Backing from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar represents latest push into prized international media assets

Discussions on reconstruction come as Donald Trump seeks end to Russian invasion

British prime minister delivers his strongest rejection yet of calls to rejoin bloc

Three members of central bank’s board oppose decision in biggest dissent since 2019

UK healthy fast-food chain bought back by John Vincent last month has struggled to recover from Covid

Defence secretary John Healey says Britain is ‘all-in’ on trilateral submarine and technology pact

Enthusiastic picklers are fighting a war against neighbours sick of the sport’s relentless ‘pock, pock, pock’ noise

In prison diary, former conservative French president rules out future attempts to ostracise Rassemblement National

Former lobbyist and UK deputy prime minister joins London-based Hiro Capital

Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia

UK chancellor believes decision to bolster fiscal headroom will mean she does not need to take extra steps in spring

The important conflicts today take place inside cultural-religious blocs, not between them

Opponents of proposal to increase cap to €10,000 say it would reward tax evaders and illegal business

London-listed gambling group launches strategic review, pushing its shares up 10%

Central bank president signals a second consecutive upgrade for Eurozone economy

Todd Combs rose from a Florida state university to Berkshire Hathaway before taking the helm of a new $10bn security fund

Move to outvote Hungary this week would indefinitely immobilise Moscow’s sovereign assets

The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information to accelerate its drive to deport 1mn people this year

Conservatives returned funds in July from private German bank given ‘in good faith’

Wave of M&A fuels rally as big pharma groups hunt for blockbusters ahead of patent cliff

Companies linked to financier owe property moguls £130mn for mortgage on Leconfield House

US president says ‘prices are coming down tremendously’ in campaign-style swing through electoral battleground

Chamber of commerce warns that fall of tightly managed Chinese currency risks prompting trade retaliation