French sovereign downgrade is the third in recent weeks and heaps pressure on Sébastien Lecornu’s budget plans

Venture capitalist Ron Conway resigns from board of company’s philanthropic arm in protest at comments

President says Venezuela’s leader ‘offered everything’ to prevent American military pressure

US president equivocates on support for Kyiv a day after conversation with Vladimir Putin

Buckingham Palace announces the move amid continued controversy over royal’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Gathering next week is seen as progress after new rupture in trade relationship over critical minerals

US and Ukrainian presidents discuss how they can bring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table

The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks while poorer Americans are being squeezed

Evolution of abandoned Conservative ‘Brit Isa’ plan also includes stamp duty tax break

Delay and darkness suggest the UK government is scared of making decisions

Fraught summit in Anchorage marked a nadir that reshaped how the presidents approach each other

Xi Jinping’s targets in anti-corruption drive include PLA’s No 2 General He Weidong

Crown Prosecution Service kicked off political firestorm when it abandoned charges against two British men

Increase to €300,000 would be severe blow to wealthy expats seeking to escape higher levies elsewhere in Europe

Rich Handler’s comments came as investors dumped US regional bank stocks over credit quality worries

Decision on planning application pushed back to December in new blow to relations with Beijing

Kirill Dmitriev says undersea ‘Putin-Trump Tunnel’ should be built by Boring Company

The Indigenous leader on the threats to his Kayapó tribe, why ancestral knowledge matters — and the meaning behind his ‘visions’

Financial crises and their consequences may be harder to arrest today than in the past

UK 10-year government borrowing costs see biggest weekly fall since April

Markets recover after Donald Trump suggests heightened tariffs on Chinese imports may not last

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UK prime minister says police should ensure all fans can enjoy the match

UK housing secretary and mayor in talks to make provisions on windows and bicycles less onerous as construction slumps