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US and Iran hold crunch talks in Switzerland

Negotiations to permanently end the war focus on Israeli-Hizbollah conflict in Lebanon

Irish company closes in on purchase of Dallas-based construction firm with market capitalisation of almost $7bn

ONS warns of ‘level of reduced quality’, in setback to efforts to restore confidence in closely watched figures

Traders see more volatility ahead as new central bank chair declines to give dot plot on future path of interest rates

Funding this year has already surpassed 2025 total as soaring valuations fuel fears of a hype cycle

UK braced for leadership challenge, the US updates its growth estimate, and chip designer Cerebras reports earnings

Prime minister goes ‘dark’ on colleagues as he spends weekend discussing his political future with wife, Victoria

Competing narratives of abandonment — from Iran to Greenland — could lead to Nato’s permanent unravelling

US President Donald Trump says Starmer will resign after failing ‘badly’

Comments by Sharon Graham come as Burnham team explores key government appointments

Longtime boss of Europe’s biggest airline signs new deal that includes bumper share award if he hits ambitious targets

Britain must rebuild EU ties, but trying to rejoin would for now be a diversion

Italian premier’s fallout with US president comes as she gears up for re-election battle

Regulator blames market design as hydropower stations and batteries repeatedly sell and curtail their output

Buckingham Palace says move next week is part of an effort to ‘encourage understanding of accountability’

The fight for the right is far from settled, as the Makerfield and Aberdeen by-elections showed

Volodymyr Zelenskyy threatens to remove relay stations in the country used by Russia unless Minsk acts within a week

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Reversing Brexit would sidetrack UK parliament from pursuing more impactful growth reforms

Billionaire pledges $285mn to renewable industry associations as nations face energy policy decisions in wake of Iran war

UK prime minister under intense pressure to set out departure timetable after Andy Burnham’s by-election win

Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree’s move comes after Apple and Samsung resisted calls to adopt broader measures

And on some issues, it’s further to the right than before

‘King of the North’ started as a New Labour special adviser before serving in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet