Handover comes with Israel due to free 183 Palestinian prisoners in exchange later on Saturday.

The future of the continent will be shaped in the once-mocked south 

The £40bn impact of the inheritance tax shake-up will prompt more families to spend or gift the money

Prime minister will listen to business over exact details, as some within Labour push for ‘serious tooth removal’

Justice department alleges John Rogers accessed sensitive information including briefings and policy deliberations

N-VA’s Bart De Wever takes over after marathon talks as anti-establishment forces gather strength across Europe

Group is latest tech company to consider move away from longtime American corporate haven

Vote caps fraught debate over growing influence of Alternative for Germany party in Europe’s largest country

Companies have told chancellor that scaling back tax breaks on savings accounts could boost UK financial services

LVMH’s Arnault contrasts US ‘wind of optimism’ with ‘cold shower’ of France

Chief warns country could be vulnerable to Chinese and Russian influence if it is forced to abandon operations there

Amsterdam likely to be one location for spin-off of ice cream division, with London and New York also under consideration

US president says he will hit Canada, Mexico, China and EU with levies as he targets major trading partners

The release of DeepSeek’s new model has shaken assumptions about who has the upper hand in developing the technology

Former finance minster says Ottawa must target US president’s ‘billionaire buddies’

Fiscal constraints put Starmer and Reeves in an unenviable situation, but Trump has changed the terms of the debate

Jason Sippel to leave US bank after more than two decades for UK-based macro firm

Sale to Armenian investment fund comes almost three years after US investment bank pledged to leave

Danwatch had revealed Ingosstrakh’s role in insuring tankers carrying oil from Russia’s Baltic ports

Meeting had been arranged before news about advances in artificial intelligence by China’s DeepSeek

Mike Wainwright found guilty by Swiss court of paying more than €5mn in bribes to secure oil trading contracts in Angola

We can no longer squander our strengths with self-imposed handicaps. There is too much at stake

Decision is a blow to Starmer’s government after setting out pro-growth pitch to investors

Eric Schmidt helped Washington reimagine the west coast tech titans as shields against the world’s second-largest economy