FT News Briefing

Financial Times

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Reform UK mega-donors stir controversy

Fed interest rate rises are back

US billionaires bankroll Republican election push

What an AI slowdown could mean for investors

Fed and BoJ expect rate hikes as US bond market flails

Oil hits $108 ahead of Iran’s meeting with Gulf states

AI rewrites the venture capital playbook

DeepSeek mania spawns shadow market

Is the global maritime order breaking down?

A foldable iPhone: John Ternus’s first test as Apple CEO

Extended chat: Top US trade official defends Trump’s record

Top US trade official reveals ‘problem’ in UK negotiations

Uber teams up with driver unions to fight robotaxis

Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic missiles

How viable is Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela?

AI’s threat to consulting

EU policy could ice out closest trading partners

What Meta’s $18bn settlement means for social media

The risks of investing $7tn in AI data centres

US threatens Iran’s economic partners