Henry Mance

was the weather abnormally warm because of the bombs

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.

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Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools British populist politician aimed to reinforce his view about the UK’s Chagos Islands deal in conversation with US president

Interesting story from Anna Gross, Lucy Fisher and Joe Miller www.ft.com/content/9391...

When my editor suggested we interview someone about the government's plan to ban trail hunting of foxes, I wasn't quite sure where to go.

But it ended up with one of my favourite Lunches with the FT. In today's FT Weekend! www.ft.com/content/ab4d...

Incredible, awful bloodshed - and for what? To possible find the remains of someone who went missing 40 years ago?

I was going by the picture caption, which says niño fallecido, but happy to amend to dead child.

It's so rare that we see photos like this one of an Iranian schoolboy. Maybe we need to see more of them.

There's one way Starmer can appeal both to Reform and Green voters.

He can back an invasion of Iran - not to steal its oil, but to steal its solar.

NB I wouldn't argue that Britain should hand over the ICJ just because the ICJ says so. It's the practical realities that the ICJ opinion creates.

Interesting letter from Jonathan Sumption on the Chagos islands (disagreeing with my essay last week).

I suppose the counter-argument is: who decides what international law is, if not the International Court of Justice?
www.ft.com/content/0061...

Letter: The reasoning behind the ICJ’s Chagos ruling is ‘very thin’ From Jonathan Sumption, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, London SE10, UK

Thanks, Yuan. Here is Lord Sumption's response, by the way www.ft.com/content/0061...

Thanks so much

When my editor suggested we interview someone about the government's plan to ban trail hunting of foxes, I wasn't quite sure where to go.

But it ended up with one of my favourite Lunches with the FT. In today's FT Weekend! www.ft.com/content/ab4d...

Hereditary peer Lord Mancroft: ‘They don’t care about fox hunting. It’s about us’ [FREE TO READ] The Conservative politician and former master of hounds on House of Lords reform, the pros and cons of privilege — and his numerous tattoos

I don't really know how to describe this, but it was great fun as.ft.com/r/8f9937cc-9...

Axel Springer poised to buy Telegraph in £500mn deal German media group has gatecrashed a proposed acquisition by the owner of the Daily Mail

Massive UK media scoop - Germany's Axel Springer is poised to agree a shock £500mn deal for the Telegraph in a move that will scupper the acquisition of the UK newspaper group by the Daily Mail. W/ the FT's finest @JFK_America @ArashMassoudi

www.ft.com/content/e5cb...

unlikely convert to Islam just dropped

a man in a blue jacket dancing on a stage ALT: a man in a blue jacket dancing on a stage

incorrect answers only

Partner of Labour MP among three arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for China London’s Metropolitan Police said officers had searched addresses in London, Wales and East Kilbride

Partner of a Labour MP arrested on suspicion of spying for China www.ft.com/content/2efb...

Sign saying ‘our bartenders are so light fingered they could be concert pianists’ Why, are they going to rob me?

I feel they have misunderstood this expression:

That'll do, will inform the engraver

Fabrizio Romano reveals three Saudi Arabia targets this summer: all innocent civilians

No. Needs to start new war, not just continue existing one (Yemen).

too much propaganda for x dot com??

(just popped onto X to find out who had debased themselves this time. congratulations, Fabrizio!)

HERE WE GO! Fabrizio Romano to Saudi Arabia Mouthpieces, deal agreed for undisclosed fee. Subject to medical (on innocent civilians)

Thanks for reading! Great stuff.
(This article is by my great colleagues, Thomas Hale and Wang Xueqiao)

Good piece by Giles Coren on Nando's and others deciding that, no, they don't want chickens to live OK lives after all www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...