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FINANCIAL TIMES
Sunday, 15 June 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Israel-Iran latest: Iran and Israel exchange fresh strikes as conflict escalates
 
Regional rivals fire off missile and drone barrages for third day
 
 
Israel warns ‘Tehran will burn’ as Benjamin Netanyahu hints at regime change
 
Countries exchange fresh rounds of missile strikes and step up threats of wider attacks
 
 
Starmer to launch child grooming gangs inquiry
 
Prime minister backtracks on need to review scale of sexual exploitation after months of pressure
 
 
Iran strikes leave Israelis shaken but resolute
 
Locals in Rishon LeZion were jolted by the level of destruction but support Netanyahu’s attack on Iran
 
 
UK moves jets to Middle East after Iran threat
 
Sir Keir Starmer says move is ‘contingency’ measure to support regional security
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Minnesota state lawmaker and husband killed by gunman dressed as police officer
 
Governor Tim Walz describes the incident as a ‘politically motivated assassination’
 
 
Large protests across US against Donald Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ policies
 
People took to the streets in rallies as the president staged a military parade in Washington
 
 
Donald Trump’s anti-war pledge tested as Israel’s attack on Iran splits Maga base
 
Supporters fear US risks being pulled into Middle East conflict as president backs Israel’s strikes
 
 
The struggle for Los Angeles
 
Pulitzer-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen on the ‘migrant invasion’ that wasn’t — and the real meaning of America’s second-biggest city
 
 
The tale of Tanera Mòr: a billionaire’s radical vision for a remote Scottish island
 
Hedge fund manager Ian Wace is ‘catalysing’ change in an abandoned rural community: restoring the land, rebuilding purpose for a new generation, and creating a retreat for those in need. The project is quietly raising the bar for new models of regeneration
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Surge in bond yields adds to pressure on Bank of Japan
 
Policymakers to decide on how to proceed with tapering of massive bond-buying programme
 
 
Oil in the new age of volatility
 
High prices will undermine Trump’s plans to drive inflation lower and make it harder for the Federal Reserve to cut rates
 
 
Benjamin Netanyahu vows to attack Iran for ‘as long as necessary’
 
Tehran begins retaliatory strikes while US says it is helping to shoot down missiles targeting Israel
 
 
Fretting over IPO market share is just atavistic mercantilism
 
The central role of equity raisings is to raise capital for companies that are already quoted
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
UK’s Metro Bank attracts takeover interest from private equity
 
London-based Pollen Street Capital made an approach to the UK challenger bank in recent weeks
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
What Malta owes my murdered mother
 
Those in power seem more focused on moving on than making changes to protect those who speak the truth
 
 
 
 
 
 
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