The Glam

Trump backs vote to release Epstein files

About-turn by US president comes as Republicans looked set to defy him

Market failure

Weakness to bolster Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s case for further stimulus to support struggling households

Topical FT articles and suggested classroom questions

Caution around the savings needed to stop work reflects an insecurity that is hard to shift

Argument between two economic powers will complicate efforts for trade deal by year-end

From Mark FitzPatrick, Chief Executive, St James’s Place, London W2, UK

From Sanjay G Reddy, Professor of Economics, The New School for Social Research

From James Morris, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK

Voters overwhelmingly back conservative candidates in first round amid concerns over crime and immigration

Move opens diplomatic path as aircraft carrier strike group arrives in Caribbean Sea

From Joel S Richman, Clinical and Health Psychologist, Chicago, IL, US

From David Aikman, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London SW1, UK

From Liam Pluck, Enniskerry Village, County Wicklow, Ireland

From Peter Boland, Melbourne, Australia

From Iona Lawrence, Co-founder, The Decelerator, Exeter, UK

With abundant wildlife, spectacular views and intriguing shorelines to explore, waterside properties can be hard to resist

Home Office to give more weight to ‘public interest’ of removing foreign criminals and those who entered illegally

Also in today’s newsletter, foreign investors return to Chinese stocks, and Gazprom forges ahead with China pipeline

Home secretary on a ‘moral mission’ as she battles clandestine migration

Plus, COP30 struggles to finish in the heat, no-shows hinder South Africa’s G20 summit and retailers report earnings

A searchable dashboard of 193 countries’ historical emissions and future climate targets

Kyiv seeks imports from allies after Russia’s repeated strikes on country’s infrastructure