Iran and US report ‘progress’ in nuclear talks
Vice-president JD Vance cautions Tehran not yet ready to work within Trump administration’s ‘red lines’
Letter: Can the US take any comfort from Roman history?
From Robert Denham, Oakland, CA, US
Beijing backs brain implant push to rival Elon Musk’s Neuralink
Looser regulation and new investment are helping groups such as NeuroXess accelerate trials of ‘brain-computer interfaces’
Letter: Manchester’s mayoral myth
From Alex Trew, Professor in Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Letter: A Mandelson data dump? I say ‘bring it on’
From EJ Suèr, London SE24, UK
Letter: Starmer’s aim should be ‘a higher pay economy’
From Harry Quilter-Pinner, Director, Institute for Public Policy Research, London SW1, UK
Letter: The Treasury is having a chilling effect on regulators
From Rocio Concha, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Which?, London NW1, UK
Letter: Nature loss isn’t reversible. It’s not like a tax cut
From Robert Oates, Royal Chartered Biologist, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arbtech, Chester, UK
Accusations of deception in Olympic curling
‘How do you mean ‘cheating’?’
Reform UK pledges to keep fiscal watchdog if it wins power
New ‘shadow chancellor’ Robert Jenrick to make commitment in a speech to the City as populist party seeks to calm nerves
John Lewis hands shop floor staff 6.9% pay rise
Above inflation increase comes as partnership battles staff discontent over annual bonus freeze
FT Crossword: Number 18,297
UK police to ‘assess’ information in Epstein files relating to Stansted airport
Former prime minister Gordon Brown alleges women were trafficked in and out of Britain through facility near London
Dracula — Cynthia Erivo ricochets between characters in an outstanding one-woman performance
Kip Williams’ fabulously sophisticated cine-theatre adaptation reanimates the gothic story at London’s Noël Coward Theatre
Trump escalates assault on US consumer protection agency
White House Council of Economic Advisers report estimates regulatory burden has cost consumers more than $237bn
The Tony Blair Story — former PM gets a grilling in a gripping docuseries
Channel 4’s astute three-parter examines his domestic legacy and Iraq, with candid contributions from Jeremy Corbyn — and Cherie Blair
Behold, the story of the Fed balance sheet in a single chart
More Fed history (sorry), briefly put
Berkshire Hathaway energy unit sells power assets in rare disposal
PacifiCorp to sell wind farms, transmission lines and natural gas plant to Oregon utility Portland General Electric for $1.9bn
FirstFT: India and France near $35bn fighter jet deal
Also in today’s newsletter: Warner Bros reopens ownership battle and bank documents reveal Adani associates’ secret investments
CBS turmoil deepens as Cooper quits and Colbert defies lawyers
Journalist’s exit comes as Bari Weiss seeks to revive Paramount-owned television network
SEC urged to investigate Apollo over Epstein ties
Teachers’ unions say regulators should look at private equity giant’s apparent ‘lack of candour’
Nvidia secures multibillion-dollar Meta deal as it battles chip rivals
Social media group will purchase millions of chips even as it tries to develop its own AI hardware
Peruvian Congress removes interim president José Jerí
The 39-year-old conservative was the nation’s eighth president in less than a decade
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