The Glam

Letter: EU boardrooms should no longer outsource geopolitical risk

From Colin Reed, Chief Intelligence Officer, Clock&Cloud, Helsinki, Finland

From Jonathan Tottman, Sydney, NSW, Australia

From Joerg Butzbach, Bansko, Bulgaria

From Stephen Butcher, Hambleton, Rutland, UK

From Elizabeth Maxson, Chief Marketing Officer, Contentful, San Francisco, CA, US

From Nigel Pollitt, London E17, UK

From Christopher Croft, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK

President’s speech arrives at pivotal time in his presidency, as approval ratings dip and spectre of war with Iran looms

‘It wants us to supply it with a womb’

Network Rail will take control of Barking site that could replace the equivalent of more than 100,000 lorries from UK roads

Self-driving group valued at $8.6bn as it gears up to launch robotaxi service in London this year

S&P software index ends day up 1.8% but remains down nearly 24% in 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denounced in House of Commons as ‘rude, arrogant and entitled’ man

David Ellison’s media group assumes pole position in race to buy Hollywood studio

AI start-up’s Dario Amodei summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology

Publisher of New York Sun, backed by Axel Springer, tries to upend sale of the UK newspaper group to DMGT

Kyiv’s ambassador to Washington asserts state department complained after strike on Russian port in November

Also in today’s newsletter: Xi Jinping meets German chancellor and the Pentagon’s feud with Anthropic

Katie Martin speaks to Robert Armstrong

Oh, give my props to the writer. Price’s at an all-time low in the future

AI boom or AI doom?

Ambassador ignored summons to appear at foreign ministry after Trump administration comments on killing of far-right activist

UK chancellor will argue that her plan is starting to bear fruit