The Glam

France presses Capgemini over ICE contract amid international backlash

US subsidiary CGS to provide ‘investigation and personal background check services’ to immigration agency

according to FT journalists, contributors and readers

Also in today’s newsletter: SpaceX’s summer listing and Citigroup sues former employee in alleged sexual harassment case

UK competition watchdog seeks ‘fairer’ deal for publishers as Google rolls out AI-powered search services

Read the January forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Sharp sell-off triggers trading halt as investors fret over possible reclassification

UK’s third-largest fibre network looks to streamline operations amid widespread cost-cutting in indebted sector

I’m worried about how much tax I will have to pay

Ride-hailing app to partner with self-driving truck start-up in bid to deploy 25,000 vehicles on network

Unexpectedly festive burials turn mourning into an act of defiance

In times of adversity, play out trumps, and watch out for anxiety

Problems with some of the newest components have also led to long waits for repairs

From bond nerd to gold bug

Latest cuts will bring total number of lay-offs to 30,000 over past three months amid higher spending on AI

Dutch chipmaking equipment group predicts ‘significant increase’ in sales this year

Metal has gained more than 20 per cent this year amid geopolitical volatility and questions over US currency

Louis Vuitton owner reports another quarter of growth but warns unpredictable world events may impede recovery

Four-day visit to China overshadowed by concerns about human rights and spy threats

Republican voters have misgivings about president’s clampdown on migrants

Breaking down the good, the bad and the unclear in the government’s new white paper

Prime minister launches attack on Matt Goodwin ahead of high-stakes vote next month

Plus, more on gold

Insurance; Yale model; tech sovereignty; Cuba; Alzheimer’s; pig butchering; sentiment; ICE; Melania; celibacy; hospitality

Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son’s group has already invested more than $30bn in ChatGPT maker