Delta slashes profit outlook as higher fuel prices bite
US airline warns over continued impact of Iran conflict even as third-quarter revenues rise
Donald Trump launches committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook
Move comes after the Supreme Court in June rebuffed the president’s attempt to sack the central banker
The Royal Ballet School celebrates its centenary with a 12-course banquet
World premieres and rarities made for a sparky tribute to Ninette de Valois’s star-making institution
India’s interest rate rise tests an economy of two speeds
Plus, meet the Tata kingmaker
Lib Dem MP launches attempt to topple leader Ed Davey
Resignation of Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard comes amid frustration about centre-left party’s sagging poll ratings
China and EU reach ‘understanding’ on hybrid cars, Beijing says
Statement follows two days of talks aimed at avoiding full-scale trade conflict
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to human rights pioneer Navi Pillay
Prize given to South African human rights lawyer for her efforts to promote peace and international law
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Rubio and the will to power
His recent Athens speech was a paean to a very narrow idea of ‘western civilisation’
No peace, no quiet
Bond yields continue to push higher alongside tensions in the Middle East
The ECB will sit on the sidelines during France’s debt sell-off
That does not mean it can avoid making contingency plans to activate emergency measures
High earners are right to wail about childcare costs
Calls to remove the £100,000 earnings limit on childcare benefits show how broken our tax system really is
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Ukraine strikes Russian tech giant’s data centres
Kyiv attacks facilities of Yandex, known as ‘Russia’s Google’, in retaliation for strikes on its digital infrastructure
Former prince Andrew makes £1.5mn payment after early surrender of Royal Lodge lease
Mountbatten-Windsor charged £1.8mn for damage to property in Windsor Great Park but was owed £302,000 in compensation for moving out early
The best books of the week
From quantum science to Elif Shafak’s story of Flaubert’s women, Michael Lewis on Doge to German militarisation. Plus: Sherry Turkle’s warning on AI companions, Philip Hensher’s survey of the novel — and James Lovegrove’s pick of sci-fi
Computer scientist David Silver: ‘Where are we going without AI?’
The architect of Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo on building machines that can teach themselves — and why he feels a moral obligation to advance the technology
Former Deutsche Bank star trader has rate-rigging conviction quashed
Christian Bittar had pleaded guilty in 2018 to manipulating the Euribor rate
Student protests rock Paris as 7,000 detained
Rioting high schoolers pile pressure on Emmanuel Macron’s government
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