Burnham set to revive Help to Buy scheme to boost housebuilding
Concern mounts among ministers that low construction activity could hit growth forecasts
Manchester City rule breaches - potential punishments, appeals and next steps
The case could run for several years, legal experts warn
Energy costs and AI power demand reshape climate talks in New York
Disruption of global energy markets dominates discussions that previously concentrated more on cutting emissions
Manchester City verdict poses latest test to UK-UAE relations
Successive British governments have sought to shore up diplomatic ties with Abu Dhabi in a bid to lure investment
The gangs testing Colombia’s hardline new leader
Violence turns tourist hotspot into ‘ghost town’ after Abelardo de la Espriella abandons his predecessor’s ‘total peace’ strategy
Hackers hijack AI accounts and servers to fuel new cyber crime boom
Security researchers warn of surge in ‘LLM-jacking’ attacks targeting companies’ costly AI resources
Foreign capital flows into US stocks hit record as appetite for debt fades
Overseas purchases of US equities topped $940bn in the year to July, coinciding with strong gains in the S&P 500
Monzo in talks with Brazil’s Nubank about sale
UK fintech is also in discussions with private equity about selling a significant stake in the business
Manchester City’s moment of reckoning
Also in today’s newsletter: how Roger Federer built the Laver Cup and US sports leagues warm to private equity
Medicines run short in Iran under US sanctions
Washington’s campaign to isolate the Islamic republic has made securing pharmaceuticals increasingly difficult
The ‘7 Up’ series: didactic social history as masterpiece
This vivid and complex account of life as it is lived has proved to be one of the great happy accidents of television
Apax nears deal to buy Warburg Pincus out of €6.5bn telecoms group Odido
Purchase would follow private equity owners’ decision to shelve planned listing of Dutch operator due to market instability
Whitbread acts out the UK’s growth challenge in miniature
If the budget hotel chain owner is struggling to make its numbers stack up, other operators will be too
Cyber security stocks are pumped up on P(doom)
Besieged by growing cyber threats, organisations are hurling money at the problem
The climate doom-mongers now dread sovereign debt blowouts
The same people are gnashing the same teeth and making the same arguments
Are you the ‘digital PA’ for your parents?
Banks and businesses must do more to support older customers
Tennis should embrace social media influencers, says Roger Federer
Former world number one insists TikTokers, YouTubers and Instagrammers are needed despite US Open complaints from players
Josh Payne, the Australian miner who wooed AI giants
With the backing of Sheryl Sandberg and Jensen Huang, he hopes to turn Nscale into a trillion-dollar hyperscaler
Business urges John Healey to show restraint on raising UK minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
The great tourist tax boom
Some governments want to fight back the hordes
A tribute to great wrong ideas
Francis Fukuyama’s famous thesis is not the only example of a useful intellectual mistake
EU turns to Norway and Canada for space launch sites
Space commissioner is touring potential locations for launchers as the bloc tries to boost its satellite capabilities
Why Britain is preparing for the worst
As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy
Jay Rayner reviews Kid, Soho — cool, clever, not quite revelatory
Sertaç Dirik’s new restaurant with David Carter is lively, stylish and often delicious, but its best ideas still owe much to the Turkish grill culture it refashions