Letter: What a contrast with the US’s wartime instincts
From John Killick, Former Lecturer, University of Leeds, Author ‘The United States and European Reconstruction, 1945-1960’, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Letter: Issuing long-dated securities is the way to fund EU rearmament
From James Sproule, Chief Economist — UK, Handelsbanken, London E1, UK
Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about IPO
US group has sought to broaden its appeal to a mass audience
HSBC renames ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ businesses months after creating them
Sweeping geographic labels had sparked break-up speculation and been deemed inappropriate by some staff
Duchess of Sussex launches new Netflix series
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Letter: Give NHS the freedom to spend on capital projects
From Saffron Cordery, Interim Chief Executive, NHS Providers, London SW1, UK
Freezing health benefit would save UK £1bn a year by 2029, says think-tank
State spending on incapacity and disability payments has risen sharply in recent years
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story — the tragic case of Britain’s last executed woman
Ellis was hanged in 1955 for murdering her lover. An absorbing four-part ITV series re-examines her complex, truncated life
FirstFT: Ukraine cut off from US intelligence
Also in today’s newsletter, US charges 12 Chinese nationals with hacking, and Trump hands carmakers one-month reprieve from tariffs