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Wednesday, 2 September 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
The Takaichi revolution
 
The prime minister’s style is clashing with Japan’s traditions — and the bond market
 
 
Tim Cook handed $47mn pay deal as Apple’s executive chair
 
Package signals big role for former CEO as his successor John Ternus gets $58mn
 
 
Andy Burnham accused of taking Britain back to the 1970s
 
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says new prime minister is living in the past
 
 
Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles
 
Leaks reveal programme behind one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow to Tehran
 
 
US launches further strikes on Iran as conflict flares up
 
Escalation pushes oil prices higher and sends Treasury yields to day’s highs as investors fret over new bout of inflation
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Shein searches for growth after cut-price IPO
 
Ultra-fast-fashion retailer set to prioritise third-party marketplace in growth push after cut-price listing
 
 
Massachusetts’ 80-year-old senator sees off primary challenge over his age
 
Progressive lawmaker Ed Markey defeats moderate rival more than three decades younger
 
 
Pentagon chaos deepens after Dan Driscoll quits in clash with Pete Hegseth
 
Army secretary’s exit leaves ‘serious leadership gaps’ as US military grapples with protracted Iran conflict
 
 
China derails consensus on communiqué after US-hosted G20
 
Beijing objects to language calling for elimination of ‘non-market’ policies to curb trade imbalances
 
 
China’s real robot revolution is not about humanoids
 
The country is using its superpower of scaling and building supply chains to challenge the global industry
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
US diesel prices soar as Donald Trump hauls in refiners
 
President holds White House meeting as fresh escalation in his Iran war threatens new inflationary spiral
 
 
US defends Venezuela deal as Chevron prepares to expand operations
 
Trump administration justifies agreement as a way to expel Chinese and Russian adversaries from oilfields in ‘our hemisphere’
 
 
Warsh and peace
 
Bond yields keep rising after the Fed chair’s Jackson Hole speech
 
 
Governments should heed the bond market’s warning
 
Financial repression is not a sustainable way to manage rising borrowing costs
 
 
IMF agrees $2.2bn bailout for Senegal
 
West African nation will seek to restructure its external debts after last year’s revelations of extensive misreported borrowing
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Germany blames Russia for Leipzig drone attack
 
Interior minister Alexander Dobrindt says his country is ‘not at war, but a daily target of hybrid warfare’
 
 
GoPro: a totally normal, unremarkable piece of merger activity
 
Camera action
 
 
America can’t win the AI race if the rollout lacks public support
 
The US will fall behind China if people believe the technology is something being done to them rather than built with them
 
 
Action camera maker GoPro to be acquired after decade-long decline
 
Shares jump as much as 80% after announcement of $285mn cash deal with AI hardware group
 
 
Swiss finance minister hits out at move to water down UBS capital plans
 
Karin Keller-Sutter criticises lawmakers for compromise proposal ‘in favour of the bank and against taxpayers’
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Politics keeps European stocks in America’s shadow
 
The bloc’s policymakers typically lean towards protecting consumers and taxpayers at the expense of investors
 
 
Warsh clears up his own mess, but US credibility is still stretched
 
Many of the economic policy problems the Fed chair has to deal with stem from the administration
 
 
Why Andy Burnham should say: Jackdaw yes, Rosebank no
 
Despite the UK’s best efforts, its energy system will require natural gas for decades to come
 
 
How to understand the current puzzle in bonds and equities
 
Like every bubble, the important point is how the AI boom is being financed
 
 
Tories reopen Liz Truss wound with new shadow chancellor
 
Kemi Badenoch’s appointment of former Treasury minister hands opponents an open goal
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
When is an engineer not an engineer?
 
AI requirements and technical titles are more common in job ads but do not always reflect the reality of roles
 
 
How Chicago became America’s most surprising beach city
 
The FT’s architecture critic finds the city’s long lakefront a masterclass in urban planning, with sandy shorelines and remarkable buildings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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