FT Edit

Welcome to FT Edit! When the news is overwhelming, we bring you eight stories a day, chosen by editors, offering clarity, fresh perspectives, insight and inspiration — plus some extra treats! Explore more at www.ft.com/ftedit or, if you're reading on iOS, find us on the FT app: on.ft.com/44SHfGA

A day in Benjamin Netanyahu’s heartland ft.trib.al/Ak9gpXZ #FTEdit

Inside Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch ft.trib.al/yVvMI7p #FTEdit

Where You Lead — a song of romantic devotion turned into a mother-daughter anthem ft.trib.al/Vdmd98h #FTEdit

What my most embarrassing job interview taught me ft.trib.al/hi13Yux #FTEdit

Oxford Street’s pedestrian revolution is finally here ft.trib.al/1C6oDud #FTEdit

Tucker Carlson: ‘I so overstated my power it was embarrassing’ ft.trib.al/kqo9EIX #FTEdit

The reclusive quant billionaire coming into the light ft.trib.al/J8GEWdh #FTEdit

Jemima Kelly | The right’s obsession with ‘civil war’ in Britain ft.trib.al/DqDGhXx #FTEdit

Why students in a midterm battleground fear AI will ruin their future ft.trib.al/HvBGbf5 #FTEdit

Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK? ft.trib.al/YGKwQeI #FTEdit

Lula is re-elected Brazil’s president in knife-edge vote ft.trib.al/X7OsnJU #FTEdit

Jo Ellison | The curse of overexposure ft.trib.al/Yb4obkr #FTEdit

Confessions of a middle-class prepper ft.trib.al/WTTJByh #FTEdit

Lunch with the FT | Hanif Kureishi on rage, resilience and the ‘long work of carrying on’ ft.trib.al/EhJy2ti #FTEdit

The cut-price route to buying your own yacht in the Med ft.trib.al/Eg3DAOm #FTEdit

The Putin whisperers ft.trib.al/aiESrXg #FTEdit

The Weekend Essay | France is in revolt. But the real storm is yet to come ft.trib.al/cMY4PcR #FTEdit

Janan Ganesh | The young are conformists in denial ft.trib.al/uH5LIiu #FTEdit

The Big Read | Musk’s bet of the century ft.trib.al/cFdI8T1 #FTEdit

Would you take out a mortgage backed by bitcoin? ft.trib.al/yaRyUAd #FTEdit

Interview | ‘I don’t lose’: Rahm Emanuel makes an early pitch for the White House ft.trib.al/fFFmPFk #FTEdit

China’s rapid human trials draw western drugmakers — and safety concerns ft.trib.al/SRn8uc1 #FTEdit

The Big Read | The limits of Trump’s trade war ft.trib.al/cTKNYhr #FTEdit

AI oversight needs a different model to banking ft.trib.al/GdMbhZN #FTEdit

The chancellor is set to raise taxes on bank profits in the Budget next week, sparking pushback from the industry. But are UK banks really overtaxed, or are they protesting a little too much? Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/wI8Ax9t

US is prepared for long stand-off with Iran, says Trump envoy ft.trib.al/mw1GuCx #FTEdit

How much does it cost to be middle class? ft.trib.al/8UKVQjX #FTEdit

For years, Netflix was the envy of Hollywood. But the hit factory, it would seem, has run out of hits. Its shares have halved; subscriber growth has stalled; and last week the streamer fired 1,000 employees. Can Netflix regain its star power? Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/DCESruI

Rockets, robots and risk: Musk’s $3.6tn gamble to merge Tesla and SpaceX ft.trib.al/1BADs9F #FTEdit

President Donald Trump made big, bold and controversial promises when he returned to the White House. Has he delivered? With US voters about to cast their verdict in pivotal midterm elections, the FT draws up its own scorecard. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/VSQmPKP

The Big Read | The battle for Israel’s future ft.trib.al/1gEPo9e #FTEdit

Janan Ganesh | The ‘adults in the room’ won’t save you ft.trib.al/xq8f3Qw #FTEdit

As Andy Burnham approaches his 100th day in office, the FT interviewed swing voters in Sheffield. The consensus? Britain's prime minister has a job to do — and limited time to do it. Read the story and watch more videos from our focus groups on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/ORUAj2W

FT exclusive | Politico and Telegraph owner pitched deal to buy European arm of TikTok ft.trib.al/SCy8Bje #FTEdit

The joy of night walking ft.trib.al/qp7GHsC #FTEdit

The big business of personal shopping ft.trib.al/flViFDX #FTEdit

The rich are running out of places to park their yachts ft.trib.al/BvE7T1O #FTEdit

The Dubai firm that promised 30% returns — then stopped paying ft.trib.al/lU0pBeW #FTEdit

Reluctant consumers, deflationary pressures, deteriorating demographics: China's economy increasingly resembles that of Japan during its long malaise from 1990. Once tipped to overtake the US, is China now facing its own "lost decades"? Today's Big Read is on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/V8A2slr

Edward Luce | Putin’s American friends ft.trib.al/DZ8A6fa #FTEdit

The people shaping the Budget ft.trib.al/EESOuLf #FTEdit

SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a deal to unite Elon Musk’s two public companies in what would be the biggest merger of all time, potentially creating a conglomerate worth more than $3tn. “Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes," said Musk. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/umRQ0Zn

Tim Hayward | How to downsize your kitchen ft.trib.al/Mm8SxOE #FTEdit

Book review | The Age of Confiscation — an impressive history of asset freezing and property seizing ft.trib.al/BloGDDH #FTEdit

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China’s villages pay the price for Beijing’s AI ambitions ft.trib.al/LcQ5E5R #FTEdit

Iranian hardliners say the time for nuclear weapons has come ft.trib.al/PfwmQDG #FTEdit

Tax the rich, goes the cry. But Britain's £100,000 cliff edge disincentivises work, penalises ambition and can leave some parents facing effective marginal rates of over 2,000%. And what counts as rich anyway? Today's Big Read is on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/UFKYs3f Take the poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/y6Hk5jw

Gideon Rachman | Zelenskyy, Europe and the end of Trump whispering ft.trib.al/Z9p6G5Z #FTEdit

The five things business wants from the Budget ft.trib.al/bCWzpSP #FTEdit