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FINANCIAL TIMES
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Donald Trump renews threat to hit trading partners with steep tariffs
 
White House extends deadline for ‘reciprocal’ levies from July 9 to August 1
 
 
Downing Street leaves door open to higher UK taxes on the wealthy
 
Treasury says it will protect ‘working people’ ahead of what is set to be a painful autumn Budget
 
 
Reform UK loosens vetting criteria for candidates
 
Populist party adopts ‘common sense’ approach and welcomes previously rejected applicants
 
 
Russian transport minister fired by Vladimir Putin ‘dies by suicide’
 
Roman Starovoyt’s death came amid ongoing corruption probe into defensive fortifications in Kursk
 
 
Trump’s ominous ICE security state
 
The nation of immigrants’ shift to mass deportation is among the most shocking turns in US history
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Samsung profits take big hit from US chip controls and AI memory shortfalls
 
China export restrictions affect foundry business while Nvidia has yet to approve tech giant’s advanced products
 
 
Tesla shares sink after Elon Musk says he will launch new US political party
 
Billionaire’s intervention, which he claims is needed to combat ‘one-party system’, rattles investors
 
 
Iran’s president says Israel tried to kill him during 12-day war
 
Masoud Pezeshkian says he would be open to renewed dialogue with the US over country’s nuclear programme
 
 
BlackRock tried private credit once before. Will this time be better?
 
The public markets giant now owns HPS. Its previous deal for Tennenbaum Capital Management has a troubled history
 
 
Bosnia, 30 years on: the looming crisis in the Balkans
 
Trouble is brewing again in the ethnically divided state, exactly three decades after the Srebrenica massacre
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Hotelier turned bitcoin hoarder Metaplanet plots acquisition spree
 
Boss of Japanese group plans to borrow against its growing stash of cryptocurrency
 
 
BP bolsters board with former Shell executive Simon Henry
 
Energy company seeks to strengthen its oil and gas experience in response to investor pressure
 
 
Maternity wear group Seraphine collapses into administration
 
Company was part of London’s bumper crop of 2021 IPOs but was taken private two years ago at 90% discount
 
 
Royal Gold agrees acquisitions worth $3.7bn as record prices drive deals
 
US group set to be one of world’s top metals streaming companies once transactions close for Sandstorm and Horizon
 
 
America’s police-industrial complex has a meme stock
 
Axon’s 60% gross margin highlights the profitability of supplying police gadgets
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
The dos and don’ts of donating art to museums
 
Major institutions are becoming more selective about the work that they will accept — and often want cash too
 
 
Donald Trump says US will send Ukraine more arms
 
Pentagon had held up critical weaponry over fears that American stockpiles were running low
 
 
FirstFT: Donald Trump threatens Japan and South Korea with steep tariffs
 
Also in today’s newsletter, Jane Street to fight India manipulation charges, and Iran’s president says Israel tried to kill him
 
 
UK seeks to rein in employers’ use of ‘gagging clauses’
 
Weinstein whistleblower welcomes changes that will help workers speak out against sexual harassment
 
 
BCG gets caught up in a scandal in Gaza
 
The episode raises serious questions over processes at the global consulting firm
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Fox got a big Trump bump — now comes the hard part