UK employers cut back hiring over labour and tax cost fears

Recruitment activity in July remains near two-year low, according to KPMG and Rec data
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government

Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration
Europe urges Trump to use sanctions pressure ahead of Putin summit

Washington advised to use economic penalties to shape talks and enforce any ceasefire
What Putin wants from Trump at Alaska summit

Russian president secures first official invitation to US in almost two decades ahead of sanctions deadline
The litany of failures in UK statistics must stop

My committee will press for transparency and accountability so that the country’s official data can be trusted
Netanyahu’s Gaza war plan will fail, warns Israel’s finance minister

Far-right ultranationalist Bezalel Smotrich says he has ‘lost faith’ that PM can achieve ‘decisive victory’