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FINANCIAL TIMES
Thursday, 26 March 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Meta and Google liable for social media harm to children’s mental health in landmark US case
 
Jury awards at least $3mn in damages with Instagram owner to pay the majority
 
 
UK says Chinese wind turbine maker poses national security threat
 
Ming Yang’s plans to build Scottish factory to supply offshore wind farms thwarted
 
 
Russia sending drones to Iran, western intelligence says
 
Moscow close to completing phased deliveries of lethal weapons, food and medicine to Tehran
 
 
How a US assault on Kharg Island could unfold
 
Seizing Iran’s oil export hub by sea or air would choke regime but risks dragging American troops into open-ended conflict
 
 
Dane who lit up outside White House ‘real winner’ of elections
 
Foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen emerges as kingmaker in any potential coalition government
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Hong Kong weighs ‘big bang’ tax cuts for asset managers
 
Expansion of carried interest regime could mean zero levies on performance fees at hedge funds
 
 
The rise of China’s hottest new commodity: AI tokens
 
Chinese AI models made by groups such as DeepSeek and MiniMax have overtaken US rivals in token consumption
 
 
SpaceX boosts IPO ambition with plans to raise $75bn
 
Elon Musk’s rocket company told investors it hopes to go public with a $1.75tn valuation
 
 
Jefferies reports new $10mn First Brands loss as it writes off exposure
 
Investment fund owned by bank provided off-balance sheet financing to collapsed car parts supplier
 
 
Nato chief riles Europe by backing Trump’s war in Iran
 
European capitals irritated by Mark Rutte’s suggestion they will join US armada to Strait of Hormuz
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Republicans back Iran war even as voters feel ‘Biden-level’ petrol price pain
 
Lawmakers aim to reassure constituents that cost increases are temporary
 
 
The other Strait of Hormuz shock
 
Disruption to commodities far beyond oil and gas will have a long-lasting impact
 
 
Senegal defends use of derivatives in €650mn of undisclosed borrowing
 
Cash-strapped nation says swaps gave it access to cheaper borrowing and denies deals were opaque
 
 
Crispin Odey says he was ‘the victim’ and denies trying to silence woman he groped
 
Cross-examination of financier continues in his case against UK regulator
 
 
Tokenised stocks are coming, and ideally nobody will notice
 
Executives are touting the ability of real-time, blockchain-based settlement to transform trading and investment
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Self-driving will not make Nissan a commodity, says CEO
 
Ivan Espinosa bets the future of the beleaguered Japanese carmaker on its autonomous technology
 
 
Harry Potter TV reboot will be ‘biggest thing’ HBO has ever done
 
Warner Bros Discovery wants to grow its HBO Max streaming service in UK ahead of Paramount takeover
 
 
Monte dei Paschi revokes chief executive’s powers
 
Lender’s move against Luigi Lovaglio comes after he challenged a plan to replace him
 
 
Elliott offers Synopsys a masterclass in throwing its weight around
 
This chip design software maker could have and will have much bigger profits if the activist investor has anything to do with it
 
 
Fed up with train delays, Germans are betting on how late they’ll be
 
Deutsche Bahn’s record low punctuality has inspired jokes, T-shirts and now a mock gambling platform
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Congress must not give Trump a blank cheque for the Iran war
 
Fulfilling the Pentagon’s request would allow the US to prolong and escalate the conflict indefinitely
 
 
Markets were not made for Trump’s never-ending ping-pong
 
The chaos of the Iran war will have long-term consequences for investors and the dollar
 
 
The problem with doomsday deadlines
 
Giving future turmoil a date allows us to feign control while removing urgency
 
 
There is a solution to the income tax ‘cliff edge’
 
The way in which the UK system sees rates rise and then fall as income increases is indefensible
 
 
Why the Bank of England will not raise rates this year
 
The UK’s central bank is making a Maradona-like feint with hawkish monetary policy signals
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
British employers to be required to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps
 
Organisations with more than 250 staff will need to publish annual figures and earnings distribution rankings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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