Collapse of vehicle battery maker deals major blow to Europe’s bid to rival China  

Measures designed to protect the struggling US steel industry could also help a cohort of global producers

ESG and DEI are out as the US president’s son makes lucrative investments that align with his father’s vision of America

The US president’s officials are standing by their strategy to remake the world’s largest economy

Moves come as consultants strain to protect annual profit pool of close to £1mn per partner

Brussels says countermeasures will target up to €26bn of US goods

Halving of staff thought to be precursor to campaign pledge of shutting down the agency

Financial regulator says it will scrap new public interest test after backlash from the City and government officials

Legislation on stop-gap measure now moves to the Senate to avoid a government shutdown

Government says regulator’s merger with Financial Conduct Authority will reduce complexity and boost innovation

Washington says it will ‘immediately’ restore intelligence sharing and military aid after Kyiv accepts proposal

The continent is an economic superpower but it now has to mobilise in defence of democracy

Far-right presidential candidate backed by Russia cannot run in May vote

Reason for crash still unknown after container vessel struck tanker carrying US military fuel

Cash earnings to increase from current level of £1,000 in boost to people who sell goods online

Trend driven by rents rising faster than house prices as landlords leave the market

U-turn comes after province of Ontario removes surcharge for power exports to the US but 25% levies to still take effect

The cost for Donald Trump of keeping the world’s richest man by his side is growing

Arena is expected to cost at least £2bn and be the ‘centrepiece’ of a major regeneration project

The company is valued more as a moonshot rather than a carmaker

Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launch attacks on each other’s territory

US president’s late-night social media post follows company’s 15% share price drop

Donald Trump’s latest trade broadside against Canada sparks renewed declines in volatile session

The sudden change in investors’ growth expectations for the three largest economies is upending many consensus trades

Volatile pay is surprisingly prevalent in the British economy

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro loses confidence vote over consultancy he tried to transfer to his family

Bond group records windfall on lifeline for UK utility even before deal is finalised

US president’s tolerance for tariff-induced stock falls may be higher than anticipated, say investors

Contract is a boost to the cloud computing provider ahead of its $35bn initial public offering

Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence

Outage is latest trouble for world’s richest person’s business interests since he joined the Trump administration

Agreement will bring a bigger swath of fractured nation under the control of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s administration

Allies of tech billionaire say he has signalled he would back an alternative to populist party

Top US diplomat says Kyiv will find it ‘very difficult’ to push Russia back to 2014 borders

Rapid unscheduled share-price disassembly

New prime minister must still convince Canadians he can deal with the US president

‘Virtual meeting’ to be held on Saturday with leaders from mainly European and Commonwealth countries

UK bank’s former chief hits back over alleged links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

The US’s tariff policy evokes bafflement as well as fear

Gold-adjusted GDP forecasts. Really!