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FINANCIAL TIMES
Friday, 10 October 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Israel approves Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet votes for the first phase of the US president’s peace deal
 
 
NY attorney-general Letitia James indicted after pressure from Trump
 
Case comes after president urged Department of Justice to take legal action against top prosecutor
 
 
US justice department launches inquiry into First Brands
 
New York prosecutors’ probe into bankrupt company is at an early stage and described as a fact-finding mission
 
 
Inside Intel’s big bet to save US chipmaking — and itself
 
Claims of a breakthrough at the chips company’s new Arizona facility will be tested by sceptical Big Tech customers
 
 
The battle to dismantle Blair’s Britain
 
Conservatives’ biggest mistake was the adoption of the liberal agenda, the new right believes
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
US permits Trinidad and Tobago to negotiate gas deal with Venezuela
 
Authorisation allows Shell-led project to continue after years of sanction-related disruption
 
 
US and Finland agree to build 11 icebreakers in Arctic security push
 
Agreement comes as the Trump administration seeks to increase America’s presence in the region
 
 
Tata Group ‘fighting multiple fires’ after cyber attacks and boardroom splits
 
Powerful Indian conglomerate has suffered repeated crises in recent months
 
 
US Treasury intervenes in Argentina’s currency market
 
Scott Bessent announces $20bn ‘currency swap framework’ with the South American country’s central bank
 
 
Ask what your gym can do for your country
 
A loneliness epidemic and Gen Z’s obsession with fitness could help western countries bolster civilian defence
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
China unveils sweeping rare-earth export controls to protect ‘national security’
 
Rules come ahead of expected meeting this month between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
 
 
HSBC’s takeover of Hang Seng is a sign of deals to come
 
The combination should be worthwhile if it creates cost savings
 
 
BP wins arbitration with Venture Global over disputed LNG cargoes
 
US exporter was accused of breaching contracts to profit from higher prices after Russia invaded Ukraine
 
 
UK monitors First Brands and Tricolor collapses for private credit risks
 
Failures of two US companies reliant on asset-based lending prove ‘useful case studies’, Financial Conduct Authority says
 
 
Citi rejects approach for Banamex to focus on IPO of Mexican bank
 
Decision is latest turn in long-running efforts to divest unit that once signified sprawling global ambitions
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track
 
Jeannette Vargas’s judgment says ‘Not Like Us’, which calls the Canadian singer a paedophile, was a statement of opinion
 
 
NBA returns to China after 6-year rift triggered by Hong Kong protests
 
Basketball league restarts pre-season games in bid to revive business in its most important international market
 
 
Rishi Sunak takes Microsoft and Anthropic advisory jobs
 
Former UK prime minister adds Silicon Valley posts to his role advising Goldman Sachs
 
 
Early cancer clues found in multiple blood protein changes
 
Advances in monitoring could flag risks of diseases years before diagnosis
 
 
First Brands shrapnel is spread widely and unevenly
 
Collateral, equity cushions, hedging and litigation will all play into the outcome for each investor
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Trump’s militarisation of law enforcement