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  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Radar shows scale of damage from Israeli strikes on Lebanon

    Satellite data shows more than 3,100 buildings affected as intense wave of attacks kills over 1,300 people

    Image of a bombed-out building in Beirut paired with a map of Lebanon highlighting affected areas
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
    The Israel-Hamas war — in maps and charts

    A visual guide to the conflict and its regional impact

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Sheikh Hasina
    Britain asked to investigate assets linked to ousted Bangladeshi regime

    Dhaka central bank probes whether allies of autocrat Sheikh Hasina diverted upwards of £13bn overseas

    Emerson Bainbridge House in London
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Sudan
    Russians and Ukrainians help train same side in Sudan’s war

    Intelligence officers say retired pilots from Ukraine and snipers from Russia are both working with Sudanese Armed Forces

    Members of Sudanese Armed Forces take part in an Army Day military parade  in Port Sudan last month
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Russia
    Putin’s flagship Arctic gas project struggles to lure customers

    US sanctions appear to be deterring buyers, satellite images and ship-tracking data suggest

    The Saam floating storage unit in the Arctic waters off northern Russia has been taking LNG shipments from a key gas field
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Russia built covert trade channel with India, leaks reveal

    Files outline Moscow’s plan to spend rupees from oil sales on sensitive electronics for war effort

    A montage of a hand holding Indian bank notes, a plane, arrows and a computer chip
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Russian business & finance
    US threatens sanctions against countries hosting Russian banks

    Deputy Treasury secretary Adeyemo says Washington will ‘go after’ branches used by Moscow to circumvent trade restrictions

    The Russian national flag flies atop the Russian State Duma building in central Moscow
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Top US oil group expands in Russia as rivals pull out

    Texas-based company has signed new contracts and recruited hundreds of staff despite the war in Ukraine

    Schlumberger installation on a drilling site in Russia
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Russia
    Russian navy trained to target sites inside Europe with nuclear-capable missiles

    Secret presentation for officers reveals plans for overwhelming strikes in early stages of potential war against Nato

    Montage of a map of Europe and a warship
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Turkey
    US warns Turkey of ‘consequences’ over military-linked exports to Russia

    Washington seeks more action from Ankara in curbing trade pivotal to Moscow war machine 

    Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Russian economy
    Cargo ship spotted at Russian gas terminal under US sanctions

    Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia’s high north has so far been unable to export liquefied natural gas

    Satellite imagery shows a vessel roughly 280 metres long docked at the Arctic LNG 2 on August 1
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    ‘We thought we lived in Tuscany’: Hizbollah strikes ravage Israel’s north

    Radar imagery and interviews show damage from cross-border attacks amid fears of escalating war

    Fires burn as a result of rockets launched from Lebanon into northern Israel, next to the city of Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanon border, on June 3 2024
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Free LunchRussian business & finance
    No time to give up on Russia sanctions Premium content

    Kremlin has not been stopped in its tracks — but it does have sand in its gears

    A Russian flag and missile cruiser
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Russian business & finance
    Spy-linked Russians restart trade with German toolmaker

    Heller Tools exported machinery to entities linked to a covert FSB smuggling network

    Machine tools in a Heller factory
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    UK targets more Russian-linked oil tankers with sanctions

    Western officials believe the strategy is proving effective in undermining Moscow’s ability to export crude

    An oil tanker in Novorossiysk, Russia
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Type of Russian missile that struck Kyiv children’s hospital uses western components

    Kremlin has turned to microprocessors and other technology not intended for military use to skirt sanctions

    A montage of photos of components of the Kh-101 missile and the aftermath of a missile strike
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Keir Starmer
    Starmer defends accepting freebies on security grounds

    Labour leader’s trips to see Arsenal bumped him up House of Commons register of interests

    Keir Starmer surrounded by journalists on a visit to drinks manufacturer Global Brands in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on Tuesday
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Starmer accepted £76,000 of freebies including tickets to over 20 football games

    Commons register of interests shows Labour leader’s declarations in last parliament spanned concerts to clothing

    Labour leader Keir Starmer at the Uefa Euros football final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium in July 2021
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK general election 2024
    Labour campaign data reveals ambition for record majority

    Party sends activists deep into Conservative territory as polls suggest huge swing

    Montage of Labour leader Keir Starmer against background of FT data
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Lebanon
    Israel’s push to create a ‘dead zone’ in Lebanon

    As Hizbollah and Israel trade cross-border fire, radar data and interviews show attacks have ravaged 5km-wide strip of land

    A man checks a destroyed building on January 8, 2024 after an Israeli air raid in the village of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour diverts activists away from Lib Dem target seats

    Campaign data analysed by FT reveals electoral strategy likely to maximise Tory losses in the south of England

    Montage showing Labour leader Keir Starmer with Liberal Democrat leader  Ed Davey in the background
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Unusual burst of bets preceded Rishi Sunak’s election announcement

    Prime minister says he will ‘boot’ out anyone from the party found to have broken the rules

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak  announces election outside Downing Street
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Enterprise software
    Software group Fortnox restates figures after challenge from FT

    Highly valued Swedish software group has underplayed its market dominance

    A lakeside view of the southern Swedish city of Vaxjo where Fortnox is headquartered
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Russia scours China for second-hand machine tools

    Shadowy buyers for Moscow’s defence industry source old western-made machinery

    Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits Uralvagonzavod, the country’s main tank factory in the Urals
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    UK imposes sanctions on Russian insurer protecting ‘shadow fleet’ of tankers

    Ingosstrakh targeted as part of western push to limit Kremlin’s oil revenues during Ukraine war

    Ingosstrakh offices
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