the ‘sociopathic’ architect of Hamas’s October 7 attack

For more than a year, Israel’s most wanted man proved elusive as the weight of the Israeli military hunted him through the ruins of Gaza. But Israel’s relentless search for Yahya Sinwar finally ended in a bombed-out building in the besieged strip’s south. On Thursday, Israel’s foreign minister Israel Katz said Sinwar “was killed today…

The tech sector should brace for further turbulence

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Whatever happened to the rotation out of tech stocks? Through large parts of July and August, Wall Street investors seemed to be shaking off their addiction to a handful of big tech companies that had…

Trump hawks merchandise as White House race enters final stretch

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Donald Trump is using the final stretch of the White House race to sell everything from crypto tokens to watches, books and jewellery to millions of fans, boosting his family’s finances on…

Iran foreign minister visits Egypt as leaders try to contain regional war

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran’s foreign minister has met Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the first visit to Cairo by an official from the Islamic republic in more than a decade, as diplomats step up efforts to avoid…

US Secret Service needs new leadership after attempt on Trump’s life, review finds

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House The US Secret Service should change its leadership, a review into the “failures and breakdowns” that led to the attempted assassination in July of former president Donald Trump has found. The 52-page…

EU considers including Elon Musk’s business empire to calculate potential X fine

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk could face a hefty fine as European regulators look at including revenues from the billionaire’s business empire to calculate a potential fine against social media platform X. Under the bloc’s Digital Services Act…

Israel says it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel said on Thursday it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly October 7 attack. The Israel Defense Forces said it was examining the possibility that Sinwar was one of…

Blackstone plans to list some of its largest investments

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone plans to list some of its largest investments, the world’s biggest private capital group said on Thursday, after sluggish asset sales hit its third-quarter profits. Jonathan Gray, Blackstone’s president, said the recent technology-fuelled rally…