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New: The Russian Kh-101 missile that destroyed a Kyiv children’s hospital relies on ~50 western-designed components, showing Moscow’s success at evading sanctions. Story w/ star Financial Times crew max seddon Chris Cook Sam Joiner Chris Campbell Toru Tsunashima on.ft.com/3XY4NXA

Great Charlie Bibby pic of NY designer Thom Browne arriving for London court battle with Adidas over copyright of stripes. ft.com/content/a9e2e2…

What explains Silicon Valley's MAGA turn? “It's west coast financiers doing what Wall Street bankers have long done — feathering their nests. They represent Silicon Valley as much as traditional Wall Street types represent the Bronx" - Michael Moritz. ft.com/content/e2ffd8…

In March the insolvency service asked for the disqualification of Lex #Greensill as a director for up to 15 years.On what exact grounds?Financial Times asked. 4 months later, after an application to the court under the principle of open justice, we have some answers ft.com/content/14e507…

Lex Greensill blew over £60k on legal fees trying to stop the FT obtaining a document summarising serious allegations of misconduct. He also tried to stick us with his ludicrous bill. So it would be a real shame if you now read the document in full 👇🏻 ft.com/content/0c7063…

For whom would you vote for

Great reporting from Christopher Miller, who visited Ukrainian troops near the Sumy-Kursk border and found them using lots of US-provided equipment and vehicles ft.com/content/bc695a…

Russian navy trained to target sites inside Europe with nuclear-capable missiles ift.tt/Dg1Ya3v

New Starbucks CEO gets an office in Newport Beach, doesn’t have to move to Seattle, per new (heady) pay package filing 🌊+🧑‍💻+☕️=💸 Fun detail among others for Financial Times ft.com/content/ef7a08…

Barclays planned to shun an Israeli government bond sale as it reviewed its exposure to the country, per sources. Scoop with ⁦Ortenca Aliaj⁩ ⁦James Shotter⁩ on.ft.com/3X3lG1P

The captain of the nearby boat who saved the survivors of the Bayesian blames its super-long mast rather than its skipper James Cutfield. Another important interview by Marianna Giusti and Giuliana Ricozzi who excelled this week, swapping their day jobs for Sicily. ft.com/content/551b0b…

Haunting quote: “Pancreatic cancer does not have patient advocates because they all die,” said Julie Fleshman, chief executive of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Mine and Ian Johnston's long read on R&D struggles with the hardest-to-treat cancers ft.com/content/cc3e83…

UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns about Euston station overcrowding politico.eu/article/uk-rai… Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts from the man’s employer while urging disciplinary action — and asked officials to “deal with him”

ICYMI, we got hold of Telegram's 2023 financial statement showing: - $342mn in revenues on an operating loss of $108mn - about 40% of revenues from cryptocurrency features - a balance sheet propped up by crypto (Toncoin) Story w Robert Smith ft.com/content/429f90…

I started a new job today as the FT's financial regulation editor in London - on the hunt for the next big financial crisis or scandal. Great to feel the buzz of a global city as I walked to work this morning, even if I will miss much about Frankfurt and covering the ECB.

Michel Barnier à Matignon : approuvé par Marine Le Pen. C'est la une de Libération ce vendredi. Deux mois après les légis­latives qui ont vu la droite sombrer, c’est pourtant un Premier ministre LR qu’Emmanuel Macron a choisi, avec l’aval du RN.

“Having looked into ways of ring-fencing retention-related capital without incurring tax, it would appear to be possible via the following Coutts-recommended route.” on.ft.com/3ThJgWx