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Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse pay billions to settle US probe

Prosecutors sue Barclays for fraud over crisis-era mortgage-backed securities 

Libyans held after hijack ends without loss of life in Malta

Passengers released unharmed from internal flight and police seize grenade and pistols

Berlin attack suspect shot dead by police near Milan

Isis releases video of Anis Amri pledging allegiance to jihadi group

Vladimir Putin expresses hope for improved Russia-US relations

Letter to Trump sets out desire for two countries to ‘restore co-operation’

Doctors Without Borders: Fighting back against hunger

Médecins Sans Frontières provides life-saving care in devastated northern Cameroon

Germany: A nation ‘looks over its shoulder’

Berlin attack exposes serious failings in the way intelligence services deal with suspects

London’s luxury rentals hit by banking relocation slowdown

High-end market hit by finance sector moving fewer senior staff to capital

Shopping splurge averts Brexit vote hit to economy

Consumer spending rises but savings fall to low levels

Monte dei Paschi bailout comes under fire in Berlin

Concern that move risks undermining EU rules aimed at ending state rescues

Prison campaigners warn unrest could continue over Christmas

Disturbance in Swaleside jail is latest in a series of violent episodes

Britain revives military engagement east of Suez

New facilities in Gulf and Singapore reflect region’s growing importance

UK news

Shell and BP’s UK dividend payments surge on weaker pound

Oil majors lead list of dollar-dividend companies to pay out more in sterling terms

Crossrail rings changes for Hatton Garden jewellers

Rising rents and arrival of tech businesses threaten to force traders out of area

Royal Mail looks to ease frustration of missed deliveries

UK’s largest postal group offers more flexible services to keep up with competition

Law firm KWM to appoint administrators for European arm

Group ran into problems following pioneering merger that created it three years ago

Opinion

Video

world

Fighting the North Dakota pipeline

Ed Crooks reports from North Dakota on the Dakota Access pipeline controversy

companies

Banks agree billions in settlement

Deutsche and Credit Suisse to settle US probe but no deal with Barclays

world

Berlin terror suspect killed in Italy

Anis Amri shot after routine check

Features

Inside Brexit: How Britain lost Europe

Inside Brexit: George Parker pieces together how Brexit unfolded

world

2016: The year in review

The Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election shocked the world in 2016

markets

Events that shocked markets in 2016

Brexit, Trump and oil among the key contributors to a tumultuous year

opinion

Martin Wolf on global economy in 2017

Lionel Barber in conversation with Martin Wolf on 2016 and outlook for 2017

companies notebook

Lego’s festive race against time

Christmas brings big sales and big stress for the busy toy manufacturer

world

Berlin attack fuels Merkel opposition

Berlin market atrocity comes at difficult time for Angela Merkel

Life & Arts

Stargazing with Neil deGrasse Tyson

A guide to the night sky with America's most famous living astrophysicist

world

Andrei Karlov killing: the fallout

View from Ankara: implications of assassination of Russia’s ambassador

FT Alphaville

Poor worker conditions power gig economy

FT investigation on workers’ living standards

Highlights

A drone is not just for Christmas but for life

This promising technology must not be grounded by reckless users

Henry Heimlich, medical innovator, 1920-2016

Clinician who manoeuvred a life-saving way to fame

2017 – the year to get excited about smartphones again

Xiaomi Mi Mix’s radical design puts its focus on the screen

Markets News

The Long View John Authers

Hindsight Capital: the trades a clairvoyant would have made in 2016 

There was much to make gains on this year as market turmoil abounded 

Analysis Hedge funds

Unloved stockpickers hoping 2017 will be their year

Active managers argue 2017 should be easier if central banks end their stimulus

Pound and Brexit: 2017’s unenviable guessing game

UK economy has avoided recession but markets are anxious about next year’s exit talks

Technology

China city governments collide with Didi over migrant drivers

Migrants risk fines to continue driving for ride-share app in Shanghai and Beijing

What to do when the ‘truth’ is found to be lies

There are numerous ways we can combat the post-fact threat in 2017

2017 – the year to get excited about smartphones again

Xiaomi Mi Mix’s radical design puts its focus on the screen

Life & Arts