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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has hailed China as a “key power” for promoting peace in Ukraine during a visit to Beijing, the latest in a flurry of high-profile diplomacy after surprise trips to Kyiv […]

Nato leaders are expected to make a one-year, €40bn pledge of support for Ukraine this week, as the alliance’s most important members are engulfed in domestic political turmoil that limits their capacity to commit more long-term resources to Ukraine in its defence against Russia. The summit starting on Tuesday in Washington comes on the heels

In a secret brick workshop on the outskirts of a frontline town in eastern Ukraine, soldiers Bohdan and Vlad are hard at work making killer drones. The small factory has a 3D printer to make the components needed to turn technology designed for fun or aerial photography into a deadly weapon. The use of unmanned

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has won a huge parliamentary majority on strikingly thin support. Labour won only 34 per cent of the vote. The shift in support for the Conservatives since its big victory in 2019

Prominent House Democrats joined calls for Joe Biden to drop out of the election race over the weekend, even as the president stepped up campaigning to convince voters and his own party that he was fit for office. Biden made two campaign stops on Sunday in Pennsylvania, a state he almost certainly needs to win

President Joe Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate with former president Donald Trump reignited grave concerns about his age and sparked panic among Democrats. Calls for him to drop out of the White House race swiftly followed. Some lawmakers in Biden’s party are anxious for him to be replaced. Donors are hunting for alternative candidates. Biden’s