As a decision on involvement looms, some of the president’s most ardent supporters have turned against him

Israel hopes the US would deploy the GBU-57 E/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, but success would not be guaranteed

Cambridge start-up CMR Surgical has innovative technology but it needs global ambition

Annual house price growth halves to 3.5% in April as temporary tax relief ends

Vessels face multiple dangers in Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for trade in crude oil

Pan Gongsheng points to a growing role for the renminbi after decades of dominance by the US currency

Mark Zuckerberg reported to be personally calling engineers to recruit for ‘superintelligence’ AI team

Figure strengthens expectations that Bank of England will keep interest rates unchanged this week

Israel’s attacks on uranium enrichment facilities have caused localised radioactivity, but contamination appears limited

PFAS are a commercial hit — that should not play a part in how they are categorised

PM’s decision was controversial with some Labour strategists fearing it gave Reform UK too much credibility

Call by Amazon, Google and Microsoft lobbyists for a ‘moratorium’ has split industry and the Republican party

Consulting group offered pro bono work to UNRWA shortly after Israel’s military campaign began in late 2023

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran will ‘never surrender’ in response to Donald Trump

Bank seeking to impose unified approach on sprawling global workforce

Chief executive Andy Jassy warns the company will cut roles ‘in the next few years’

US president’s early departure raises fears over Washington’s commitment to global alliances

Video shows Brad Lander, the city’s top finance official, saying, ‘You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens’

Collision between two oil tankers raises anxieties in the region amid conflict between Israel and Iran

Sahar Emami lauded as ‘lioness’ and warrior after she kept broadcasting amid Israeli bombing of state broadcaster

The government must reverse an exodus of the wealthy that will harm the UK economy

US president fuels speculation that America could join Israeli military action

Chief executive says UK’s upcoming industrial strategy should ‘support competitively advantaged industries’

Company says politicians may need to resolve impasse over governance of Europe’s biggest defence project

The Big Beautiful Bill Act is a classic example of pluto-populism

PM’s comments cast doubt on Labour’s election pledge to ‘smash the gangs’ and curb illegal crossings

The Israeli prime minister has consistently misread the region since the 1980s, dooming it to endless cycles of violence

Investors undeterred by unravelling of billionaire’s relationship with Trump

The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns

Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry

International Energy Agency expects production to rise by 1.8mn barrels a day in 2025

Programme to grant foreigners legal residency in US in exchange registers 68,703 people on waiting list

Investors are turning to alternative models after drip of problems with ONS figures

Deadliest strike in Ukrainian capital since July 2024 while other cities were also targeted

Israel strikes heart of Iranian capital and orders residents to evacuate district

Aerial ‘war of the cities’ pits IDF jets against Tehran’s missile reserves

But greater international prominence will not happen by default — it must be earned

They may look employer friendly but can stifle labour force fluidity and competition

Chancellor is being lobbied by the City following a spate of departures by wealthy people

Newly qualified solicitors will earn as much as £140,000 a year in race to attract and keep talent

Fire services across UK invest in new kit and training as impacts of climate change grow

US president urges evacuation of Tehran as he cuts short his time at leaders’ summit

Comments come as US president calls for ‘UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER’

British carmakers and aerospace manufacturers poised to secure quick benefits, but steel producers await further details

Move draws ire of House Republicans who could derail president’s legislation

Tehran’s message to neighbours is that it will not negotiate over nuclear programme while under attack, diplomats say

Izzy Englander’s group working with Petershill Partners as it opens up to external investors for the first time

G7 allies and US members of Congress have encouraged president to increase pressure on Moscow

Spanish lender sounds out bidders for British arm as it seeks to fend off hostile takeover from BBVA

Yvette Cooper accepts all 12 recommendations from Casey inquiry, including need to collect data on ethnicity

Middle East hostilities likely to heighten caution as Fed and BoE prepare to meet

Traders have shrugged off escalation of Israel-Iran conflict amid lack of disruption to exports from region

If Iran is losing a conventional conflict, there is a danger that it will resort to unconventional means of retaliation

‘Trump Mobile’ will offer 5G service through all three major US cellular carriers

US tech group reverses ‘no ads’ stance at world’s most popular messaging service

Forty years after its war with Iraq, the Islamic republic faces a new existential test

Deal involving Justin Sun’s digital asset venture orchestrated by investment bank linked to Trump’s sons

Former European Commission president criticises his successor for not engaging personally with US leader

With the exception of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, big swings in oil have been driven by broader geoeconomic trends

Israel’s assault on Iran thrusts oil and gas assets into frontline of conflict

Experts question Israel’s claim Tehran had begun an atomic bomb programme but warn it has become a ‘threshold’ state

The effects of anything short of a major disruption in Middle Eastern output are likely to be contained

Filippo Gori had moved to London from Hong Kong last year but is relocating

Attack interrupting live broadcast came after IDF warned of assault on capital

Strategy will start with programme to repair crumbling bridges, flyovers and tunnels

Expansion of NHS app comes as part of government’s 10-year plan for health service

Appointment of Blaise Metreweli comes as agents grapple with competing threats

Israeli premier said regime change in Tehran could “certainly be the result” of Israel’s attacks

French luxury group’s shares rise on hopes of turnaround

World leaders meet in Alberta under shadow of Trump tariffs and escalating Mideast war

If the Islamic regime does fall at some point, the alternative will not be a liberal pro-western government