Belligerent comments come as Tehran weighs options in wake of air strikes

Shares fall despite solid earnings as analysts weigh impact of new ‘Apple Intelligence’ features

Ecommerce company’s shares rise as it also gives an upbeat forecast for the holiday quarter

Smaller than expected sales decline boosts shares as chipmaker tries to recover from misjudging demand

Disappointing Microsoft earnings prompt biggest one-day drop for US equities since early September

New assessment finds as many as 8,000 soldiers have been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region

Retail and hospitality bosses warn UK chancellor that national insurance changes will lead to job losses

Families affected will be worse off by more than £1,000 a year

But rival products from Apple and OpenAI will continue to attract users

Torrential rains were driven in part by dangerous rise in sea temperatures

Volkswagen and its EU rivals have allowed China to steal a march in EVs

Executives warned that previous cuts left the UK struggling to counter a rise in Russian and Chinese propaganda

Sarah Breeden says technology’s ‘power and use . . . is growing fast’

Comments in final days of US presidential campaign are ‘very offensive’ to female voters, Kamala Harris says

Advisers race to rethink approach after Rachel Reeves pledges to bring retirement pots under inheritance levy regime

Group’s demise is a challenge for several F1 racing teams which use its cooling technology in engines supplied by Mercedes-Benz

Benjamin Netanyahu meets US envoys to discuss end to war against Hizbollah

Move takes aim at rivals including Google and Perplexity

The UK’s largest water and sewerage provider is struggling with a £19bn debt load

Changes unveiled in the Budget mean private equity managers’ profit share schemes now face higher tax bills

Bank of England has already had plenty of time to react to the chancellor’s thinking