Iran is seeing through Trump’s bluff
The US president finds himself stuck in a cul-de-sac of his own making
Inside the secretive Fifa committee that suspended the US red card
The body that suspended US star Folarin Balogun’s ban is run by an Emirati ex-lawmaker who can make unilateral rulings
Ryanair plane makes emergency landing after window dislodges
Passenger sitting next to window was nearly sucked out of aircraft, according to reports
The best books of the week
From Vance vs Pence to Big Tech, Garry Sobers and King Juan Carlos. Plus novels by Avni Doshi and Daniel Mason, ’80s and ’90s music journalism — and Suzi Feay’s pick of debut fiction
Lear — gender-defying production is lucid, lurid and profound
Maureen Beattie shines in a devastatingly authentic depiction for Alan Cumming’s first season at Pitlochry
A summer of art in Britain’s stately homes
From the shores of Bute to the grand halls of Norfolk, a crop of contemporary art shows is coming to our historic estates
IEA warns of petrol and diesel supply crunch
Refineries in Gulf and Russia hit by impact of wars, while global consumption has remained high
FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 801
FT Weekend Quiz: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Portugal’s national airline and Oscar Wilde
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Farage in a fix; Burnham unbeatable
Plus: Starmer’s swansong summit in Ankara
Farage in a fix; Burnham unbeatable
Plus: Starmer’s swansong summit in Ankara
Kelela effortlessly switches from jazz to indie rock with New Avatar
The American singer releases another accomplished set of songs that highlight a different musical influence
Robota — adaptation of a 1920s sci-fi thriller is as mechanical as its name
First play at Oxford university’s £185mn Schwarzman Centre, about the creation of flesh-and-blood robots, struggles to find a human register
Classicist Emily Wilson: ‘Odysseus is a different kind of conman’
The acclaimed translator who helped to inspire Christopher Nolan’s new film on the resonance of Homer’s epics — and which Greek hero Donald Trump most resembles
Passive flows -> active woes?
A hot new active vs passive paper just dropped
China claims rocket first as it catches booster in floating sea net
State media hails successful test in step towards reusable rocket technology for space flights
What does America mean to you? FT readers respond
To mark the US’s semiquincentennial, we asked our readers to reflect on their experience of the country — here are your responses
The billionaire dreaming of AI data centres in the desert
Servers should be powered by off-grid renewables, argues Envision founder Zhang Lei
How Charleston became a magnet for creative entrepreneurs
They were lured to the South Carolina city from around the country by the slower pace of life and the cheaper overheads; now their small businesses and community spirit are helping power change
The Mulai — an extraplanetary experiment in language and identity
Munir Hachemi’s playful, hedonistic novel on descendants of colonisers from Earth offers a daring exercise in translation
The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh — true crime, Southern gothic style
James Lasdun delivers a punchy account of a South Carolina legal dynasty
The fastest way to find out the World Cup score? Old-fashioned radio
BBC and ITV are exploring tech advances to cut down lags that have frustrated viewers of sporting events