Starmer turns away from Trump’s Board of Peace as US-UK tensions mount
Prime minister unlikely to sign up to body that charges $1bn fee and includes Russian president, officials say
Top UK civil servants in line for bumper bonuses
Prime minister’s chief secretary has promised ‘a state that can move fast’ in a speech on Tuesday
How Trump turned mockery into a weapon of diplomacy
US president assails allies with talk of ‘great stupidity’, dog sleds and AI images
Dollar falls sharply and Wall Street stocks drop over Greenland crisis
US president insists ‘there can be no going back’ on demand for island
Trump criticises ‘stupidity’ of UK’s Chagos Islands deal
US president says Keir Starmer’s plan to give away territory is ‘weakness’
Keir Starmer’s leadership under pressure from Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham
Senior figures from Labour leftwing burnish their profiles with public interventions
Isis fighters escape Syrian prison after government and Kurdish forces clash
Dozens of prisoners from militant group on the run after fleeing jail in north-east
Russia knocks out Kyiv’s power, heating and water
Missile and drone barrage unleashed on Ukrainian capital comes hours after Trump invited Putin to join his ‘Board of Peace’
Steal — Sophie Turner’s high-octane anti-hero proves pensions are far from dull
A low-level office worker finds herself at the centre of an armed robbery — but who’s the real thief?
Los Angeles fires dominated insured losses of $127bn in 2025, says Aon
Industry report highlights persistence of inadequate coverage for natural disasters in emerging markets
Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly?
Alexander Stubb on the possible scenarios facing the Arctic island
Israel bulldozes UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Demolition of buildings in East Jerusalem is escalation in Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign against UNRWA
BoE governor warns of market spillovers from Trump’s actions
Attack on Fed independence and threat to seize Greenland create ‘substantial risks’, says Andrew Bailey
InterContinental Hotels and the occasionally delightful inefficiency of markets
Intercontinentally wide spreads
Netflix switches to all-cash offer in battle for Warner Bros Discovery
Streaming group is competing with Paramount over prized studio assets
Why China has so many robot IPOs
Viral, dancing machines are far from commercial reality but trade restrictions are driving market activity
Why Bulgaria joined the Eurozone
Though the Bulgarian lev was already pegged to the euro, the country had much to gain by joining the currency union
UK approves China’s ‘mega’ embassy in London
Ministers give green light to project after months of political wrangling
Plan to overhaul CMA’s merger process sparks ‘cronyism’ fears
Move comes as the government strives to speed up UK’s approach to merger clearance
Indonesia’s rupiah falls after Prabowo nominates nephew to central bank role
Currency falls as concerns mount over institutional independence
Japan’s 40-year bonds surpass 4% for first time
Traders sell sovereign debt ahead of snap election that could give PM Sanae Takaichi fiscal spending mandate
Why the calculus for fertiliser production in Europe has changed
EU’s potential pivot on its carbon border tax may cause the energy-intensive sector to pull investments
A Shellshocked Nation — how Britain remade itself between the wars
Alwyn Turner charts the new values, entertainments and anxieties that transformed the country in the 1920s and ’30s
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns AI boom could falter without wider adoption
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth