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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has told Elon Musk his Starlink satellite network will only be allowed to operate in Gaza with its approval, as the entrepreneur met the country’s leaders amid a furore over alleged antisemitism on his

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A slim boy with dark hair and spectacles dashed down an Israeli hospital corridor towards a man in a checked shirt, who scooped him into a bear hug. After 49 days in captivity, including his

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Home Office is examining a package of measures to cut legal migration to Britain and reduce the “abuse” of work visas, as it seeks to reassure the public it has a grip on immigration.

11/22/2023, 3:51:45 AM South Korea suspends military agreement with Pyongyang after North launches spy satellite Christian Davies in Seoul South Korea will partially suspend a 2018 military agreement with its northern counterpart that sought to reduce the risk of armed conflict, after Pyongyang said it had “successfully” launched a military spy satellite into orbit for

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “A date that will live in infamy” was how Franklin Delano Roosevelt described December 7 1941 — the day that Japan attacked America at Pearl Harbor, killing 2,403 US personnel, including 68 civilians. In response,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US and Qatar signalled on Sunday that they were edging closer to a deal to release a significant number of civilian hostages held by Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip. Any breakthrough is expected

A senior US official has insisted Hamas must release a large number of hostages before there can be a “significant pause” in Israel’s offensive on Gaza or a surge of aid into the strip, underscoring the deep divide between Washington and its Arab allies. Brett McGurk, the White House’s Middle East adviser, said “simply calling

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Microsoft has tweaked its artificial intelligence image generator tool after concerns were raised over a viral social media trend where users created realistic Disney film posters of their dogs, highlighting broader copyright issues in the

The US, UK, and Russia abstained from voting on a successful UN Security Council resolution on Wednesday, which called for “urgent and extended” humanitarian pauses in the Gaza Strip. The resolution, sponsored by Malta, does not mention a ceasefire, and softened language from a previous draft, turning a “demand” for pauses into a “call”. The

Real estate groups led a Wall Street rally on Tuesday, following a softer than expected inflation report earlier in the day. The S&P 500 closed 1.9 per cent higher, with the interest rate sensitive real estate sector leading the way with a 5.4 per cent advance. The SDPR S&P Homebuilders ETF gained 5.9 per cent,

Events: US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and South Korean defence minister Shin Won-sik hold the inaugural ministerial-level meeting in Seoul with the UN Command, the multinational military force established during the Korean war. Joseph Li, the state-appointed Catholic archbishop of Beijing, begins a five-day trip to Hong Kong. Taiwan’s Central Election Commission decides if Foxconn

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Joe Biden is not just an old guy. He is also a representative of an old idea — one that dates back to the 1940s. The US president believes that his nation and the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. No country has joined the EU since Croatia in 2013. But to judge from the recommendations last Wednesday of the European Commission, there is genuinely new momentum behind the once-stalled project of EU enlargement. Brussels

US-China relations: US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese vice-premier He Lifeng meet in San Francisco for a second day on Friday, ahead of an expected summit between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which begins on Saturday and lasts until November 17. Economic indicators: China’s central bank is expected

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU said it was in “complete disagreement” with Turkey’s stance on Hamas after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referred to the Palestinian militant group behind the October 7 attack on Israel as a “liberation” movement.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On November 19 1919, the US Senate repudiated the Versailles Treaty. With that decision, the US withdrew its might from maintaining what had been agreed in the aftermath of the first world war, leaving this

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two polls on Sunday showed Joe Biden trailing Donald Trump as concerns over the economy and splits within the Democratic party over the Israel-Hamas war drag down the US president’s 2024 re-election prospects. A New

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI has released its first AI model, as the tech billionaire looks to take on OpenAI, Google and Meta with a sassy chatbot that is tightly integrated with X, formerly

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway continued to sell off stakes in publicly traded companies, shedding more than $5bn of exposure to US and foreign stocks in the third quarter as the firm struggled to find appealing

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jobs growth in the US slowed sharply in October, according to a fresh labour market report that is likely to shape interest rate expectations for the world’s biggest economy. US employers added 150,000 new roles