Being bad at football COULD save Man United £726mn
Struggling club risks ending up nearly a yard offside
UK will not rejoin EU customs union, Starmer says
Prime minister says move would ‘undo’ benefits from recent trade deals with India and US
Top US state Republicans urge SEC to consider delisting Chinese companies
Letter asks regulator to protect American investors from opaque Chinese reporting policies
Deal to let Brits skip EU passport queues would have happened without post-Brexit accord
Broader reform of European border checks that has been planned for years would allow use of ‘e-gates’
Turkey detains Istanbul officials in escalating opposition crackdown
Corruption charges follow arrest of President Erdoğan’s main political rival Ekrem İmamoğlu in March
France and Germany urge EU to scrap supply chain rules
Leaders say regulation aimed at protecting workers and climate outside bloc will harm economic competitiveness
Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency
Once high-flying group founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’
Trump seeks an off-ramp from Russia-Ukraine negotiations
Also in today’s newsletter, despite tariff climbdown, trade war still looms large over US economy
EU to impose €2 tax on low-cost items in blow to Temu and Shein
Brussels plans handling fee on billions of small packages imported mainly from China
BoE tightens rules for foreign banks with high-value deposits
Change aims to close a gap in regulation exposed by collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
Tommy Robinson to be released from prison within days
Far-right activist’s 18-month contempt of court sentence reduced by High Court
Israel risks becoming ‘pariah state’ over Gaza, says opposition leader
Yair Golan says Israel not ‘acting like a sane country’, as UK, France and Canada threaten action in response to offensive
Europe races to keep Trump involved in Ukraine-Russia talks
European capitals in diplomatic flurry after US president’s call with Vladimir Putin
Greggs boosted by warm weather and viral TikTok campaign, chief says
Shares in bakery chain rise to highest level since February after reporting improved sales growth
More than 120 countries back treaty to share vaccines in pandemics
WHO agreement aims to close resource gaps that undermined Covid response
Iran’s supreme leader says he does not expect US talks to ‘yield results’
Comments damp expectations of breakthrough to end long-running crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme
Art Basel launches new art fair in Qatar
The fair will run in February 2026 and cements the Middle East as the next frontier in the global art market
UK imposes sanctions on British accountant over Russia shadow fleet deals
John Michael Ormerod was allegedly involved in the procurement of oil tankers
Second man charged over fire at Starmer’s London home
Romanian national is second person charged following three arrests
Who will pay for Trump’s tariffs?
It depends whether you ask businesses, exporters, officials or academics
Israel’s Gaza aid plan could lead to ‘war crime’, UN agency chief says
Philippe Lazzarini says ‘primary intent’ of US-backed proposal is to push population south and even out of strip
Trumpism’s growing split: Bannon vs plutocrats
Some Republicans warn that a tax-cutting budget will destroy the party’s standing with working-class voters
What Germany’s ‘sea-change’ shift on nuclear power means for the industry
Also in today’s newsletter: how low can oil prices go?
Making jokes in India is a serious business
Stand-up comedy is still a relatively new phenomenon in a country trying to decide where to draw the line on free speech