But big media tie-ups have a poor record at creating value

Trump’s security strategy is a wake-up call for Europe on defence and growth

Prime minister told the country needs to ‘step up’ or its advantage in the Atlantic is at risk

Returns to musicians and writers are dwindling fast

Lecturers call for improved safeguards against Beijing’s influence on UK campuses

Former UK prime minister dropped from consideration after objections from some Arab and Muslim states

Bailout will help mitigate cost of the president’s trade policies to the sector

Jared Kushner and Middle East funds assist with all-cash offer

Move to prevent individual US states from regulating tech groups opposed by some Republican senators

Evolution Capital Management must pay Robert Gagliardi $5.4mn plus interest after High Court judgment

Warren Buffett announces leadership shake-up at conglomerate

The White House sees mass immigration as a bigger threat than Russia — and it is pressuring Europe to agree

‘Explosive’ price gains show similarities with previous asset price bubbles, report says

Does the administration control the Treasury market?

Former member of team that contested seat in Clacton, Essex alleges breach of rules on spending

Michael Andrew Harrison, who represents Seaham in Durham, is appealing against the penalty

Starmer hosts Zelenskyy, Merz and Macron in London as they try to avert settlement being imposed on Kyiv

A lack of electricity for new data centres could deflate the AI ‘bubble’

We need to look at the causes of the country’s dire economic performance

Paris guarded names of private banks holding world’s second biggest accumulation of immobilised Russian state funds

Alexander Wynaendts has reduced his other board commitments after investor criticism

Brazil’s Banco Master was one entrepreneur’s ticket to riches but collapsed last month amid allegations of a $2.3bn fraud

Exports soar despite tensions between Washington and Beijing

Cross-border clashes erupt again months after south-east Asian neighbours were involved in five-day conflict