Are these the greatest crisps on earth?

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

US Launches Air Strikes as Iran Targets Tankers with Cruise Missiles

Donald Trump demands 20% fee on cargoes passing through Strait of Hormuz

US small caps soar as investors look beyond big tech

Russell 2000 on course for best year since 2003, helped by AI spending, tax changes and low valuations

Google backs major US solar project to offset fossil fuel emissions

Deal signals continued demand for renewable energy despite Trump administration’s efforts to end tax credits and stall plans

Why the world should copy Trump for once

The US is offering $1,000 to fund investment accounts for children born during the president’s second term

China's monthly car exports surge past 1mn for first time

Overall trade soars as Beijing says it is also world’s second-largest importer

Stocks and bonds drop as mounting US-Iran tensions spook investors

Oil rises as US-Iran hostilities escalate and investors go into ‘risk-off’ mode

Democratic states sue to block Paramount’s $110bn Warner Bros acquisition

Lawsuit could delay deal and cost studio tens of millions of dollars

U.S. IPO Market Poised to Break Records

The second half has just begun, and Anthropic and OpenAI are still on deck.

Dubai plans new port to bypass Strait of Hormuz

Project to build capacity on UAE’s east coast represents a major shift after US-Iran war

Why the market's biggest winners look so cheap

Their low price-to-earnings multiples reflect the market's worries that the current boom times won't last.

AI is not enough to arrest China’s decline

There are other, more powerful forces weighing on the country’s economy