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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The size of the military delegation to China’s rubber stamp parliament is falling and may shrink further, as leader Xi Jinping’s purges cast a shadow over Beijing’s biggest annual political event. The military…

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European leaders rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his spectacular Oval Office bust-up with Donald Trump, but the rift between Kyiv and Washington leaves Europe with agonising choices about how to prop up Ukraine. Friday’s confrontation, where the US president accused the Ukrainian leader of “gambling” with a third world war, caused consternation in European capitals…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman took home more than $1bn in 2024 as the private equity titan saw his income rise due to a rebound in investment activity at the world’s largest alternative investment group,…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world <div data-o-component="o-expander" class="o-expander o-expander__info-box" data-o-expander-shrink-to="hidden" data-trackable="clip-info-box" data-o-expander-collapsed-toggle-text="Show video info” data-o-expander-expanded-toggle-text=”Hide video info“>Show video info Friday’s unprecedented public row between Donald Trump, his vice-president JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reverberated around the…

Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” as the US president cut short the Ukrainian leader’s long-sought meeting in the White House and told him to return “when he is ready for Peace”. In a joint appearance in the Oval Office on Friday, the two leaders clashed even before the…

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A meeting that was supposed to bolster the flimsy trust between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump descended instead into an extraordinary slanging match in the Oval Office in front of…

Bridge-building has been a struggle for recent British prime ministers. Boris Johnson was widely mocked when he proposed a 28-mile link from Scotland to Northern Ireland, spanning a trench containing 1mn tonnes of unexploded munitions, chemical weapons and radioactive waste. Sir Keir Starmer was also greeted with some incredulity when he suggested on the eve…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US trade goods deficit surged to a record high in January as companies hoovered up supplies of foreign products and metals ahead of the expected imposition of tariffs by President Donald Trump. …