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  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    UK arts
    Artist David Hockney dies aged 88

    Celebrated painter was known for works including the ‘Swimming Pool’ series

    David Hockney smiles in front of his colourful forest painting, "The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire".
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    EU defence
    Lex. European defence stocks retreat on lower spending and higher wrangling

    Resignation of UK defence secretary shows some governments will struggle to find the money

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    Keir Starmer looks on as John Healey speaks at a podium with a ‘Securing Our Future’ sign inside 10 Downing Street.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Palantir Technologies Inc
    Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine

    Peter Thiel-chaired data intelligence group sued publication over reports that Switzerland rejected its approaches

    Peter Thiel gestures while speaking on stage, wearing a headset microphone and a white shirt.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Investments
    Stockpickers: CMC Markets, VP, Motorpoint

    Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week

  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Global trade
    EU to extend carbon border levy on metal products to prevent evasion

    List expanded to almost 400 imported items with significant amount of steel or aluminium

    Rows of large steel rolls are stacked outdoors beneath a red gantry crane at a wholesale market.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    IPOs
    UK demand for SpaceX shares ‘like nothing we have seen before’, say platforms

    Two-fifths of UK applicants received fewer shares than they asked for at the record-breaking IPO

    A monitor at Nasdaq MarketSite displays SpaceX IPO details, including a note valuing Elon Musk’s stake at $690 billion.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    UK police
    UK police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI

    Derbyshire Police says officer probed over allegations of perverting the course of justice

    Derbyshire Constabulary Force Headquarters building with large windows and a small tree in front.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Eurozone interest rates
    ECB stands ready to raise rates again, says Bundesbank boss

    Joachim Nagel signals rate-setters will keep ‘all our options open’

    A man walks in front of the Deutsche Bundesbank's large brutalist 1970s concrete headquarters in Frankfurt, partially obscured by leafless trees.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    The best books of the week
    The Brexit Effect — postmortem finds neither triumph nor closure

    A decade after the referendum, Anthony Seldon’s anthology finds Britain still trapped between the promises and impact of splitting from the EU

    A cyclist gives a middle finger to a campaign bus featuring a large image of Nigel Farage during a Brexit-related protest on Westminster Bridge.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Global Economy
    Explainer. Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane. Explore the latest data through interactive charts

  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Europe Express
    Ireland champions rapid EU electrification to power data centre surge

    Also in this newsletter: Revolt against deficit spending to temper energy prices

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    Reflection of an electricity pylon, power lines and grass in still water
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    European manufacturing
    Renault joins VW and Stellantis to push ‘Made in Europe’ plan

    Car industry is split over how Brussels can protect manufacturing against Chinese EV onslaught

    A Renault EV on display in a Paris showroom
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Switzerland
    Switzerland’s choice: will it decide 10mn people is enough?

    Initiative would require the government to act once the number of people reached 9.5mn

    A man pushes a stroller while a young child rides a bicycle past two campaign posters about a Swiss anti-immigration initiative, one urging a Yes vote to cap the population and another urging a No vote against breaking with Europe.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    EU energy
    Norway challenges EU to call US gas ‘safer’ than Arctic reserves

    PM Jonas Gahr Støre tells FT that Europe should seek energy security as he presses bloc to scrap drilling ban in High North

    Industrial pipework with yellow and silver pipes at an Equinor gas facility, with a worker in high-visibility gear and helmet in the foreground.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Equities
    European defence stock rally goes into reverse on funding concerns

    Higher government borrowing costs and changes in warfare have hit one of the biggest equity trades of recent years

    A German PUMA tank with the Bundeswehr cross symbol is shown at the new BOXER vehicle production line in Munich.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    The Aesthete
    The BFI’s Ama Ampadu talks taste

    The film producer loves James Barnor, Tekla sheets and The Sound of Music

  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Travel
    I’ve seen the future of London hotels — and it’s tiny

    The capital’s newest opening hopes to bring the capsule hotel to business people as well as backpackers — and there are plans for many more

    A pod room featuring a room with a blue blanket.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Art Basel 2026
    What the end of the world looks like, according to the most apocalyptic artists

    From Dürer to Keith Haring and Anselm Kiefer, artists have continually reinvented cataclysmic imagery to reflect the anxieties of their age

    An oil-on-canvas painting showing a dramatic apocalyptic scene with dark chasms, fiery red light, swirling clouds and tiny human figures falling amid chaos.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    Gardens
    Kate Moss, mermaids and climbing icebergs: glorious roses to plant

    Those that thrive in hot climates, others that flower monthly, or which have unusual hues. Take your pick, but choose wisely

    Robin Lane Fox
    Clusters of bright pink, rosette-shaped roses bloom next to a stone wall, with green leaves and a white garden bench in the background.
  • Friday, 12 June, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    World Cup ticket prices are a red card for fans

    Will Fifa have empty stadiums?

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2026
    Northern Ireland
    ‘Toxic’ social media overwhelms police response to Belfast violence

    Fallout from knife attack and riots accelerated by online posting, current and former officers say

    A crowd of people, many with faces covered, stand on a residential street watching vehicles engulfed in flames with thick black smoke rising.
  • Thursday, 11 June, 2026
    Eurozone interest rates
    ECB raises interest rates for first time since 2023

    Central bank is first in G7 to increase borrowing costs in response to Middle East energy crisis

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2026
    Geopolitics
    Why Europe should not choose to go it alone

    A secure future depends on a revitalised transatlantic alliance

    Nadia Schadlow
    An illustration showing a silhouetted figure on a bridge facing a large blue EU circle with stars, flanked by bar graphs, missiles and an aircraft
  • Thursday, 11 June, 2026
    IPOs
    Alphaville. Well actually, SpaceX is a UK growth stock

    POP goes a weasel

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2026
    EU foreign policy
    EU countries weigh ‘tearing apart’ bloc’s diplomatic service

    Chief diplomat Kaja Kallas and her EEAS are in capitals’ crosshairs over leadership and co-ordination issues

    Kaja Kallas holds a folder and looks ahead with a neutral expression against a dark background.
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