Letter: How a Victorian asylum archive reveals our common humanity
From Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Letter: Gaza rebuild must respect Palestinian title deeds
From Victor Gilinsky, Santa Monica, CA, US
Letter: Can Africa’s creditors learn from Germany’s debt deal?
From Ann Pettifor, Ex-Director, Jubilee 2000 campaign, 1997-2000, London NW1, UK
Donald Trump wields dealmaking diplomacy to shape US foreign policy
President’s latest peacemaking effort in Ukraine involves another quest for a payout
Letter: Great Man theory and how trade diplomacy is taught
From Tjaco T van den Hout, Distinguished Visiting Professorial Fellow, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga, Latvia
Letter: A question of identity
From Professor Andrew McMahon, Pasadena, CA, US
Letter: Not so much casual sexism as mutual admiration. No?
From Thomas Miller, New York, NY, US
Letter: Resting place for the envoys’ dogs
From Godfried De Vidts, Brussels, Belgium
Letter: The double life of the family office executive
From Leyla Khosrowshahi, New York, NY, US
Letter: View from across the street
From Richard M Warshauer, New York, NY, US
FT Crossword: Polymath number 1,362
FT Crossword: Number 18,220
Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday
Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies
Judge shows reluctance to break up Google ads business in US monopoly case
Judge Leonie Brinkema said a ‘dramatic’ forced sale may not be ‘easily enforceable’
Trump and Mamdani forge unlikely bond in the Oval Office
US president and New York City’s mayor-elect defy expectations after months of trading barbs
Bill Ackman plots IPO of hedge fund Pershing Square in early 2026
Billionaire investor seeking to take investment group public as early as the first quarter of next year
Eli Lilly becomes first pharma group to join $1tn club
Shares have soared almost 40% this year over strong demand for weight-loss and diabetes drugs
BBC board member resigns
Shumeet Banerji said to be unhappy about Tim Davie’s exit and the board’s response to corporation’s latest crisis
US stocks rebound after top Fed official signals openness to rate cut
John Williams says there is ‘room for a further adjustment’ in borrowing costs
New Yorkers unite against Con Edison; stock falls
Power exchange
Transcript: Boats and the Budget — the battlelines are drawn
George Parker talks to Miranda Green, Stephen Bush and David Sheppard
Ukraine faces choice of losing ‘dignity’ or American support, Zelenskyy warns
Donald Trump wants Kyiv to agree to US-Russian peace plan by Thursday
How British banks bounced back
UK lenders have hit post-crisis highs, which has generated anxiety over a potential tax raid
UK Budget’s pensions tax raid to raise over £3bn
Expected move by chancellor Rachel Reeves next week faces strong pushback from businesses