FT Crossword: Number 18,453
Burnham warns of ‘tinderbox’ Britain after week of intense heat
PM visits scene of wildfire as he explores controversial moves to water down EV sales targets and approve new oilfields
Nvidia discloses $21bn stake in SpaceX
Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centres
Trump family’s crypto venture granted conditional approval for bank licence
Move by regulator to comes as president’s business interests in sector become a political flashpoint
Jane Street suffers $15bn hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness
Secretive Wall Street trading firm wrongfooted by July AI rout
Sheinbaum slams US for revoking visa of former Mexican president’s son
Trump administration accused of foreign interference as López Obrador’s son says decision came from ‘gangster bosses’
Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead
University’s youngest-ever Black professor had been under scrutiny following plagiarism allegations
Transcript: Farage wins . . . and donation probe resumes
Lucy Fisher talks to Anna Gross and George Parker
US accuses more than 40 countries of helping China avoid Trump’s tariffs
White House says Canada, Japan, EU and others enabling evasion of levies for $60bn in trade via ‘transshipment scam’
Americans sour on Trump’s economy as affordability strains intensify
Consumer sentiment and retail sales fall as the war in Iran worsens cost of living pressures
Second UK train derails in less than 24 hours
Incident in Essex follows derailment of train in East Sussex on Thursday
Unhappy voters are suffering from ‘Baumol’s disease’
An analysis of classical music can explain why people feel they are paying more taxes for worse public services
Luigi Mangione admits shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO
Ivy League graduate pleads guilty in federal case that has become lightning rod for debate about US healthcare system
The best theatre shows to see in London and beyond
The FT’s critics pick the biggest and best plays now on in the West End and elsewhere
Stockpickers: Persimmon, Savills, Caledonia Mining
Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week
Directors’ Deals: British American Tobacco’s newest director buys the dip
Group warns of disappointing full-year profit growth
Biotech VCs have become like bankers and we might all pay the price
A shift in business models conflicts with the long-term nature of developing new drugs and treatment
How a bad trade pushed a US mortgage giant into a $2bn lifeline
Billionaire finance executive and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia forged a last-minute deal with Oaktree
Bezos-backed group strikes deal for stake in Liverpool FC
Consortium led by son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal invests at valuation of more than $7bn
Activists are giving British M&A targets a helpful shove
Investors can unlock value by pushing companies to spin off businesses or sell to rivals
Farage wins… and donation probe resumes
Plus, is Burnham mulling an early election?
Top French court blocks social media ban for children
Constitutional Council says law is a ‘disproportionate infringement on freedom of expression’
Latest savings rates
Up-to-date deals from banks and building societies