A war of whim? Join our webinar for @financialtimes.com subscribers on 11 March 1300 UK/GMT and put your questions to my super-smart colleagues @gideonrachman.bsky.social, @katie0martin.ft.com, @edwardluce.bsky.social, Kim Ghattas, and foreign editor Alec Russell. Register now ➡️ ft.com/mideast-war

Watching The Tony Blair story makes timely viewing on the same day as a US president and Israel launch war on Iran with the same rhetoric as Bush and Blair’s promises of better times for Iraqis back in 2003 www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

'The “Newsom knee pads” — his accessory for US chief executives and allied leaders who kneel in obeisance to Trump — are selling well' via @edwardluce.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/266465b0-0...

@jemima.bsky.social spot on as ever: ‘The idea that we must rely on the likes of Yaxley-Lennon, Trump and Kid Rock to do this for us is at best laughable; at worst dangerous.’ www.ft.com/content/9fbc...

Join FT journalists and @kschake.bsky.social at a @financialtimes.com subscriber webinar on Thurs 12 Feb at 1300-1400 UK (0800-0900 EST): The transatlantic relationship: can Europe go it alone? Register now and send us your questions! Visit transatlantic-relationship.live.ft.com

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

‘The resolution signals a change in tactics as shareholder groups that pushed for oil and gas companies to set out net zero targets now focus instead on longer-term profitability, as businesses such as BP roll back on climate pledges.’ www.ft.com/content/ffe4...

My Father’s Shadow: a haunting and beautiful film from Nigeria - which I am now replaying in my head and heart hours after seeing it! www.ft.com/content/9302...

Join FT journalists and special guest @kschake.bsky.social for a @financialtimes.com subscriber webinar on Thurs 12 Feb at 1300 UK: The transatlantic relationship: can Europe go it alone? Register, send us your questions, and take part in our poll transatlantic-relationship.live.ft.com/home

Bureaucratic teething problems? ‘After the GDC persuaded the government to change the law…the council has gone through a procurement exercise that should lead to more capacity and a fairer booking system’ @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f4e5...

Perfectly put on the greek statue avatar brigade www.ft.com/content/ccbe...

What if “the book could respond to the reader, and, using AI, generate a unique bespoke text that speaks directly to their concerns”? - my interview with FT/Schroders award-winner Stephen Witt on Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the future of books as.ft.com/r/7aa36214-e... #BBYA25

Who is Nikki da Costa? Advised Boris Johnson that prorogation of parliament was okay; now on BBC radio 4 leading charge against assisted dying bill en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_d...

Feeling dizzy after all that #Budget kite-flying? Join Claer Barrett, Stuart Kirk,Tej Parikh and special guest Dan Neidle, the tax expert, to unpick what Rachel Reeves’ final draft means for your finances, 1pm UK Nov 28. Register for free now at ft.com/budgetwebinar @financialtimes.com

The nub of the story: ‘Analysts said it was possible that Washington had moved the SDRs to Argentina as part of the arrangement.´ on.ft.com/47YSY6R

‘The share of Americans who describe themselves as middle class has dropped from 85 pct a decade ago to 54 pct. Over 40 pct consider themselves lower or working class, suggesting that many of the finer things feel completely out of reach’ @brookeamasters.ft.com on what this means on.ft.com/4hVXkjn

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

FT Editorial on the BBC - The broadcaster has made errors, but its board has failed to defend it www.ft.com/content/406e...

‘Trump’s opponents sense a potential dawn... Since he was re-elected, Democrats had been suffering from the institutional version of depression. Led by ageing time servers, who seemed punch drunk by the audacity of Trump’s manoeuvres, the party’s approval rating kept falling.’ on.ft.com/47FZsHq

@financialtimes.com ‘Despite the claims that Hungary has no other alternatives to Druzhba, there is a Croatian-owned pipeline that could supply Hungary and neighbouring countries with seaborne crude.’ on.ft.com/47EXuHi

Take a look at this extraordinary story by the @financialtimes.com investigations star Alison Killing: End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

FT summary: ‘The vote was the 1st major electoral test of Trump’s 2nd term, in which he has shaken up global trade with high tariffs, cracked down on immigrants, deployed US troops to American cities, and torn down part of the White House to make room for a donor-funded ballroom.’ on.ft.com/4ol0r6V

@edwardluce: ‘There is no elegant way to triangulate Holocaust-deniers with people who grasp basic history. Vance is chiefly after the Christian nationalist base. The term “Judeo-Christian” does not feature in his vocabulary. His aim is to be Trump’s natural heir.’ on.ft.com/4hHr6sd

Even Grok told me “while Grokipedia improves on specific Wikipedia flaws — like verbose, overly critical entries on conservative topics — its AI gatekeeping creates a centralised ‘Musk’s truth’ filter [and] trades one set of biases for another, often with less accountability.” on.ft.com/48YuVH7

"We don't want another anodyne financial centre"; latest #LondonSociety housing session hears residents' calls for more homes in the #SquareMile . My #OnLondon report www.onlondon.co.uk/city-of-lond... @robfiehn.bsky.social @leylaboulton.bsky.social @london.gov.uk

And it gets money from the World Bank and the Gates Foundation too? 'Although Blair does not take a salary from the institute, TBI’s other four directors were paid a total of $2.1mn last year, up from $2mn... The highest-paid director, who's not named, took home $1.3mn.' on.ft.com/4qqeslp

“I have to believe that at some point magistrates will refuse to rubber-stamp search warrants, that soldiers will refuse to turn their guns on Americans, and that Congress will remember its constitutional role…We have to live in hope.” Must read @edwardluce.bsky.social on.ft.com/4qoZJHn

Asked if the FT’s calculations on his family’s profits were broadly accurate, Eric Trump said the true figure was “probably more”. The crypto empire is built on a vast web of opaque ventures in the largely unregulated industry… all touting close ties to the president’s family.’ on.ft.com/4olkLoi

"An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories." www.ft.com/content/a65f...

Calling @financialtimes.com subscribers: join us 23 October 1300 UK (1200 GMT) to discuss central banks, bonds, and the risks ahead. Register now and put your question to Lael Brainard, Fidelity's Salman Ahmed, @chrisgiles.ft.com, @katie0martin.ft.com, and @senojerialc.bsky.social. Go to ft.com/edge

Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was our most read story. on.ft.com/3KP65iX

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes on.ft.com/3KPgE5w

You’ve got to hand it to financialtimes.com subscribers for top-quality comments. One has already written Trump’s thank you speech for the Nobel peace prize in this top-notch @richardmilne.ft.com piece on the perspective from Oslo on.ft.com/46WNEA3 Donald Trump looms large over Nobel Peace Prize

‘I don’t know whether what’s going on is more of Putin’s show trial or Trump’s reality TV, but it’s messed up,” said Bill Christeson, a 71-year-old democracy activist’ on.ft.com/3VVLPyw

Hear hear. ‘The national sport of Britain-bashing may have gone too far. ‘ on.ft.com/4nCSjhN

‘The Kennedy pledge to find the cause of #autism by the end of this month was always a long shot. Instead, Trump went for the cheap shot: telling women, without good evidence, to simply put up with the pain.’ 🙏 @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/48s08Cg Autism has no easy answers

‘The right fulminates against tax increases but offers no realistic alternatives beyond vague calls to cut spending. The left lives in a fantasy world of soaking the rich or simply denying fiscal reality…I often felt I was arguing for a system-wide and long-term approach to tax’ on.ft.com/4muHY6n

A good question, beautifully illustrated in today’s @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3K7XMyl

‘His plan is extremely effective — all Smotrich needs is time…says Khatib. “If nobody interferes, the PA will no longer be able to pay salaries — that will be the beginning of the collapse, and he will achieve his objective of dismantling the Palestinian Authority.’ on.ft.com/4guEJu3

@ezraklein.bsky.social delivers quite the comprehensive list of all the ways President Trump is 'corrupting the US government'. A must-listen that is the sort of coverage no doubt driving his $15bn defamation lawsuit against the @nytimes.com open.spotify.com/episode/5kpn...

A senior South Korean official said the companies had been placed in an “impossible position”, as successive US governments pushed them to invest billions of dollars while refusing to facilitate short-term working visas for projects to be completed on time. on.ft.com/47tVOSD

Martin Wolf: ‘Hitler moved the centre of university life from Germany to America. Trump is doing a pretty good job on American universities and this is the single bit of good news for Britain.’ Join our next webinar for FT subscribers on 18 Sept 1pm UK time american-universities.live.ft.com

One of many sensible things Greg Jackson told the #FTweekendFestival today via on.ft.com/4p6DiGl

The #FTWeekendFestival is back for the 10th time with 4k attendees - and so is our FT FLIC charity auction of lunches with @financialtimes.com journalists. Not too late to join either. Register at ft.com/festival for online catchup

Wow. ‘I have never seen or heard of a situation where immigration would actually come on the fire while a crew was on a fire assignment and make an arrest’ www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Janet Yellen in the @financialtimes.com: ‘Trump’s attempted sacking of Cook should be met with outrage, not with shrugs. Congress must defend the Fed’s independence. The courts must strike down this unlawful power play. And the financial community must raise its voice’ on.ft.com/3VrNBqB

Example: Trump officials asked for an end to Harvard’s partnership with Birzeit University, a top Palestinian college in the West Bank. Harvard said it had suspended the relationship and had struck up new ones with institutions in Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...

Another leaf out of dictators’ playbook? A warning to other Republicans to stay in line on Putin and the pursuit of a Nobel Prize? www.thetimes.com/article/f768...

EJ Anthony, Trump pick for new Bureau of Labor Statisitcs chief, claimed that the US had been in recession since 2022 after mismeasuring inflation. His “adjusted” series charted here against other volume measures that don’t rely on any inflation measure. Lamentable www.ft.com/content/cca1...