UK prime minister says xAI will restrict the image generator as billionaire pledges to follow laws in all markets

Chancellor says a post-Budget retreat could include extension to other hospitality

After retreat on digital ID cards, chancellor indicates climbdown on business rates for pubs is coming soon

American intervention in Iran carries far greater risks than in Venezuela

Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, whose shopkeepers helped bring Islamist clerics to power in 1979, once again became a hotspot for anti-regime rallies

Move is part of an effort to limit entries from foreigners who rely on government welfare

S&P 500 on course for worst day since mid-December as tech shares also hit

Rate cut bets and easing tensions over government borrowing fuel gilts rally

Oil slides as president says he has received assurances that killing in Tehran has ‘stopped’

‘Fundamental disagreement’ remains as Donald Trump maintains his campaign to take over the territory

Chief executive Jane Fraser is pushing through bank’s biggest restructuring in more than a decade

His two great liabilities, Brexit and Donald Trump, are unmentionable in British politics

Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote

Move comes as personnel evacuated from the US military’s Al Udeid air base in Qatar

Prime minister hoping to consolidate grip on power by winning majority for ruling party

Exports soar as world’s second-largest economy shakes off Trump’s tariff threat

Demand from developers beat analysts’ expectations

UK oil major suffers latest setback as it tries to pivot back to fossil fuels

Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas

Potential buyers dropped out of talks to buy Japanese agency’s underperforming international arm

Coke had been seeking about £2bn after paying £3.9bn for UK coffee chain in 2018

America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad

Odey Asset Management’s plan to ‘cease trading activities’ comes after founder’s fall from grace over sexual misconduct claims

Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out