Figure confounds expectations of acceleration driven by US president’s duties

Sudden advance beyond Ukrainian frontline in Donetsk region comes ahead of Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

With US checks and balances on the retreat, it is unwise to be an optimist

Officials asked to draw up proposals for second bill that would include scaling back judicial reviews for major works

Value is less than 1% of Chinese property developer’s total holdings at time of collapse

Ahead of Friday’s meeting, Putin knows that Trump is desperate for a deal on Ukraine

Alibaba and ByteDance among companies who have received questions from regulators

Billionaire accuses tech group of unfairly favouring rival OpenAI

Steady wage growth highlights challenge facing Bank of England

British ex-minister denies having passport ahead of corruption trial in Dhaka

Japanese and Australian equities hit record highs after Donald Trump signs executive order to continue talks for 90 days

Two of the world’s largest countries are at odds over the fate of one man: Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro. Can the rift be mended?

Even LLMs are starting to show this worrying human tendency

Russian leader’s technique is to lie and play for time, warns former French president François Hollande

FT radar analysis reveals historic scale of rearmament, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new development

Recent breakthroughs have revived confidence about creating full-scale quantum systems by end of the decade

Prolonged slump in retail spending and sluggish office demand put Europe’s largest lender on notice

Lip-Bu Tan to offer ‘suggestions’ on how government can work with group as it struggles with chip manufacturing

US leader postpones new tariffs on world’s biggest exporter for another 90 days

President’s intervention comes after shock plan to hit bullion with duties triggered price surge

President hits back at reports that Washington could strike drug cartels in its southern neighbour

Pedro Sánchez calls his country a ‘global benchmark’ in the transition to greener energy, but prices — and profits — have plunged

Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledges crime ‘spike’ in 2023 but says there has been a sharp decline since

More than 500 people arrested in London on Saturday for supporting proscribed terrorist group