Judge says former Barclays CEO did not fully disclose relationship with convicted sex offender but trims £1.8mn fine

Official data fuels concerns over Labour’s ambition to attract foreign capital to Britain

Retreat on welfare cuts would be an irrecoverable blow to the UK prime minister’s authority

Supreme leader’s comments come amid conflicting accounts of the damage to country’s nuclear facilities

With peaceful norms fading, a new weapon has made conflict cheaper and easier 

Board of Deputies of British Jews says signatories to the letter had breached the body’s code of conduct

US president brands case against Israeli leader a ‘witch-hunt’ in latest intervention in a foreign judicial process

MPs demand ‘wholesale rethink’ rather than tinkering changes

Owner of Vivergo plant says it has started a wind-down consultation in case rescue talks fail

Populist party is already taking credit for a Home Office contractor’s pause in asylum placements

Oil major says no talks have taken place between the companies over a tie-up

Currency has weakened more than 10% this year as concerns grow about US economy

Investors have exited funds at fastest rate since 2020 at height of Covid pandemic

The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil

Keep an eye on the yen and other areas of consensus as temperatures rise

Far-right motion relating to pandemic scandal threatens to derail European Commission president’s second-term agenda

Satellite images show misfires in Jewish state and damage to Iranian nuclear sites as foes emerge from conflict

Hg’s €19bn software group provisionally selects UK over Amsterdam for listing next year

US president says Democrats have crossed a line with 33-year-old’s victory in New York mayoral primary

Chief of staff to UK prime minister argues government needs to head off Nigel Farage by leaning to the right

Chip designer claws back market losses from Donald Trump’s trade war and DeepSeek breakthrough

Pledge to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP would unleash hundreds of billions of euros

Financiers plot to back a moderate after leftwing candidate clinches Democratic candidacy

Chief executive Wael Sawan has been focused on improving Shell’s financial performance and share buybacks

Trade minister Douglas Alexander says policy will also involve strengthening anti-dumping defences amid Trump’s tariff war

Parent company boss Gustavo Pimenta set to replace the former Anglo American chief executive

Trump should champion diplomatic efforts if he wants peace to endure

US president says Ukraine head is ‘very nice’ after their sideline chat at Nato summit, but is dismayed at Russian leader for not ending war

CSG, which supplies ammunition to Ukraine, capitalises on rush of enthusiasm for industry with €1.8bn bond deal

Dutch arms of Deloitte, PwC and EY pay total of $8.5mn after ‘hundreds’ of staff shared answers on internal tests

Shares in express parcel operator fall sharply amid uncertainty over demand outlook

A 10-year plan to raise productivity and growth depends on tackling vested interests and unleashing investment

Thirty-two allies ‘reaffirm our ironclad commitment to collective defence’ at summit in The Hague

The bombing of Iran suggests that a global role is a hard thing to give up

Former chief executive of collapsed Microsoft-backed start-up also borrowed against holdings

President dismissed intelligence leak suggesting impact of American strikes on key facilities was limited

Scale of support for Comcast attraction a sign of government’s desire to attract inward investment

Super sector shows how Britain’s perceived cultural soft power punches above its economic weight

‘CarPlay Ultra’ rollout comes as auto groups are introducing their own infotainment systems

US and Israeli campaign to defang Iran could herald a fresh era of instability for the region