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UK car finance compensation scheme paused by tribunal
FCA programme partially suspended after challenges from lenders and consumer group
How capable is AI? It depends what you’re worried about
Metrics for dangerous success and dangerous failure should be interpreted differently
Amid a glut of Wagner, the LSO’s white-hot Tristan und Isolde stands out
A sizzling concert performance of the opera under the baton of Antonio Pappano electrified London’s Barbican
Spain immigration amnesty draws 1.2mn applicants
More than twice as many unauthorised immigrants applied for legal status as expected, mostly from Latin America
Andy Burnham and the politics of nostalgia
Starmer’s presumptive heir is locked in a battle over Britain’s past — and future — with Nigel Farage
Merz unveils €10bn tax cuts to revive German growth
Ruling coalition overcomes divisions to agree longer Sunday opening hours and tighter sick-leave rules
US energy regulator sets ultimatum for data centres
Last month FERC gave grid operators 60 days to justify or revise how they connect ‘large loads’ — or the regulator will make the decision for them
The Anniversary — the messy reality of family and how to escape it
Andrea Bajani’s award-winning novel, newly translated from Italian, is a fearless, intimate tale of unhappy parents — and the release of leaving them behind
A tour of the world through bite-sized fiction
A new Penguin anthology celebrates the universal appeal of the short story with 34 fine examples from dozens of countries
The Invite — Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen fumble hilariously in mid-life sex comedy
Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton are the noisily libidinous neighbours whose radical honesty propels this dinner party farce
Modi and Takaichi meet in the shadow of Chinese pressure
Japan and India draw closer after falling foul of Beijing’s restrictions on rare earth exports
Moscow hockey match shows limits of Trump-Putin thaw
Russia beats US in first friendly game since full-scale invasion of Ukraine
FirstFT: OpenAI proposes US government stake
Also in today’s newsletter: Asia’s biggest IPO this year, and Google loses appeal against record €4bn EU competition fine
A guide to flowers you can actually eat
Summer dining? Just add petals
Fear, loathing and ice cream pricing
Japan’s food industry is a shopfront for the vulnerabilities of a weak currency
How AI could make markets worse
Heed the lessons of information economics
What could your seed packets grow into?
The market for vintage flower and vegetable packaging continues to bloom
Yet another ‘quant tremor’ strikes systematic investors
The garbage rally roils quantitative investment strategies
Russia unleashes huge bombardment of Kyiv
Attack of 74 missiles and nearly 500 drones follows Zelenskyy’s warning that Moscow is preparing ‘massive strike’
Beijing plane crash pilot suffered from ‘insomnia and anxiety’, say police
Pilot who was living alone after divorce had made ‘repeated references’ to suicide in his diary, according to authorities
Trump blocks long-term renewal of North America trade pact
Washington will hold annual reviews on terms of commerce with its biggest trading partners
Forvis Mazars fined £600,000 for ‘pervasive’ audit failings
Group lambasted by FRC for ‘serious’ problems in Studio Retail audit
What Hammersmith Bridge could teach Burnham
Devolved authorities do not face right or wrong choices, only trade-offs