China braces for back-to-back typhoons as extreme weather risks rise
Record rains, tornadoes and landslides batter southern regions while floods unleash cobras and zoo animals
Letter: Golden visas would send the wrong message about Britain
From Tim Stumpff, London W3, UK
Letter: Rock ’n’ roll, not jazz, was America’s greatest export
From John Webster, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Letter: Nato should follow the Madonna model
From Cameron Finlay, Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK
Letter: Trump’s freedom from constraint has appeal
From Louis Clearkin, Oxton, Wirral, UK
Letter: What the Declaration of Rights left unsaid
From Dawn Kurland Brohawn, Arlington, VA, US
Letter: Data centre boom needs a reality check
From EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Letter: University matters — but so does timing
From Maxime Heinisch, Toulouse, France
Correction: Trojan War
The Iliad depicts events in the latter stages of the Trojan War, not the whole war as wrongly suggested in an article in Life & Arts on July 4
Correction: Longborough Festival Opera
Longborough Festival Opera was first among UK summer festivals to stage Wagner’s “Ring cycle”, not Grange Park Opera as wrongly suggested in an article in Life & Arts on July 4
Trump says US has agreed to continue talks with Iran
President calls on Tehran to declare they will stop any attacks in the Strait of Hormuz
FT Crossword: Number 18,423
FT Crossword: Polymath number 1,395
Apple sues OpenAI alleging theft of top-secret information
Lawsuit marks collapse of relationship between two of the biggest names in Silicon Valley
US relaxes export controls on advanced chips and drones for UAE
Gulf state will receive access to sophisticated American technology
US sends team to Beirut to shore up Israel-Hizbollah ceasefire
Lebanese president calls for ‘pressure’ on Israel to start pulling back forces
Man, 26, arrested on suspicion of murder after death of former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe
Devon and Cornwall Police say Widdecombe, 78, sustained ‘serious injuries’
SK Hynix’s US shares jump 13% on Nasdaq debut
South Korean memory chipmaker’s US-listed stock price rose as high as $177 after pricing at $149
Bezos-backed fusion start-up to become first to go public
General Fusion’s ‘steampunk’ approach to the technology is under scrutiny ahead of Nasdaq debut
At least 12 people die in Spanish wildfire as heatwave grips Europe
Alarm over summer of blazes as third wave of extreme heat hits region
US senators strike deal with White House to tighten Russia sanctions
Potential breakthrough comes days after Donald Trump signalled shift towards more support for Kyiv
Transcript: Farage in a fix; Burnham unbeatable
Lucy Fisher talks to Anna Gross, Stephen Bush and Rachel Rees
Carmakers fight off bulk of multibillion-pound UK ‘dieselgate’ case
About 1.6mn UK motorists sued manufacturers including Ford and Nissan over ‘defeat devices’
UK to sign up to €60bn EU defence loan scheme for Ukraine
Keir Starmer keen to leave Downing Street with positive signal to Europe by pledging financial commitment