This Month
EV targets watered down to help UK’s tariff-hit car industry
New rules in Britain will allow manufacturers to sell full hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles until 2035.
British car maker Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US
The company, which makes luxury cars that include Jaguars, Defenders and Range Rovers, does not have manufacturing facilities in the United States.
Ex-Barclays boss awaits judgment in court battle over Jeffrey Epstein
With the courtroom drama concluded, banker Jes Staley has to wait and see if his high-profile legal gamble to clear his name has paid off.
Clock ticks on Keir Starmer’s cautious Trump strategy
The UK prime minister set himself apart from most other European leaders by taking a pragmatic approach to the US that detractors have accused of being fawning.
From a Moroccan villa to the courtroom: how StrongRoom AI’s good times went bad
Court filings that allege fraud at the tech start-up paint a picture of company funds being used to fund a lavish lifestyle of foreign trips and fine dining.
Cue Clothing and its Veronika Maine brand sold to Britain’s Hilco
The womenswear fashion business was founded and run by the wealthy Levis family. Its chief executive, Simon Schofield, is also leaving after the sale.
Trump’s ‘beautiful’ trade war will leave an ugly scar
The diplomatic cost of the US president’s tariffs will be enduring. Countries will look to do the serious deals with each other and bypass America in future.
UK names Russia as a top-level foreign influence threat
The move means that anyone who does business with Russian agencies must register their activity with British authorities.
15 years of drift: Why global law firms can’t make it in Australia
UK and US law firms are battling for market share on either side of the Atlantic. But expansion has proven much more difficult in Australia.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to vote against Rio Tinto unification
The huge fund intends to vote to keep Rio Tinto’s dual-listed structure, despite other shareholders supporting a bid to review it.
March
‘Rats gnawed through my sister’s car. Now there’s no escape’
Binmen in Birmingham, the UK’s second-largest city, have been on strike for three weeks, leaving bin bags obstructing pavements like an assault course.
Trump’s trade ‘Liberation Day’ explained
The US has said it wants to impose tariffs on a “country by country” basis, hitting any trading partners that have higher levies on the US than it imposes back.
German rocket’s test flight hailed as it crashes and burns
Fraying defence ties with Washington and a backlog at Elon Musk’s SpaceX have added to Europe’s sense of urgency to develop its own satellite launch capacity.
Submarine carrying tonnes of cocaine seized in Atlantic
Spanish authorities, who tipped off the Portuguese, said it was the first time a drug-running semi-submersible had been intercepted in the open sea.
Boys are in crisis, but it’s adults who need educating
The real problem hit Netflix series Adolescence has raised is one that hand-wringing over toxic masculinity won’t solve.
King Charles in hospital with a health scare after cancer treatment
The monarch was admitted briefly and his appointments have been cancelled, in what royal sources said was a minor setback following therapy.
Allies rethink F-35 fighter jets over Trump’s ‘kill switch’
Some of America’s allies are considering dumping plans to buy the $127 million US plane, as the president upends traditional military alliances.
The English whisky distilleries ruffling Scottish feathers
These 20-year-old upstarts are taking on centuries of northern tradition in a war of the whiskies – and even have conflicting views on what makes a single malt.
Why everyone in Britain is talking about Netflix’s Adolescence
The show has captured how British society is grappling with what it means to be a boy when the loudest voices defining masculine identity belong to Andrew Tate and Donald Trump.
Rachel Reeves unveils $28.6b repair job after UK growth downgraded
The chancellor’s midyear statement details cuts to welfare and government spending, and an increase in defence spending.