What we know about the Abe murder

Scott Bessent said the US would expand the scope of secondary sanctions on Iran, and JPMorgan Chase is relaxing its approach to lending money against shares in companies that have recently gone public. Plus, US private equity growth funds raised a record amount of capital in the ...  Show more

US Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh will seek to soothe investors’ nerves at this week’s Jackson Hole symposium, Andy Burnham is headed to Ukraine for his first overseas trip as Britain’s prime minister, and Saudi Arabia held talks with London brokers for a state-backed war insu ...  Show more

The Labour Leader is cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers. And the former chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has launched his bid to be the leader of the Conservative party. Adam is joined by the Guardian’s Jess Elgot and the Spectator’s Katy Balls for a politics roundup. Japan’s f ...  Show more

It’s almost time to wave goodbye to the summer, but is Rishi Sunak also poised to bid farewell to some of his ministers? The FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by columnist Stephen Bush and political editor George Parker to discuss a cabinet shake up. Plus, the FT’s U ...

After the shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Fareed talks to Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and a man who knew Abe well, about what this means for Japan and what legacy Abe leaves behind. Then, Camilla Cavendish, former policy direct ...  Show more

And then there were two... After finding out that Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will compete to be the next UK Prime Minister, Rory and Alastair recorded a special episode devoted to that very topic. They discuss Truss and Sunak's reputation among Tory members, their suitability fo ...  Show more