India tells delivery companies to stop promising 10-minute service
Expectations for speed in industry that employs millions have raised concerns about worker safety
Trump says he has received assurances ‘killing in Iran is stopping’
President declines to rule out military action after Washington evacuated personnel from Qatar command centre
Letter: Does Denmark have a ‘rare earth’ of its own — in shipping?
From Malcolm Colling, Tervuren, Belgium
Letter: Eurotunnel is example of how to build new railways
From Tim Yeo, Director, Groupe Eurotunnel, 2007-2021, London SW1, UK
Letter: Whitehall sitcom reboot
From Anthony Jones, Alresford, Hampshire, UK
Letter: In settings like healthcare, empathic AI is safety issue
From Professor Ibrahim Habli and others
Letter: Good advice to readers suffering sleep disruption
From Mary McCarthy, Uccle, Belgium
Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images
UK prime minister says xAI will restrict the image generator as billionaire pledges to follow laws in all markets
Heathrow boss calls for faster runway approval to meet 2029 start date
UK’s biggest airport has formally begun planning application for £33bn project
Disability benefits could be reformed to get more people into work, says UK minister
Sir Stephen Timms argues that a better system is possible without ‘rapidly continuing increases in spending’
UK estate agents’ optimism on home sales hits highest level in over a year
Rics survey points to lower interest rates and post-Budget certainty as drivers of upbeat mood
Labour makes yet another policy U-turn
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White House sets tariffs to take 25% cut of Nvidia and AMD sales in China
Levies are designed to enact a deal Donald Trump cut with chipmakers to allow shipments of AI processors
Sadiq Khan to warn AI could cause ‘mass unemployment’ in London
Mayor concerned that capital will be at ‘sharpest edge of change’ given dependence on white-collar jobs
UK home secretary says she has lost confidence in police chief over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban
Shabana Mahmood vows to restore power for central government to sack chief constables
FirstFT: Japan’s prime minister to call snap election
Also in today’s newsletter: US evacuates personnel from Qatar military base, and China blames Washington for trade imbalances
Israel waits on US to settle ‘unfinished business’ with Iran
Any action against Tehran could tip regional balance further in Israel’s favour, even as some US interests are put at risk
US defence contractor arrested on charges of leaking classified material
FBI searched home of Washington Post reporter as part of investigation in rare move by federal law enforcement
US stocks slide after bank earnings disappoint
S&P 500 recoups some of its earlier losses but still declines 0.5%
OpenAI agrees $10bn AI infrastructure deal with start-up Cerebras
Multiyear agreement with Nvidia rival adds to ChatGPT maker’s spree of recent computing tie-ups
US evacuates personnel from Qatar military base as Trump threatens Iran
Oil slides as president says he has received assurances that killing in Tehran has ‘stopped’
US, Denmark and Greenland to form Arctic working group after tense talks
‘Fundamental disagreement’ remains as Donald Trump maintains his campaign to take over the territory
Ministers threaten to strip South East Water of licence as outages continue
UK environment secretary orders regulator to review utility’s performance with Kent and Sussex homes still lacking supplies