Israel moves to give police powers in occupied West Bank
Far-right government advances its push towards annexing the Palestinian territory
Farage won in Clacton. But there are bigger tests to come
Probe into party leader’s finances resumes with Labour government now leading in the polls
FirstFT: Iran war pushes up mortgage costs for borrowers
Also in today’s newsletter: Anthropic and ChatGPT launch cheap models, and Venezuela requests return of 31 tonnes of gold
Is Andy Burnham the new Money Saving Expert?
Our latest PM is laser-focused on the cost of living but here’s how he could go even further
Why nationalise the railways if nothing really changes?
Since operator C2C was brought into public hands last year, outcomes have yet to see much improvement
Swiss economy grows at fastest rate since 2021 despite trade turmoil
Chemicals and pharma sectors help boost GDP by 1.5% in the second quarter
The world’s best ice cream stores: the readers’ picks 2.0
Additions to our dessert compendium, as chosen by you
The brand-new country house. Chic or eek?
An author makes the case for classic English style – minus the drafts and damp bedrooms
Investigation into Farage resumes after he wins Clacton by-election
Reform UK leader increases number of votes after mainstream parties shunned poll as stunt
Indonesia’s Prabowo retreats on commodities reform amid market pressure
State-owned agency had threatened to shake up trade of nickel, thermal coal and palm oil
Probe into UK train derailment after 20 people injured
Services disrupted after three carriages on London to Eastbourne route flipped on to their side
More blazes and fewer to fight them: UK firefighters under pressure
Drop in firefighter numbers in England leaves brigades stretched as callouts rise
Jaguar Land Rover owner’s shares slip after profits tumble
Finance chief says times at Tata-owned carmaker ‘are simultaneously both difficult and exciting’
Karthik Sankaran on the case for yen intervention
‘I’ve been calling for an intervention at least since dollar-yen was at 150’
FTAV’s further reading
Sameness; tariffs; Africa; clouds; sharing; Windows; play; assemblage
Shares of China’s JD.com slide after rare revenue plunge
Ecommerce platform suffered first sales decline in more than a decade after end of government subsidy programme
Transcript: Hot Stoxx summer
Katie Martin talks to Ian Smith
The trillion-dollar IPO vibes continue
Anthropic investors expect the AI start-up to float at a valuation of $2tn or more in October
Transcript: Venezuela demands its gold back from the UK
Sonja Hutson talks to Joe Daniels and Monica Mark
Mortgage costs pushed higher by US stand-off with Iran
Interest rates on home loans have jumped in America and several big European economies in recent weeks
JPMorgan debanked Polymarket over regulatory concerns
Largest US bank has continued to cultivate ties with prediction platform as it seeks $20bn valuation
Venezuela and its opposition want gold back from Bank of England vaults
After US-backed negotiations, the two sides said they would push to access $4bn in bullion held in the UK
Fragile states in Africa and Middle East hit by more than 40% cut in UK direct aid
Campaigners sound alarm over cuts to development spending pushed through to fund defence investment
Owner of collapsed lender MFS to pay £3mn to his lawyers at Mishcon de Reya
Administrators agree to Paresh Raja using funds from frozen account as he defends claim he misappropriated £1.3bn