<p>US President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “life support”, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting to save his premiership after the Labour party's disastrous showing in last week's UK local elections. Plus, we preview this week’s summit between Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping, and examine how business in the Gulf is holding up through the Iran war.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/69e836e6-b676-434f-9383-4522dc0c4eca?accessToken=zwAAAZ6y-QSNk89p6DbmtnZDT9OTg0Ui3AxOys9AXci4bzRBLtOGA_G8qFTSOdOy237AkpNPItOFX8bAWTeHNgE.MEUCIQCIEfX0J8G9pvMVvnkSgwDJJ0t73cEnjSyGBISHlNEvpAIgJ4l_fJsAUq3uw8aa0GJAor-00QuMaKzGFgrM-jD7ZW0&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9c4c7a97-c564-4a7f-9866-1182a84e7812?accessToken=zwAAAZ6zIA_vkdOcTHqXxWRKf9OYZhGCqE54EgE.MEUCIQCdRe5BR0UjpvUrRLF_t36_DazZN4UAKWfRWcvyziFGvgIgEUtir41rbVmrncfnf7Xztpzp7Z04b2eyaCIxRSCNbtM&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Starmer battles to stay in Number 10 as scores of Labour MPs urge him to quit</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/405dc8b8-6f34-412e-8603-f1bca854d239?accessToken=zwAAAZ6y-QSNk89p6DbmtnZDT9OTg0Ui3AxOys9AXci4bzRBLtOGA_G8qFTSOdOy237AkpNPItOFX8bAWTeHNgE.MEUCIQCIEfX0J8G9pvMVvnkSgwDJJ0t73cEnjSyGBISHlNEvpAIgJ4l_fJsAUq3uw8aa0GJAor-00QuMaKzGFgrM-jD7ZW0&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How the war hit the Gulf dealmaking machine&nbsp;</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b2db7ec0-9293-4f22-855f-c6c059378736?accessToken=zwAAAZ6y-QSNk89p6DbmtnZDT9OTg0Ui3AxOys9AXci4bzRBLtOGA_G8qFTSOdOy237AkpNPItOFX8bAWTeHNgE.MEUCIQCIEfX0J8G9pvMVvnkSgwDJJ0t73cEnjSyGBISHlNEvpAIgJ4l_fJsAUq3uw8aa0GJAor-00QuMaKzGFgrM-jD7ZW0&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A weakened Trump arrives in Xi’s court&nbsp;</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rachman-review/id1504048545" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Rachman Review podcast</a></p><p>Credit: Associated Press&nbsp;</p><br><p>We want to hear from you! What do you like about FTNB? What would you like to hear more of? Reach out to us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p>Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts&nbsp;</p><br><p>Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by <a href="https://www.ft.com/marc-filippino" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marc Filippino</a>, and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fc9d84e1-b4f4-477d-96db-7be0c530f018" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>