Trump’s press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days
Exit comes amid deepening turmoil for White House as midterm elections loom
Anthropic offers Blackstone double-digit yield in latest chip financing
High borrowing costs complicate AI lab’s goal of achieving investment-grade status
North Korea gets closer to China and Russia with new bridges
Increasing trade and co-operation reduces need for talks with Washington and Seoul, analysts say
Letter: Producers of the best wines will hold their own in a downturn
From Martin Shanker, Founder and President, Shanker Inc, New York, NY, US
Letter: Auroville, a harrowing tale
From Marcia Brocklebank, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, UK
Letter: Rest assured, ships will still sail the seven seas
From Patrick O’Donovan, Kilbrittain, County Cork, Ireland
Letter: For the shy and retiring, the expectation gap matters
From Prof John Bateson, Visiting Professor of Management, Bayes Business School, London EC1, UK
Letter: Children need more literary heroes like Archer
From Declan Nolan, Ballinascorney Lower, County Dublin, Ireland
Letter: And something for my pint-sized companion . . .
From Austen Lynch, Garstang, Lancashire, UK
Letter: Quantum is impressive but it’s not yet cost-competitive
From Smith Rothchild, Seattle, WA, US
Letter: Computers just don’t do ‘flashes of inspiration’
From Julian Barbour, Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK
Letter: The tax implications of that hi-spec nanny annexe
From Andrew Edwards, Councillor, Tidworth North and West Ward, Tidworth, Wiltshire, UK
Letter: AI, not so much a research library as a dumpster dive
From Robert Johnston, New York, NY, US
Correction: Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer was threatened with bankruptcy in 1974, not declared bankrupt as wrongly stated in an obituary on October 10
Correction: Arsenal
Arsenal won the Premier League title last season, not Manchester City as wrongly stated in a picture caption accompanying an article on October 10
FT Crossword: Number 18,508
FT Crossword: Polymath number 1,409
Oil hits five-month high of $110 on new escalation in Middle East
Brent prices jump on reports that Saudi Arabia-led forces intercepted and destroyed missiles aimed at critical energy hubs
Healey says new Heathrow runway would boost ‘growth’ despite Burnham wavering
Future of £33bn project has been put in doubt since new prime minister took office
Apple blames ‘extraordinary’ demand as foldable iPhones sell out
Deliveries of the $2,000 Duo slip to 2027 within hours of going on sale
Transcript: Burnham — straight-talker or loose cannon?
Lucy Fisher talks to Miranda Green, Robert Shrimsley and Chris Smyth
Big Tech stocks suffer biggest weekly drop since ‘liberation day’
AI trade jitters send investors scrambling for government debt in a move that halts a months-long Treasury sell-off
Italy secures EU deal to lower its electricity prices
Agreement marks a boost for PM Giorgia Meloni as nation struggles with higher fossil fuel prices
Rich make millions by flipping private jets
Strong demand for private air travel combined with production delays boosts prices