World

• US government bonds steady after strong 10-year Treasury auction [Wed, 07 Oct 15:58]
  French, Italian and UK government bonds under pressure in volatile trading
• SEC warns asset managers against collaborating on activist campaigns [Wed, 07 Oct 15:04]
  US regulator says fund groups risk stricter rules after a probe into the ousting of ExxonMobil board members
• Marco Rubio urges western countries to uphold traditional values [Wed, 07 Oct 14:55]
  US secretary of state warns alternative is ‘atrophy, servitude and decline’ in Athens speech
• The online life of the Flydubai attacker [Wed, 07 Oct 14:18]
  Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views
• SpaceX credit risk jumps on worries over its borrowing spree [Wed, 07 Oct 14:05]
  Leap in credit default swaps tracking Elon Musk’s aerospace group follows an FT report that it is seeking to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips
• Tory inheritance tax pledge: do the sums add up? [Wed, 07 Oct 13:58]
  Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says if her party wins the next election she will cut the number of families paying the levy
• Chrysler Building taken over as New York luxury office market booms [Wed, 07 Oct 13:20]
  New owners to pay $235mn and plan an upgrade for the landmark suffering from low occupancy and disrepair
• French central bank chief says ECB intervention not needed to ease bond rout [Wed, 07 Oct 13:03]
  Emmanuel Moulin also hit out at ‘Trump-style’ threats against him from the far left
• China slaps down EU request for voluntary curbs on hybrid car exports [Wed, 07 Oct 12:56]
  European Commission now considering temporary limits to control surging shipments that could trigger serious trade conflict
• Merz’s conservatives in new crisis over alleged support for AfD [Wed, 07 Oct 12:24]
  Far-right party claims it secured votes from regional CDU lawmakers in Saxony-Anhalt
• Israelis commemorate victims of October 7 as election looms [Wed, 07 Oct 11:56]
  Hamas’s attack reverberates through Israeli politics three years on
• Badenoch promises to scrap inheritance tax on family homes [Wed, 07 Oct 11:03]
  Pledge aims to cement Conservatives’ reputation as ‘party of home ownership’
• Six things we learnt from the Tory party conference [Wed, 07 Oct 11:02]
  The Conservatives’ annual gathering in Birmingham has closed with leader Kemi Badenoch focusing on the economy and homeowners
• US oil trader takes $2bn gamble on tankers as carriers steer clear of Hormuz [Wed, 07 Oct 11:00]
  American security push aims to spur Asian refining as diesel shortages stoke inflation
• Deadly Russian strikes cut power in several Kyiv districts [Wed, 07 Oct 10:57]
  Moscow’s latest overnight air attack targets residential buildings and energy infrastructure across Ukraine
• Reform UK internal probe clears senior officials of breaking law over donor sting [Wed, 07 Oct 09:50]
  Party threatens legal action against investigative journalists after report, which is criticised by Labour
• Houthi rebels target Riyadh and Aden in new missile barrage [Wed, 07 Oct 08:46]
  Assault comes days after government forces announced major offensive to reclaim strategic Bab al-Mandab waterway
• Widdecombe murder suspect accused of trying to break into Farage’s home [Wed, 07 Oct 08:42]
  Prosecutors allege that Joshua Kerry conducted research on prominent people over period of more than two years
• What we know about the suspected plague case in Russia [Wed, 07 Oct 08:34]
  Death of lab worker at anti-plague institute in Siberia has spurred speculation that she contracted the infection
• Royal Mail to cut 2,500 jobs to fund £500mn delivery improvement plan [Wed, 07 Oct 08:30]
  Job losses will be in administrative and support roles and take effect before end of next year, says company