Diesel prices slip after Trump claims ‘energy ceasefire’ in Ukraine war [Mon, 12 Oct 10:40]Announcement follows deal with Putin as US president tries to contain impact of higher fuel costs ahead of midterm elections
Riyadh defiant as Houthis launch new missile strikes on Saudi Arabia [Mon, 12 Oct 10:39]International oil company chiefs stay away from energy congress after airport attacks
Putin is breaching Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’, Zelenskyy says [Mon, 12 Oct 10:27]Ukraine says Russia conducted strikes on power plants after US president’s announcement on Sunday
Burnham’s EU reset hit by French demands on university fees [Mon, 12 Oct 09:45]Rejecting closer ties with EU would be ‘dereliction of duty’, prime minister to tell MPs
Nato’s supreme commander warns Moscow against attacks in Europe [Mon, 12 Oct 09:34]Alexus Grynkewich says Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war is unsettling even if conflict is not imminent
Franco-German deal on EU car policy is ‘imminent’, says Macron [Mon, 12 Oct 09:10]Agreement would push back Europe’s phaseout of combustion engines and boost car production on the continent to combat Chinese competition
Europe is finally confronting China [Mon, 12 Oct 09:00]At last, the French and the Germans are getting serious about standing up to Beijing’s mercantilism
Labour plan to cut funds from heat pump scheme sparks industry backlash [Mon, 12 Oct 08:26]Energy department ordered to find £2bn of savings as part of Downing Street drive to boost defence spending
‘The youth are no longer afraid’: protests test Modi’s grip [Mon, 12 Oct 08:08]Widening unrest takes aim at election integrity and threatens prime minister’s legitimacy
AI regulation must mimic Industrial Revolution laws, UK minister says [Mon, 12 Oct 08:01]Kanishka Narayan tells companies not to release frontier models ‘if you can’t adequately control the risks’
The EU has more bark but lacks bite towards China [Mon, 12 Oct 07:31]Germany’s apparent shift towards trade belligerence is unfocused and unproven
How Prune Nourry resurrected Paris’s forgotten female artists [Mon, 12 Oct 07:00]When she visited the Petit Palais museum, the artist realised just four per cent of the sculptures were created by women — she aims to correct the balance
Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale [Mon, 12 Oct 07:00]Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector
German labour minister resigns as Merz coalition strains deepen [Mon, 12 Oct 05:27]Bärbel Bas’s resignation risks further delaying labour market and pension reforms
EU ‘safeguards’ hybrid car sector from Chinese imports under new deal [Mon, 12 Oct 03:20]Auto sector welcomes ‘understanding’ reached with Beijing but other industries warn China’s huge trade surplus will persist without further action
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries [Mon, 12 Oct 02:42]Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin
FTAV’s further read [Mon, 12 Oct 01:30]Trump vs Norway; chōsen-seki; mathematicians and AI, RIP Quartz; Wallace and Gromit
EU budget battle intensifies ahead of leaders’ summit [Mon, 12 Oct 01:00]Also in this newsletter: Don’t ban US tech without financial support, says Warsaw
Wall Street’s great money spinner [Mon, 12 Oct 01:00]Plus, JPMorgan’s European ambitions, a surge in US corporate borrowing costs, and painting the French Riviera
Trump’s midterm peril [Mon, 12 Oct 00:00]Losing the Republican majority in the chamber would be bruising for the president. A vote in rural Iowa may determine his fate