Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Lloyds Banking Group is considering an offer by the Barclay family to repay all the £1.1bn in debt behind the Telegraph Media group in a move backed by RedBird IMI, the media and…

Dozens of young Americans have posted videos on TikTok this week expressing sympathy with Osama bin Laden, the notorious terrorist who orchestrated the September 11 attacks, for a two-decade-old letter he wrote critiquing the United States, including its government and support of Israel. The letter, which attempts to justify the targeting…

Israel’s western allies are warning it against expanding its military operations to southern Gaza, after Palestinians in the city of Khan Younis found thousands of leaflets from the Israeli army telling them to flee their homes.Nearly a million Gazans have fled south as Israel’s ground troops widened their invasion of…

Major social media companies must face allegations that their services addicted teen users and caused other mental health harms after a federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss the bellwether lawsuit filed by a wave of consumer plaintiffs. The decision is a blow to tech giants Google, Meta, Snap and TikTok, who…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The world’s two biggest polluters have made a positive “gesture” to co-operate on climate change, with the US and China agreeing to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy to displace their heavy…

If you love the comfort of eating Big Macs and wearing crocs and eating a Big Mac while wearing your crocs, today is your lucky day. McDonald’s confirmed Monday that it is collaborating with Crocs for one of its rare ventures into the footwear industry. The collaboration features shoes, socks…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.US inflation fell more than expected to 3.2 per cent in October, the first decline in four months, prompting Treasury yields to fall sharply and Wall Street stocks to climb.Tuesday’s consumer price…

The backlash against self-checkout is growing, and stores are starting to dial back on the technology after it exploded over the past few years. Booths, a British supermarket chain, said it’s removing self-checkout stations in all but two of its 28 stores. In the United States, Walmart, Costco, Wegmans and…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Airlines myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Middle Eastern airlines have placed orders worth tens of billions of dollars for more than 100 aircraft on the opening day of the Dubai air show, underscoring the rebound in the aviation industry…

Britain’s economy stagnated in the third quarter — its weakest performance in a year — as activity in the real estate sector fell, weighed down by high interest rates. The zero growth in output in the July-to-September period, compared with the previous quarter, was mostly the result of a 0.1% drop…