Government overcomes backbench rebellion to pass jury plan

Ministers have suffered a significant backbench rebellion against their plan to abolish jury trials for thousands of cases, but the legislation underpinning the proposal has comfortably passed its ...
Opinion

Transcript: Wildest day for oil ever

Wildest day for oil ever’ [MUSIC PLAYING] Katie Martin So is the US conflict with Iran over. I’m not just tryin ...

Oracle shares rally on strong revenue forecast from AI data centres

Oracle shares climbed on Tuesday after the company posted better than expected earnings and gave a robust forecast for its long-term revenue as it pursues a big bet on AI data centres. The database ...

Wildest day for oil ever

Over the weekend, the price of oil had its biggest intraday swing on record, bouncing between $84 and $119 per barrel in just 23 hours. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin survey the ...

Soaring fuel prices expected to cast long shadow across US economy

The rise in the price of refined fuel products in the US comes as Iran’s threats to strike ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz have all but halted maritime traffic in an artery through which roughly ...

JD Vance to headline fundraising tour as Republicans gear up for midterms

JD Vance is to embark on a fundraising tour this month, swinging through Texas and Tennessee to raise money for the Republican Party and burnish his own brand ahead of critical mi ...
The Financial Times

Israel rejects Lebanon’s request for ‘cessation’ in fighting to allow for talks

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has rejected diplomatic overtures by Lebanon to halt its escalating offensive against the Hizbollah ...
The Financial Times

UK deploys first warship to Cyprus after scrutiny over delays

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eleven days after the start of the Iran war, the first British warship to be deployed to the eastern ...

Middle East war live: Oil swings as traders parse mixed messages on Strait of Hormuz

The White House said the US Navy has not escorted a ship through the Strait of Hormuz, following a now-deleted tweet by energy secretary Chris Wright claiming that it had. The mix ...

China’s exports surge 21.8% in first 2 months of this year

China’s exports surged 21.8 per cent year on year in dollar terms in January and February, putting the world’s second-largest ...

Co-founders behind pioneering Covid vaccine to step down from BioNTech

The co-founders of vaccine maker BioNTech are stepping down to launch a venture focused on next-generation messenger RNA ...

The toughest opera to stage? Yuval Sharon’s Tristan und Isolde is a daring Met debut

New York production with a glorious Lise Davidsen might not please the traditionalists — but it is powerfully poignant ...