NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.

NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

Blood on the streets of El Fasher: satellite images and videos capture new atrocities in Sudan as RSF forces take the city, marking a new chapter in the country’s ruinous civil war. W/ William Wallis, @janatausch.bsky.social, @digitalcampbell.ft.com www.ft.com/content/f39c...

New: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity. The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models. But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed. 👉 ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...

New: The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army. Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police. ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/

NEW: Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ via @FT GHF’s plan forces hungry Palestinians to trek miles to aid sites, often through the IDF’s active military areas. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. This is how… www.ft.com/content/6c74...

This is amazing work by @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social and Christine Murray

Delighted to see our portfolio of investigations on Russia’s war in Ukraine shortlisted for @gijn.org Sigma Awards. The revelations contribute to mounting evidence of war crimes and show what can be achieved when forensic reporting is combined with visual storytelling. gijn.org/stories/sigm...

A new old post I still haven't included in my new website. Using Google Earth Engine to get tomorrow’s weather and creating an orthographic map with shadow effect, an idea from @digitalcampbell.ft.com. 🗺️ #rstats #dataviz #gee dominicroye.github.io/blog/gfs-for...

NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...

New: How China’s record trade surplus lit the fuse on Trump’s tariff war. Our latest visual story shows how Beijing’s export machine conquered global trade — and what the world is doing to push back. ig.ft.com/china-trade-...

NEW: As the Chinese government struggles to ease the real estate crisis, state owned developers have been buying up land. In Beijing, the state now accounts for 60% of new land sales, with few private developers left. ig.ft.com/china-proper...

New: Three decades after China liberalised its property market and ushered in a historic era of urbanisation, the state is back in force. Our latest visual investigation uses residential land sales to show that state-owned developers are propping up China’s housing sector. ig.ft.com/china-proper...

Russia is executing surrendered Ukrainian soldiers. My @financialtimes.com doc with @christopherjm.ft.com and the visual investigations team looks at the evidence that these executions are Russian policy. Watch on YT www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...

New: Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric? By 2030 the UK government wants 80% of new cars to be EVs. In our latest visual story, we outline the changes needed to accelerate the transition. ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...

Remember Musk’s $1mn prizes ahead of the US election? It turns out the final winner worked for the Trump campaign — and was already traveling to its election-night party in West Palm Beach when he won. Scoop, w/ Alex Rogers: on.ft.com/40tFSvu

NEW: Chinese companies have doubled their industrial footprint in Mexico in three years — a development that is emblematic of the closer ties that are poised to thrust Mexico into the centre of Trump’s trade war with Beijing. ig.ft.com/china-mexico...

Also highly commended for Innovation of the Year are @FT team of @alisonkilling.bsky.social @christopherjm.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me Chris Campbell @samlearner.bsky.social & @samjoiner.bsky.social #BritishJournalismAwards

New: Inside the prison at the heart of Assad’s police state, Syrians search for the ghosts of loved ones that have haunted them since their enforced disappearances. W/ Raya Jalabi reporting from Saydnaya & @alisonkilling.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.bsky.social on.ft.com/41s7W3A

Let's make a more diverse osint starter pack - a 50/50 m/f split and a move away from westerners would be great. I've made a start (and yes, it's currently lots of men/westerners - help me shift the balance!) Can the community help me crowd source this? go.bsky.app/36JpUBi

Ramy and his family used to live a comfortable middle class life in Gaza. After one year of war, his brother and sister have been killed and he lives with his heavily pregnant wife and his daughters in a makeshift tent. One family’s year in Gaza. ig.ft.com/gaza-one-year/

Can you mastermind a US presidential campaign? Check out the FT's new election game - quick and deceptively simple (but actually really complicated and addictive) ig.ft.com/us-election-...

Congratulations to an anonymous FT reader who's spent all morning submitting 811 entries to our little game! (And yes, I've checked - they seem to all be real attempts, not a bot.) ig.ft.com/us-election-...