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EU lawmakers approve long-delayed US trade deal

European parliament votes yes to last year’s agreement with Donald Trump to stave off tariff threat

Carl Wilkinson and Maria Crawford select their best mid-year reads

Following its donation to the National Portrait Gallery last year, the Bukhman Foundation is seeking to nurture a new generation of curators

After three centuries in obscurity, the composer’s forgotten masterpieces are taking the spotlight at the Glyndebourne and Garsington festivals

The project aims to send up to 1mn barrels a day to Asia and reduce reliance on the US

Elon Musk’s rocket company extends blistering post-IPO rally and announces $60bn acquisition

CROnching the numbers

Rarely has a geopolitical roll of the dice gone so rapidly wrong as the Israeli PM’s

Beverages to make your bivalves sing

Fried, served with a burger-style garnish – there’s a dozen new ways to eat them

Money spent adapting stadium of NFL’s Chiefs worth it for the exposure, says team president

Wargaming the EU-China conflict warns Europe against aggression towards an opponent with superior firepower

Also in today’s newsletter: Japan’s interest rates hit a 31-year high and private equity’s warning for law and accountancy

Emma Reynolds’ warning increases prospect of the nationalisation of Britain’s biggest water company

UK chancellor says cabinet has to decide where to cut spending to pay for extra military budget

Temporary ban introduced after reports that last month’s medical entrance test papers had been leaked

Food price inflation at 35% is the world’s fourth highest after Venezuela, Iran and South Sudan

Commercially gained intelligence is now one of the major sources of government surveillance

Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s markets experts Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin, on Thursday June 18 at 1pm BST

Hidenori Furata departs Japanese IT services group over allegations

Look, it’s content OK?

Uproar following the Fordingbridge sentences exposes tensions between public expectation and the principles of youth rehabilitation

Head coach of Tehran’s squad says ‘oppressed’ players instructed to go back to training base over border

Central bank says it will stop reducing level of monthly bond purchases from next year