EU prepares for jet fuel sharing as supplies dwindle
Energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen says Europe moving towards supply crisis “very rapidly”
Royal disorder in the charity sector
Nobody benefits if third-sector organisations can’t keep their disputes away from the courts
What Warsh should do at the Fed
If he is finally confirmed, Trump’s nominee for chair must undertake a re-evaluation of the central bank’s structure and purpose
US’s status as lowest-cost dollar borrower challenged as investors shun Trump risk
Concerns over erratic White House policymaking have driven investors to ‘very stable’ development bank issuers
Lloyd’s of London to end flagship diversity event
Insurance marketplace has for years faced claims of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace behaviour
Auguries from Hungary
Orbán’s election defeat is a blow to Trump and Maga
Oil tumbles after Iran pledges to open strait during Lebanon truce
Crude falls 10 per cent following statement from Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
London’s Kensington Gardens closed for search by counterterror police
Iranian-linked group claims to have used drones carrying deadly materials to attack nearby Israeli embassy
Olly Robbins’ exit deepens turmoil at Foreign Office
Top civil servant had returned to Whitehall from spell in private sector with zeal for cost-cutting and delivery
Labour lambasted over defence
Plus, will nationalist wins lead to independence calls in Scotland and Wales?
FTAV’s Friday chart quiz: improv edition
Just For Graphs
Thousands of Lebanese head home despite warnings
Thousands defy warnings and head south after deal that could bolster efforts to end US-Israeli war against Iran
Wagner on a shoestring budget? Welsh National Opera has it figured out
Despite funding cuts, WNO celebrates its 80th anniversary with a rousing production of ‘The Flying Dutchman’
Labour lambasted over defence
Plus, will nationalist wins lead to independence calls in Scotland and Wales?
FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 789
FT Weekend Quiz: Larry Hagman, Federico García Lorca and Norman Bates
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
The main reason I’ve bought equities again
US stock valuations only make sense if you believe in AI
FT Weekend Quiz solutions
Total comp: $4.6mn. Of which furniture discounts? Uh, $900k
Digging into Arhaus’s compensation tables
The best books of the week
From a masterful story of money, tragedy and London’s dark side, to the rich and strange art of translating Shakespeare. Plus the truth behind the ‘good Nazi’, Deborah Levy’s adventures with the avant-garde, and other top new fiction
Richard Desmond loses £1.3bn lawsuit over National Lottery contract
Media tycoon’s Northern & Shell argued regulator had favoured Allwyn in award process
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: ‘I don’t want AI turned on our own people’
The tech entrepreneur on Claude Mythos, repercussions from the Pentagon dispute — and his message for the super-rich
Green energy’s fossil fuel problem
Sulphur squeeze highlights sector’s exposure to the industry it seeks to replace
What is a city without children?
As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat