US strikes Iran for second day

Good morning and welcome to FirstFT. In today’s newsletter: Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’ Burnham weighs deputy UK PM in charge of ‘Number 10 North’ Trump’s surprise Ukraine shift steadies nervous Nato allies The erosion of Britain’s power abroad We begin with the Middle East where hostilities between the US and Iran have…

US strikes Iran for second day

Everest encryptor sharpens ransomware disruption tactics — Arabian Post

A newly examined Everest ransomware encryptor has exposed a sharper technical playbook built to weaken recovery, obstruct analysis and expand damage across dormant network systems before encryption begins. The Windows payload, identified as hlntqyun. exe, is a 114 KB C# assembly compiled for. NET Framework 4.0 and protected with ConfuserEx, a widely abused obfuscation tool…

Everest encryptor sharpens ransomware disruption tactics — Arabian Post

Joe Root: A Suitable Case for Treatment?

Peter Kettle | 11:55pm BST 08 July 2026 A worrying thing, for me, is that Joe Root – very fine batsman though he undoubtedly is at Test level – continues to evade what I regard as his true calling, or responsibility, in the England side. Sure, he’s been one of England’s all-time greats; but that…

Joe Root: A Suitable Case for Treatment?

Rome and Ancient Iran—With Jake Nabel

Ad Policy Rome’s Colosseum at sunset in downtown Rome on January 10, 2012. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP via Getty Images) Danny and Derek are joined by Jake Nabel, Tombros Early Career Professor of Classical Studies and assistant professor of classics and ancient Mediterranean studies at Penn State, to talk about Roman-Parthian relations in antiquity. The…

Rome and Ancient Iran—With Jake Nabel