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The risky mission to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz
06 September 2026US Navy divers, boats and robots made covert night-time trips to dispose of explosives in the crucial channel -
Police face questions over Dover disruption caused by masked protesters
06 September 2026Up to 500 activists dressed in black brought part of UK port town to a standstill on Saturday -
Far-right AfD surges in German state elections, partial results show
06 September 2026Alternative for Germany is projected to become the largest party in Saxony-Anhalt while falling short of a parliamentary majority -
Trump envoys hold talks with Zelenskyy in Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow
06 September 2026Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are seeking to revive earlier proposals to end war -
Starting gun fired on autumn election campaign season
06 September 2026Republicans gather in Dallas, 25th anniversary of 9/11, ECB interest rate decision -
Protecting nature isn’t charity. It’s economic self-interest
06 September 2026The effects of building systems that are out of sync with our environment are becoming all too clear -
South-east Asia choked as Indonesian wildfires and volcanic ash spread
06 September 2026El Niño weather cycle has intensified seasonal blazes linked to illegal land clearing -
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon purge
06 September 2026Driscoll exit reflects damage the defence secretary is doing to the US military -
Lebanon warns of ‘dangerous escalation’ after Israeli strikes
06 September 2026Finance ministry building damaged and empty hospital destroyed in bombing campaign -
Hostility to Reform UK leaves Farage with a dilemma
06 September 2026Toning down its positions in pursuit of wider appeal would risk an exit of supporters on the right -
Was Huawei’s rise built on crime? A Brooklyn jury will decide
06 September 2026Five years after finance chief Meng Wanzhou’s release from detention in Canada, the company itself is going on trial -
Britain is a factory for ideas applied elsewhere
06 September 2026Barriers to development at home push the upsides of UK research abroad -
Will US inflation data persuade the Fed to raise rates this month?
06 September 2026Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead -
Farage urged by Labour to ‘take responsibility’ over TV sting
06 September 2026Reform leader says no foreign money was ever funnelled to the party -
JLR plans up to 4,000 job cuts as Chinese rivals pile on pressure
06 September 2026British carmaker’s voluntary redundancy programme poses a fresh challenge to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham -
German state heads to regional polls in far-right cliffhanger
06 September 2026AfD is within reach of power in eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt -
Trump’s approval rating falls to lowest yet in FT poll
06 September 2026Voters’ anxiety about economy saps popularity of US president and his Republican Party weeks before midterm elections -
Insurers pile on risk as payouts fall to lowest level in 20 years
06 September 2026Industry braces for downturn as influx of capital into property and casualty insurance pushes down premiums -
How the UK can stop accidentally exporting its best tech start-ups
06 September 2026Better give start-ups reasons to stay than make it harder to leave -
Life on the frontline against Ebola
06 September 2026People have frequently turned on the nurses and doctors risking infection to battle fast-spreading epidemic in DR Congo