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Hong Kong hedge funds, Blackpool football, 70 sources, 5 uses of the c-word. Something for everyone in Kaye Wiggins epic tale of Simon Sadler ft.com/content/442030…

Mather Schneider yalereview.org/article/burrou…

Israel’s ‘forever war’ stretches IDF to the limit. Reservists and ground forces warn of growing attrition as country moves closer to renewed full-scale conflict in Gaza. My story Financial Times ft.com/content/407971…

The infuriatingly stupid UK tax trap that is dissuading people from working and taking pay rises. by Claer Barrett and Emma Agyemang ft.com/content/8fc5e3…

Schwab, 87, did not give a timeline for his departure from the organisation, of which he was executive chair for more than half a century. But the WEF told the Financial Times that the process should be completed by January 2027. on.ft.com/44baLal

The BBC explains what the UK sells to the US: “Often highly qualified jobs like lawyers, designers, PR consultants”

How far we've come, or not ft.com/content/ce97b5…

"I don't understand the goddamn formula" -- Ken Langone ft.com/content/56b9c7…

China vows ‘fight to the end’ after Trump threatens extra 50% tariff on.ft.com/4j2ZopI

Oh Tim Apple. “Microsoft overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company” ft.com/content/50a3e1…

This tariff pause is going to be very bad for the factory I started building last week

SCOOP - #XiJinping purges #2 PLA general #HeWeidong, Central Military Commission vice-chair & Politburo member #USChinaScoop on.ft.com/3R9VTl5

SCOOP: Internal Palantir Slack messages obtained by Joseph Cox show the company did a recent sprint to build a tool that helps ICE find the physical locations of people who have been marked for deportation. 404media.co/leaked-palanti…

In today’s Financial Times, Commissioner Slaughter and I wrote about the broader implications of the president’s attempt to remove us from office.

🚨Personal news: From the Currant Bun to The Pink ‘Un. I’m excited to say I’m joining The Financial Times as Chief UK Business Correspondent on 2 June. I’ve had the most brilliant time being Business Editor at The Sun and will miss the excellent headlines, puns and people.

My report from inside “the black hole” of Jena, LA, the excruciating ICE detention center in which Mahmoud Khalil is being kept, and the story of one woman’s attempt to provide a brief respite, by bringing him photos of his newborn son, whose birth ICE refused to let him see.

British troops training for drone warfare vs red tape. By Charles Clover “Guidelines prevent drones weighing more than 250g — about the weight of a cucumber — from being flown over the heads of people during training, even if they are sitting in a tank.” on.ft.com/3YYpimo

In the Mail, of all places, Peter Hitchens says “it’s time Britain stopped living in the past…” What is clear to the world, especially to Europe, is there in black and white…

“The NHS is failing but sacred and its holy status is more important than the question of whether it works or not. Tax hikes are unpopular and spending cuts are even less attractive. Voters demand the government spends more with less money.”

British security officials are investigating whether Russia may be involved in three arson attacks on properties connected to Sir Keir Starmer, according to senior Whitehall figures. on.ft.com/4kyMEaL