FT Film critic Danny Leigh: I can honestly say that, as someone who watches multiple films every week for a living, I don’t see movies this mind-bending often. Or at all.
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The great @katyaarenina has joined the FT Russia team! And here, with me and @NastyaStognei, is her first piece!
Russia is making businesses pay to defend themselves for Ukrainian drones – and threatening to seize them if they don't:
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My final piece from Los Angeles also happens to be the best story assignment of my career.
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Trump’s net worth hit $7 billion in 2026.
That’s triple where it was in early 2024, according to Forbes data.
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"The term “lame duck” would be haunting any other president’s sleep. But the concept is alien to Trump. He spends more of his time telling people about his architectural plans than he devotes to Iran, AI or the economy. Insoluble problems hold no interest." My column. ft.com/content/571df338-895b…
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The perfect marriage of writer and subject: @grimes_ce on Roy Cohn as.ft.com/r/7a6816ba-ce08-43…
Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching a new process that allows individuals who lost their gun rights because of felony convictions to apply to have them reinstated.
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Trump’s Treasury Department just gave “a huge gift to financial crooks in the United States and around the world,” and it comes “at the direct expense of banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, and other financial institutions,” @davidfrum argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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FT Exclusive: With less than three months until critical midterm elections when Congress will be up for grabs. More than half of US voters say they are worse off with Donald Trump in the White House, according to a new FT poll. ft.trib.al/IPmKyOm
“We took full advantage of the ceasefire period,” Revolutionary Guard spokesman Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohebbi said in July. “We enhanced our capabilities, accelerated our missile production rate and improved missile accuracy.”
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There is no one in the world who better understands what makes Donald Trump tick than @maggieNYT. This is a must-listen nytimes.com/2026/07/31/opini…
Russia puts Telegram founder Pavel Durov on international wanted list amid broad push to restrict internet access
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“The FTSE is almost an anti-tech index,” said Emmanuel Cau at Barclays. “It’s a pretty good index to navigate this volatility while the market is looking for anti-momentum, anti-tech places to hide.”
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A NYT investigation found that Trump spent far more than the $400 million of taxpayer money that the regime publicly disclosed, on retrofitting his new Air Force One, which ultimately was not safe enough to fly in recent weeks. Additionally, the costs were even greater because things were done on a rushed basis.
I gifted this so you can read it.
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This is an outrageous attack on the Smithsonian, on the professionals who work there and the millions of Americans who love it. Like the Bolsheviks destroying churches - a deliberate desecration of something people respect and admire washingtonpost.com/style/202…
"Fedorov has probably been the most successful Ukrainian minister of the past four and a half years. The 35-year-old whizz-kid has helped transform Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield. He is being removed for the wrong reasons."
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‘Surveillance Chic’: can Meta make its smart glasses a viable fashion accessory? ft.com/content/934c7699-30f7… via @ft
The attacks have sparked Russia’s worst fuel crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, forcing authorities to introduce petrol rationing nationwide and halt exports.
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