Cyber war won’t be the same in the age of AI
The old Russian maskirovka doctrine doesn’t apply when non-human agents create uncertainty for both attackers and defenders
Royal Navy serviceman charged with spying for foreign power
Teddy Young, 24, appears at Westminster Magistrates’ Court accused of allegedly disclosing protected information to Russia
EU envoy lands in China for last-ditch talks over car exports
Brussels blames Beijing’s surging exports for the loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs
The Uprising — the Peasants’ Revolt as angry and kinetic action epic
Andrew Garfield leads the rebellion against onerous taxes in Paul Greengrass’s rousing reimagining of 14th-century English history
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Deloitte fined £6mn for audit failures at Southeastern rail operator
Accounting watchdog criticises ‘highly concerning pattern of failure’ in work at Go-Ahead over five years
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Meloni wins political gamble over electoral reform
Analysts warn that prime minister’s victory could prove pyrrhic, complicating her quest for re-election next year
On the LLMternet, nobody cares you’re a plant
Are reccs set to get wrecked?
The long-predicted decline in call centre jobs has finally begun
Declining employment in the sector can be attributed to reduced hirings as opposed to an increase in firings
‘The 90s: Art and Fashion’ is a riotous, revisionist version of Britain
Bawdy humour, rave culture and the mythical Cool Britannia: former British Vogue editor Edward Enninful captures a creative era at Tate Britain
Oil prices jump on tanker attack and slowing flows through Strait of Hormuz
Transit through vital waterway rose close to 90% of prewar levels last month but has since fallen sharply
Houston start-up aims to loosen China’s grip on critical metal
Hertha Metals has developed a way to produce high-purity iron needed for rare earth magnets
The crafted home: a master of marble imitation
From her Tuscan farmhouse, Jilly Bernard, one of the few practitioners of the Renaissance art of scagliola, creates intricate tabletops, backgammon boards and sculptures
‘She lets her energy go full throttle’: Hilton Als on Alice Neel’s queer portraits
Works by the painter will be included in ‘Queering Modernism’, a new curated section at Frieze Masters
Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances
FT estimates show inflation and soaring borrowing costs have slashed chancellor John Healey’s headroom in half
Badenoch’s punchy plan to reunite the right
It was just a speech, but the Tory leader’s rejection of Reform reveals a new and determined strategy
Germany heads for fastest growth since 2022
Government updates GDP forecast as exports and debt-funded spending spree help end years of stagnation
FirstFT: How hedge funds became Wall Street banks’ cash cow
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21 outstanding ways to spend it in October
Frieze highlights, foraged Martinis and a South American feast
France’s far right goes woke. Or is it neoliberal?
Marine Le Pen gives a cognitive dissonance-inducing economic speech
Kyiv’s Gunia Project is a celebration of Ukrainian craft
The label supports more than 150 artisans across the country