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Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” as the US president cut short the Ukrainian leader’s long-sought meeting in the White House and told him to return “when he is ready for Peace”. In a joint appearance in the Oval Office on Friday, the two leaders clashed even before the

US President Donald Trump has said his administration is working on a trade deal with the UK, while suggesting that Britain could escape tariffs if such an agreement were struck. During a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said that the US vice-president JD Vance and US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent were

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration and pave the way for a long-term US security commitment. Ukrainian officials

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tesla sales plummeted in Europe in January, suggesting waning demand for the US carmaker’s vehicles after its billionaire chief Elon Musk stepped up his high-profile interventions in the region’s politics. The EV maker sold just

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Sir Keir Starmer has praised US President Donald Trump for changing the “global conversation” on the war in Ukraine for the better, as the British prime minister prepares for talks in the White

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. BMW has paused a £600mn investment plan to produce electric Mini cars in Oxford, putting the future of the historic plant under threat as the industry grapples with a slower than expected move away from

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump is considering tariffs on countries that levy digital services taxes against American companies and tightening rules on Chinese investment in the US as he widens the scope of his global trade

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a US proposal to take ownership of around 50 per cent of the rights to his country’s rare earth minerals and is trying to negotiate a better

Vladimir Putin’s initial plan to capture Ukraine in a few days ended in disaster. But after Donald Trump set up direct peace talks with Moscow, bypassing Kyiv and European allies, the Russian president is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted from his three-year-long invasion. Putin’s main ambition, said people who have spoken

Holding bitcoin is cool again. President Donald Trump has vowed to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”, words that have helped supercharge the token’s price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Wall Street banks and money managers are preparing to jump in. Investors hope Trump will turn the often-derided token into a mainstream financial asset

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to mass around the Gaza Strip and threatened to resume “intensive fighting” against Hamas if the Palestinian militant group failed to release Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday. Netanyahu’s ultimatum on Tuesday came after Hamas’s announcement that it was delaying “until further notice” the planned release of

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts warned.

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. In Stendhal’s The Red and the Black, a book that is never far from me, the colours refer to two careers. The first is the army. The other is the priesthood. The setting is

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US President Donald Trump has temporarily paused measures to close a tariff exemption on low-cost shipments from China while officials figure out how to tax the millions of packages that arrive in the US every

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump announced Nippon Steel had abandoned its plan to buy US Steel but would “invest heavily” in the iconic Pittsburgh producer. At a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell will discuss a proposed deal over the Chagos Islands with his US counterpart Mike Waltz in Washington this week, according to people familiar with the matter. Britain

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US consumers face the possibility of higher prices for popular goods such as tomatoes, avocados and tequila following Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on imports from China, Mexico and Canada.  The potential

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Beijing has hit out at new 10 per cent tariffs imposed by the US on Chinese exports, saying it will “take necessary countermeasures to defend its rights and interests” as trade tensions between

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US will go ahead with plans to hit Canada, Mexico and China with new tariffs, the White House has said, heightening the risks of a trade war. Washington will hit Canada and

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Canada’s former finance minister Chrystia Freeland has said Ottawa should retaliate to any US tariffs by adding huge levies on Tesla vehicles to punish Elon Musk, one of Donald Trump’s “billionaire buddies”. Freeland,