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Foreign Secretary David Lammy will hold talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister on Friday as part of efforts to end the Israel-Iran conflict. Mr Lammy will meet Abbas Araghchi in Geneva alongside ...

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘EU pushes a UK-style trade deal with the US’ Josh Gabert-Doyon Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Friday ...

In this post: Michael Clauss said the European Union is pushing for a UK-style trade deal with the U.S. as next month’s deadline approaches. He said governments in the bloc fear the economic ...

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