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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    HTSI
    Exbury, the Rothschilds’ garden refuge

    Marie-Louise Agius and her uncle Lionel de Rothschild are cultivating a shared passion at the family’s 200-acre Hampshire estate 

    Marie-Louise Agius and Lionel de Rothschild in Exbury Gardens
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    News in-depthEU defence
    Inside the factory making Europe’s machine guns — by hand

    FN Herstal’s small arms are back in demand. But the Belgian gunmaker can only move as fast as its artisanal labour

    Brice Grandjean, 23, holds an FN Minimi in production at his workstation at one of FN Herstal’s weapons manufacturing facilities on February 24, 2025 in Herstal, Belgium
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Travel
    Just off Jersey, the ultimate coastal retreat: a 200-year-old tower surrounded by sea

    Seymour Tower is one of numerous historic fortifications that ring the island — some of which now provide unique accommodation for visitors

    A stone castle-like building set in clear blue sea
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    InterviewAt Home with the FT
    Sculptor Șerban Ionescu: ‘Paris is New York 2.0’

    Recent moves from Toronto to Brooklyn to Brussels to Paris have only stirred his creativity — and a historic rental in the 11th arrondissement has become a space of vibrant experimentation, and a place to grow

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Military technology
    UK tests microwave weapon to disable drone swarms

    ‘RapidDestroyer’ uses a high-power radio frequency to fry systems at a distance

    RFDEW Image of the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Food & Drink
    Calling all biscuit lovers: this Tuscan cantucci tour is for you

    It’s crunch time for lovers of the Italian confectionery. HTSI’s food critic takes the first tour

    Cantucci served with vin santo
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Alec Russell
    Truth, lies and the betrayal of Ukraine

    The Trump administration’s falsehoods over the war are doing profound damage to America’s global standing

    US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Hays PLC
    Hays is latest UK recruiter to warn about uncertain outlook

    Sector says job market has not been this difficult since the pandemic

    Commuters walking
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Gender politics
    Legal definition of a woman refers to ‘biological sex’, UK Supreme Court rules

    Unanimous decision by judges is a blow for transgender rights campaigners

    Susan Smith and Marion Calder, directors of For Women Scotland, celebrate as they leave the Supreme Court
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    EU trade
    EU warns over unsafe cosmetics imported from China

    Bloc registers steep rise in products purchased online not meeting safety standards

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why the EU will struggle to negotiate an alternative trade deal with Ukraine Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Irish students warned to think twice before going to the US

    A combine harvests wheat near Kramatorsk, in Donetsk region
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Nato
    US ‘paradise’ base on alert as Europe braces for Trump’s Nato cuts

    Key to alliance’s anti-missile shield, Rota is among 38 bases across Europe at risk of a withdrawal by Washington

    A woman plays with a dog on the beach as warships are seen berthed at the US naval base in Rota, southern Spain
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Katie Martin
    Advice to shell-shocked Americans from Brexit Britain

    Britons are skilled at navigating the humiliation unleashed by political and market chaos — allow us to give you some tips

    Andy Carter illustration of a person sheltering under an umbrella decorated with a Union Jack while another person dashes to avoid a downpour of dollar and red graph line symbols as they fall from the sky
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Ekrem İmamoğlu
    Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world

    My arrest in the government’s attempt to crush dissent shows how important the stability of my country is

    Supporters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) attend a rally to protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Can I contest my share of our late mother’s estate?

    I believe my brother persuaded our mother to reduce my inheritance

  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Belgium
    Belgium scrambles to reach Nato defence spending goal

    Budget minister says country will meet this year’s target but an increase will take its toll on welfare system

    Belgian soldiers on and beside a military vehicle
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    EU immigration
    UK and France in talks over a migrant returns agreement

    Britain would be able to deport one person in exchange for the French sending another individual the other way

    A crowded inflatable boat carrying a large group of migrants wearing life jackets and warm clothing, struggling to stay balanced as they cross a body of water
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    US wants to retain key tariffs on EU, say European officials

    Diplomats from the bloc say American negotiators stressed the need for levies as part of efforts to repatriate industry

    Donald Trump in the Oval Office
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Bank bonuses
    Bonuses surge for top traders at EU investment firms after cap is lifted

    European Banking Authority says variable pay for some staff has risen to more than €1mn

    European currency Euro sculpture
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Andrew Tate
    Andrew Tate to face ‘coercive control’ claim in UK civil trial

    High Court to hear accusations that rightwing influencer engaged in physical and sexual abuse

  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    French economy
    France risks ‘irreversible’ harm from overspending, PM warns

    François Bayrou urges clean-up of public finances but faces a vote of no confidence if opposition object to budget cuts

    François Bayrou
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why Serbia’s EU ambitions are on the line as Vučić weighs up Putin invite Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Are the EU’s 2040 climate targets going soft?

    Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia’s president
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    EU energy
    EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals

    Brussels says invoking force majeure clause would allow contract termination without penalties

    Close-up of a resident’s hand lighting a gas stove
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    InterviewÖzgür Özel
    How Turkey’s opposition plans to take on Erdoğan

    Republican People’s Party head Özgür Özel outlines strategy after arrest of star campaigner triggered mass protests

    Özgür Özel, head of the Republican People’s party
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Trump again blames Ukraine for starting war with Russia

    US president reignites war of words with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    A Ukrainian rescuer working at the burning site of a Russian missile attack in Sumy, Ukraine on April 13
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