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USS Gerald R Ford will join 10 ships in the region as White House also holds negotiations with senior Iranian officials
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Marco Rubio, Trump’s diplomat
The secretary of state has gone from presidential rival to loyal lieutenant amid a foreign policy blitz
Both Britain’s main parties are sinking in the electoral quicksand
Labour failure is no guarantee of Conservative success
Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich
US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
Goldman chief Solomon ‘reluctantly accepted’ Ruemmler’s resignation
Head of Wall Street bank calls attorney a ‘tremendous’ person hours after she quit over links to Jeffrey Epstein
US concludes Alibaba and BYD have links to Chinese military
The companies are among a number the Pentagon believes could pose a threat to American national security
Merz holds initial talks with Macron over nuclear deterrence
Germany explores joining France’s nuclear umbrella as European fears grow over US reducing its military footprint
Plans to tax cash in stocks-and-shares Isas to be watered down, investment sites expect
Platforms ‘optimistic’ government will take a lighter touch approach
US inflation falls more than expected to 2.4% in January
Data release comes after Fed held interest rates last month
Ukraine’s no man’s land is the future of war
In drone vs drone combat, valuable personnel can be pulled back from the front
UK bank bosses’ pay hits highest level in more than a decade
Barclays chief collected £15mn last year, with Lloyds and NatWest leaders pocketing £7.4mn and £6.6mn respectively
Europe needs ‘emergency mindset’ to survive, warns Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen tells FT that Greenland crisis has shown the ‘old world will not come back’
UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
High Court said ministers’ decision to proscribe direct action network as a terrorist organisation was ‘disproportionate’
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem transformed Dubai-based group into one of the world’s largest logistics operators
Bankers push to avoid US regulator taking charge of British supervisor
Michael Hsu is among the frontrunners to succeed Sam Woods at BoE Prudential Regulation Authority
Heathrow feels crowded because Britons and EU travellers ‘keep crashing into each other’, says CEO
Thomas Woldbye says passengers at UK’s only hub airport are often in ‘the wrong place’
Schroders is the defining deal of a glass half-empty UK
Asset manager is ending its listed life with a whimper rather than a bang
Trump plans to roll back tariffs on metal and aluminium goods
Latest softening of levies comes amid persistent voter anxiety about affordability in the US
What is Nuveen and why is it buying Schroders?
US asset manager has swooped on one of London’s most historic names
Schroders boss told Treasury £9.9bn sale was ‘good deal’ for UK
Richard Oldfield reassured government before sale of centuries-old institution to US investment firm
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding
A perfect storm of policy and regulatory headwinds has slowed new construction to a trickle
Wall Street hunts next casualty from AI threat to white-collar work
Stocks from insurance to property and wealth management punished after new tech launches
Quintessentially co-founder Aaron Simpson battles rape accusations
Director of concierge group claims he is target of extortion after series of lawsuits that also allege financial crime
Google warns EU against ‘erecting walls’ in tech sovereignty push
Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says
