Paramount reaches settlement to clear path for $110bn Warner Bros deal
Studio will not divest assets and will keep operations in California under agreement with 12 states
Five UK police forces end Palantir project after two years
Significant setback for US technology company’s bid to establish itself as key supplier to British law enforcement
Top Republicans tell Trump to ban US diesel exports ahead of midterms
Fuel price crisis triggered by president’s war in Iran rattles legislators from rural America’s heartlands
Merz’s last chance to reform Germany
After regional election disaster, the chancellor is living on borrowed time
OpenAI joins call for US-led global AI standards
Chief executive Sam Altman will brief the UN Security Council this week following outcry over safety concerns
UK flights disrupted by latest air traffic control problem
National Air Traffic Services says it has fixed a fault at its Prestwick control centre in Scotland that led to dozens of cancellations and delays
Novo’s prospects beyond weight-loss drugs look surprisingly lean
Despite plans to broaden its business beyond obesity treatments, the Danish group’s guidance is unambitious
Can Democrats seize Congress from Trump?
The races, the money and the issues that will determine the final half of Trump’s second term
US data centres ‘are short six NYCs of electricity’
With great power comes great implausibility
London Fashion Week’s emerging stars are all grown up — almost
This season, designers such as Paolo Carzana, Talia Byre and Steve O Smith offered more approachable styles — without sacrificing their creative vision
Youth — Sharon Horgan’s sex comedy about life at 50 digs for deeper meaning
The third part of a trilogy with ‘Catastrophe’ and ‘Pulling’ follows a literary agent chaotically trying to balance work, relationships and parenting
Ferrexpo investors back fundraising to rescue stricken miner
Shares in the group were suspended from May until this month after it was caught up in tensions between Kyiv and oligarch shareholder
Changing leader is not the panacea many Lib Dems think it is
The party faces serious structural problems in an era of growing political polarisation
Fed will need to be ‘aggressive’ on inflation, says top official
Austan Goolsbee voices concern that price growth is being fuelled by ‘overheating demand’ on top of Iran supply shock
Spanish PM’s wife to stand trial over corruption charges
Pedro Sánchez’s office denounces ‘unjust’ case as wife’s enemies ask for 13-year prison term
Ingestible battery offers potential relief for stomach conditions
Paper-based power source worked for three days in pigs and could help improve drug treatments for humans
SoftBank launches one of biggest junk bond deals to fund OpenAI bet
Japanese group seeks to raise more than $11bn in dollar and euro bonds as it invests in the AI boom
China accuses ousted top generals of ‘disloyalty’
Communist Party leaders back expulsion of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from its ranks, alleging they ‘crossed red lines’
Battered government bonds rebound as oil falls below $100
Brent crude sinks amid speculation Donald Trump could meet Iranian president this week, lifting French and Italian debt
Germany’s Merz hits out at ‘destructive’ forces as he fights for survival
Chancellor defensive after AfD’s second electoral victory in the east and far left wins in Berlin
Mittwoch aus Licht — Stockhausen’s bonkers opera takes flight in Berlin
The Deutsche Oper bring the composer’s elaborate, cosmic vision to life with ebullient playing and performances recorded in helicopters
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US news outlets to sue Trump administration over White House ban
Media groups vow to protect First Amendment rights after reporters’ access was withdrawn