Outrage grows in US after videos cast doubt on official explanation for death of 37-year-old intensive-care nurse

ICE could become the largest enforcement agency in the US, but critics say its behaviour is increasingly lawless

Zhang Youxia under investigation after affecting ‘party’s absolute leadership over military’, PLA’s official media claims

National Executive Committee panel decides Greater Manchester mayor cannot contest Gorton and Denton by-election

The Trump administration’s rhetoric on blue-collar jobs has not matched reality

Review expected to propose a significant redesign after years of delays and overruns

Responsibilities including combating organised crime will no longer be handled at a local level

Asset manager’s CEO Salim Ramji hails ‘incredible opportunities’ as it aims for 40mn international customers

Value of assets offloaded by UK groups fell to three-year low last year, just as US private capital firms pile in

Even if you are not interested in the superpowers, they will sooner or later be interested in you

Authorities crack down on stand-up as jokes about Jesus and period pads incense sectarian groups and prosecutors

Peter Kyle calls on government departments to do more to boost economic growth

Washington to invest in USA Rare Earth as bank run by Howard Lutnick’s sons advises group on separate fundraising

The toxic ecosystem we have today can be better addressed with competition than regulation

Protests spread across US after second fatal shooting by law enforcement during immigration crackdown

Over 40 per cent of the country is under a winter storm warning with flights cancelled and emergency orders in place

Greater Manchester mayor seeks to contest Gorton and Denton by-election in move that could set up leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer

North American tensions resurface after Mark Carney warned of ‘rupture’ in global order at Davos

Risks from inflation and a precarious AI boom hover over stellar growth figures

Two generals are being investigated for ‘serious discipline violations and violations of the law’

Google AI boss tells FT that despite unsustainable exuberance in the tech sector, ‘if the bubble bursts we will be fine’

Trump has laid waste to the Atlantic alliance — the Greenland crisis shows what needs to be done

Behind the crisis caused by Donald Trump’s threats is a much bigger change: the waning of US hegemony and the coming of a multi-polar age

Reflections on a decade that was less traumatic than it promised to be