California launches legal challenge against Trump’s ‘illegal’ tariffs

Governor says import tariffs are ‘wreaking chaos’ on the state’s families, businesses and economy

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war

Exclusive: civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policy

Labour select committee chairs call for parliament to vote on trade deal with US

Exclusive: Chairs of foreign and trade committees say MPs should have a say in agreement ‘in light of its significance’

Spotify running again after users around world report problems

Audio streaming app confirms service restored following more than five hours of disruption

Reeves says inflation fall shows ‘plan for change is working’ – as it happened

Chancellor says wages are growing faster than prices but acknowledges many are still struggling with the cost of living

Trump tariffs will send global trade into reverse this year, warns WTO

World Trade Organization says trade between US and China is expected to plunge by 81% in ‘decoupling’

Italian coffee pot maker Bialetti to be sold to Chinese business NUO Capital

Luxembourg-registered NUO Capital to pay €53m for 78.6% of its shares in deal expected to close by end of June

Excuse my cynicism, but after 25 years of the same housing policies, could Australian leaders try something else?

First homeowners’ grants have long been the go-to policy by state and federal governments. And yet here we are in 2025 with a worsening housing affordability crisis

Google sued for £5bn in UK over allegations of shutting out rivals

Class action argues US tech firm charged more for advertising on its preinstalled apps than it could in fair market

Hungary ‘rapidly going in wrong direction’, EU lawmakers warn after visit – as it happened

Delegation of European parliament lawmakers raise concerns about ‘number of worrying developments’ concern country’s compliances with EU values

US stock markets fall further after Trump curbs chip sales to China; gold hits new record high – as it happened

Global stock markets and dollar sell off while gold jumps by 2.4%; eurozone and UK inflation slow

Tariffs more likely to bring UK price cuts than inflation, says WH Smith boss

Carl Cowling says there is ‘no logic’ in why there would be inflation as east Asian suppliers seek alternatives to the US

‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?

As a new book skewers Spotify’s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it

China accuses UK politicians of ‘arrogance’ in British Steel row

Embassy criticises ‘slandering’ of Chinese government and defends Jingye over furnaces dispute

China trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn

Chinese restrictions could affect more than a dozen defence and aerospace firms and give Beijing ‘crucial advantage’