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Not for the first time, the BBC is in crisis. The past week has brought accusations of doctored footage, systemic bias and a high-level cover-up. This time, insiders say, the threat is “existential”.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Not for the first time, the BBC is in crisis. The past week has brought accusations of doctored footage, systemic bias and a high-level cover-up. This time, insiders say, the threat is “existential”.
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The boss of mining firm BHP has devised a system of meeting feedback, including whether it started on time and stayed on track. Is this the answer to meeting hell? Take the #FTEdit poll 🗳️ on.ft.com/4qRYkt4
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November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The boss of mining firm BHP has devised a system of meeting feedback, including whether it started on time and stayed on track. Is this the answer to meeting hell? Take the #FTEdit poll 🗳️ on.ft.com/4qRYkt4
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New York has experienced its fair share of crises but, through them all, the cost of living remained stable. So why has the city become so unaffordable now? “It’s unprecedented," says a policy expert. "A perfect storm.”
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New York has experienced its fair share of crises but, through them all, the cost of living remained stable. So why has the city become so unaffordable now? “It’s unprecedented," says a policy expert. "A perfect storm.”
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Scientists have created an unprecedented "brain atlas" that could reveal where — and how — schizophrenia, autism and even cancer begin.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Scientists have created an unprecedented "brain atlas" that could reveal where — and how — schizophrenia, autism and even cancer begin.
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They can, however, be seen from space. As can 150km of excavations and the abandoned remnants of an extraordinary vision. “They say…it can’t be done,” said Prince Mohammed in 2023. “They can keep saying that. We can keep proving them wrong.” Maybe not in the case of The Line.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
They can, however, be seen from space. As can 150km of excavations and the abandoned remnants of an extraordinary vision. “They say…it can’t be done,” said Prince Mohammed in 2023. “They can keep saying that. We can keep proving them wrong.” Maybe not in the case of The Line.
Piling began in 2022, before the completion of final designs. About 6,000 piles up to 3 metres in diameter were bored into the ground over 2km of desert. Then oil prices softened and The Line’s planned initial 20 modules dropped to 12, then 7, then 4, then 3. The 6,000 piles are, for now, redundant.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Piling began in 2022, before the completion of final designs. About 6,000 piles up to 3 metres in diameter were bored into the ground over 2km of desert. Then oil prices softened and The Line’s planned initial 20 modules dropped to 12, then 7, then 4, then 3. The 6,000 piles are, for now, redundant.
One unexpected yet significant obstacle is that The Line would block important migration routes for birds and mammals. “We would sit in hundreds, literally hundreds of meetings about birds,” said a senior architect. No solution has been found.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
One unexpected yet significant obstacle is that The Line would block important migration routes for birds and mammals. “We would sit in hundreds, literally hundreds of meetings about birds,” said a senior architect. No solution has been found.
Logistics are challenging. To hit the building targets, a 40ft container would need to arrive every eight seconds 24 hours a day. The nearest port is 80km to the south, connected to the construction site by a single dual carriageway.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Logistics are challenging. To hit the building targets, a 40ft container would need to arrive every eight seconds 24 hours a day. The nearest port is 80km to the south, connected to the construction site by a single dual carriageway.
Construction of The Line would eat up unprecedented amounts of building supplies: 60 per cent of the global production of green steel and vast swathes of the world's cladding. Creating demand like this would, inevitably, send prices soaring.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Construction of The Line would eat up unprecedented amounts of building supplies: 60 per cent of the global production of green steel and vast swathes of the world's cladding. Creating demand like this would, inevitably, send prices soaring.
When the project launched in 2021, the budget was $1.6tn. By the following year, it was estimated at $4.5tn — roughly the size of Germany’s annual economic output. Its staggering requirements for materials are enough to overwhelm both the capacity of its local infrastructure, and its pricing power.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When the project launched in 2021, the budget was $1.6tn. By the following year, it was estimated at $4.5tn — roughly the size of Germany’s annual economic output. Its staggering requirements for materials are enough to overwhelm both the capacity of its local infrastructure, and its pricing power.
At the midpoint of The Line, the vision is for a harbour carved from the desert. Ships enter via an arch with a 30-storey skyscraper hanging upside down as a “chandelier”. How will toilets flush upside down? The Saudis are unperturbed. For good measure, a 45,000-seat stadium is to be perched on top.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
At the midpoint of The Line, the vision is for a harbour carved from the desert. Ships enter via an arch with a 30-storey skyscraper hanging upside down as a “chandelier”. How will toilets flush upside down? The Saudis are unperturbed. For good measure, a 45,000-seat stadium is to be perched on top.
Inside The Line horizontal platforms run between concrete cores 140 metres apart. Each platform would carry a city boulevard. “Sixth Avenue at 150m in the air, 7th Avenue at 250m, 8th Avenue at 350 and so forth” is how Denis Hickey, The Line’s chief development officer, describes it.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Inside The Line horizontal platforms run between concrete cores 140 metres apart. Each platform would carry a city boulevard. “Sixth Avenue at 150m in the air, 7th Avenue at 250m, 8th Avenue at 350 and so forth” is how Denis Hickey, The Line’s chief development officer, describes it.
Renders for The Line depict a glass-clad linear city stretching 170km across the desert and, at 500 metres, rising higher than the Empire State Building. Placed in central London, it would tower over the UK’s tallest buildings and stretch from London to the Norfolk coast.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Renders for The Line depict a glass-clad linear city stretching 170km across the desert and, at 500 metres, rising higher than the Empire State Building. Placed in central London, it would tower over the UK’s tallest buildings and stretch from London to the Norfolk coast.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has a fantastical vision for a new way of living. But The Line, his plan for a vertical city in a vast mirrored wall, is rapidly being undone by the laws of physics and finance.
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has a fantastical vision for a new way of living. But The Line, his plan for a vertical city in a vast mirrored wall, is rapidly being undone by the laws of physics and finance.
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
So, what do you make of Donald Trump's second presidential term so far?
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November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
So, what do you make of Donald Trump's second presidential term so far?
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Budget director Russell Vought and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, initially led by Elon Musk, have driven through a campaign of mass lay-offs and hiring freezes to rapidly reduce the size of the federal workforce.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Budget director Russell Vought and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, initially led by Elon Musk, have driven through a campaign of mass lay-offs and hiring freezes to rapidly reduce the size of the federal workforce.
America’s “first crypto president” has overseen policies that have driven the price of bitcoin to record highs. The Trump family's growing cryptocurrency empire has benefited to the tune of $1bn in pre-tax profits over the past year.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
America’s “first crypto president” has overseen policies that have driven the price of bitcoin to record highs. The Trump family's growing cryptocurrency empire has benefited to the tune of $1bn in pre-tax profits over the past year.
Trump has bolstered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency that enforces US immigration laws, with $75bn in funding, as part of his pledge to carry out the “largest mass deportation operation in history”. The result has been widespread ICE raids across the country.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump has bolstered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency that enforces US immigration laws, with $75bn in funding, as part of his pledge to carry out the “largest mass deportation operation in history”. The result has been widespread ICE raids across the country.
Trump has bypassed Congress and issued more than 400 executive orders — more than any president in recent decades, including himself in his first term.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump has bypassed Congress and issued more than 400 executive orders — more than any president in recent decades, including himself in his first term.
US jobs growth has stagnated. Although unemployment rates remain low, companies appear to be maintaining their workforce and slowing hiring. Fed chair Jay Powell said in September: “You’re in a low-hire, low-fire economy,” with companies wanting to see “how it all shakes out”.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
US jobs growth has stagnated. Although unemployment rates remain low, companies appear to be maintaining their workforce and slowing hiring. Fed chair Jay Powell said in September: “You’re in a low-hire, low-fire economy,” with companies wanting to see “how it all shakes out”.
Despite Trump’s trade war and the ensuing uncertainty, US stocks have surged in recent months. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high in October.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Despite Trump’s trade war and the ensuing uncertainty, US stocks have surged in recent months. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high in October.
Trump’s trade war has unfolded as a series of threats, announcements, pauses, starts and deals, and the coining by the FT’s own @robarmstrong.bsky.social of the term “Taco” — Trump always chickens out. Even with all the changes, the de facto tariff rate is at its highest level in nearly a century.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump’s trade war has unfolded as a series of threats, announcements, pauses, starts and deals, and the coining by the FT’s own @robarmstrong.bsky.social of the term “Taco” — Trump always chickens out. Even with all the changes, the de facto tariff rate is at its highest level in nearly a century.
A year ago today, Trump was re-elected for a second term. It’s been a lively 12 months, marked by trade wars, government cuts, controversial executive orders and falling approval ratings (although he is still beating himself).
An #FTEdit 🧵 of eight charts illustrating a contentious presidency 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 of eight charts illustrating a contentious presidency 👇
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A year ago today, Trump was re-elected for a second term. It’s been a lively 12 months, marked by trade wars, government cuts, controversial executive orders and falling approval ratings (although he is still beating himself).
An #FTEdit 🧵 of eight charts illustrating a contentious presidency 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 of eight charts illustrating a contentious presidency 👇
It’s election day in New York, and Zohran Mamdani looks set to beat Andrew Cuomo to become the city's first Muslim socialist mayor. Mamdani has captured imaginations with his wild promises of rent freezes, free buses and free universal child care. Can he deliver?
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It’s election day in New York, and Zohran Mamdani looks set to beat Andrew Cuomo to become the city's first Muslim socialist mayor. Mamdani has captured imaginations with his wild promises of rent freezes, free buses and free universal child care. Can he deliver?
🏡 Imposing a mansion tax
Raising council tax rates in top property bands or creating new bands for multimillion-pound houses tally with Reeves’ aim to focus pain on the wealthy.
The downside: This would spark a backlash among cash-poor homeowners in areas where house prices have risen the most.
Raising council tax rates in top property bands or creating new bands for multimillion-pound houses tally with Reeves’ aim to focus pain on the wealthy.
The downside: This would spark a backlash among cash-poor homeowners in areas where house prices have risen the most.
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🏡 Imposing a mansion tax
Raising council tax rates in top property bands or creating new bands for multimillion-pound houses tally with Reeves’ aim to focus pain on the wealthy.
The downside: This would spark a backlash among cash-poor homeowners in areas where house prices have risen the most.
Raising council tax rates in top property bands or creating new bands for multimillion-pound houses tally with Reeves’ aim to focus pain on the wealthy.
The downside: This would spark a backlash among cash-poor homeowners in areas where house prices have risen the most.