SpaceX launches record $75bn IPO, valuing Elon Musk's company at $1.8trn and making him the world's first trillionaire.
John Healey quit after the government offered £13.5bn in additional defence funding over four years, far below the £18bn he demanded and less than half what military chiefs say is needed to meet strategic goals.
Section 702 of FISA, which allows American spy agencies to compel companies to hand over data on foreign targets, expires Friday unless Congress acts. Civil liberties concerns and fury over Trump's appointment of unqualified loyalist Bill Pulte to oversee intelligence threaten the program's extension.
Elon Musk's rocketry and AI firm launched the largest-ever public offering Thursday, making him the world's first trillionaire. The company plans to expand beyond its Starlink satellite business into orbital AI data centres, though sceptics question the viability of these nascent technologies.
The Suffolk festival founded by Britain's greatest modern composer opens Friday with performances of his works alongside Debussy's opera and a new academy for young musicians. Britten, who died in 1976, created masterpieces including 'Peter Grimes' and the 'War Requiem' in a recognisably modern but tonal style.