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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK schools
      Sunak plans to overhaul A-level system with ‘British baccalaureate’

      UK prime minister set to propose sweeping changes to education in England as he battles for re-election

      An A-level class studying Spanish
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Energy sector
      Russia puts squeeze on oil market with diesel export ban

      Curbs raise concerns Kremlin is ‘repeating playbook’ by again weaponising energy supplies

      A petrol station in Russia
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Oil
      Russia routes thin-hulled oil tankers through Arctic for first time

      Use of unreinforced vessels raises risks of environmental disaster as Moscow diverts sanctions-hit exports

      A tanker at the Zvezda shipyard in far-eastern Russia
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Owner of ship seized carrying Iranian oil pleads guilty in US court

      Case involving the Suez Rajan further threatens to raise tensions between Washington and Tehran

      A satellite image of the oil tanker Suez Rajan
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      UK schools
      Why does Britain have a crumbling concrete problem?

      Because of ageing buildings, the school estate is in more need of work than the NHS

      Students arrive at Corpus Christi Catholic School in London, Britain, 04 September 2023.
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Free LunchRussian business & finance
      The paperwork problem with the Russian oil price cap Premium content

      Moscow is benefiting from bad mechanism design

      Tanker wagons at an oil terminal in russia
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      News in-depthIndian politics & policy
      India’s communications ‘backdoor’ attracts surveillance companies

      Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations

      Montage of Septier logo and communications tower
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Russia exploits billion-dollar oil cap loophole

      Inflated shipping costs offer opportunity to bring in more cash

      A tanker off the coast of Morocco
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Oleg Tinkov
      UK removes sanctions against Russian oligarch Oleg Tinkov

      Tycoon argued that a successful appeal would encourage others to speak out against war in Ukraine

      Oleg Tinkov
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      News in-depthArmenia
      Armenia: on the new silk road for goods to sanctions-hit Russia

      Thousands of used cars brought through Caucasus to circumvent US and EU bans

      Cars at Gyumri customs office in Armenia
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      News in-depthU.S. Army
      Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator

      Common spelling error has misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to a company running Mali’s internet domain

      Montage of a leaked email and US army chief of staff General James McConville
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      The BBC’s never-ending crisis

      Allegations about a high-profile presenter have exposed how vulnerable the institution is in an era of populist politics

      Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, and director-general Tim Davie
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Media
      BBC restarts internal probe into Huw Edwards

      Broadcaster to focus on ‘fact finding’ around news presenter’s behaviour towards staff and complaints processes

    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      BBC
      Claims about BBC presenter ‘rubbish’, says young person’s lawyer

      Met says not yet launched investigation over whether presenter paid teenager for sexually explicit photographs

      BBC Broadcasting House, in central London
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Korean business & finance
      South Korean motor lubricant exports to Russia surge after oil majors retreat

      Chevron joint venture and SK Group subsidiary profit despite western pullback following Ukraine invasion

      Russian T-72B3M battle tanks roll through the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Russia deploys ‘Albatross’ made in Iran-backed drone factory

      Facility at centre of Russo-Iranian UAV partnership has recruited specialist engineers and Farsi speakers

      A still showing a soldier launching reconnaissance drones
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
      News in-depthRussian business & finance
      Vitol and Gunvor help keep Russian refined oil flowing, data shows

      European energy traders are still large buyers, according to FT analysis of exporters’ customs declarations

      A construction worker climbs out of a fuel storage tank porthole at a VTTV oil storage terminal
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      University of Cambridge
      Cambridge professor remains in post despite plagiarism

      History academic published an article containing large parts of essays copied from one of his students

      Cambridge university professor Dr William O’Reilly
    • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      US expected to begin unloading oil from seized Iranian tanker

      Tit-for-tat maritime incidents increase tensions between Washington and Tehran

      A satellite image of the Iranian oil tanker Suez Rajan off Galveston on May 30
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US was aware of Ukrainian plot to attack Nord Stream, says report

      Unconfirmed tip from European ally was cited in a leaked US intelligence document, according to Washington Post

      Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching the surface of the Baltic Sea
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Culture of secrecy at top of government must change Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: a revealing poll about Northern Ireland and the Falklands

      A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looking at photographs of him
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      News in-depthLatvia
      Latvian bank owner faces murder plot trial over lawyer’s killing

      Lawyer was shot dead during rush hour after making complaints of money laundering to authorities

      Mihails Ulmans, his face covered by a hood, is held as he ascends stairs to a court
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      InterviewWar in Ukraine
      Estonian PM pleads with companies to resist ‘ghost trade’ with Russia

      Kaja Kallas calls out local businesses over their ‘hidden’ support for Moscow

      Kaja Kallas
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s top union backer to urge Starmer to nationalise UK energy sector

      Unite says taxpayers would benefit from buying up Big Six suppliers, distributors and North Sea oil and gas

      Sharon Graham
    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      EU goods worth at least $1bn vanish in Russia ‘ghost trade’

      Western officials believe nation diverted sensitive exports targeted by sanctions

      A montage of shipping containers, a line graph and a map
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