consented to. Historian Eugene Rogan on what it means for the Middle East
We’ll always have Dubai
Why the newly endangered city will endure
Allowing 401ks to invest in private markets is a bad move at a bad time
The move might help asset managers but hurt savers and the economy more broadly
How mackerel became Schrödinger’s fish
We sure as hell aren’t buying that much in Waitrose
Amid European energy fears, coal creeps back into favour
A protracted conflict in the Middle East would dent expectations that global coal consumption will start to fall
Britain is now the home of the Middle Man
Rules don’t even have to be effective to provide gainful employment for advisers
‘Being honest about my debts is helping others — and it’s helped me’
‘Finfluencer’ Megan Archer-Fox has cleared £40,000 of credit card debt, urging others to drop the shame and secrecy
America rethinks how to train its workforce
A ‘skills gap’ is not some blight on free enterprise that someone else will fix