Infamy, infamy … the Brexit legions have still got it in for Sunak

Power, in this disintegrating Tory party, seems as precarious as being an emperor in febrile ancient Rome

Star-crossed: Mercedes faces dilemma over dependence on Russia and China

Moscow provides Germany with power, and the Chinese buy the company’s cars in their thousands, but now war and global tensions are darkening the diplomatic weather

TotalEnergies to ‘gradually withdraw’ from Russian investments

World’s fifth-largest oil firm finally bows to pressure after invasion of Ukraine, removing representatives from Novatek board

UK to develop next-generation fighter jets with Italy and Japan

Rishi Sunak says defence deal for Tempest means ‘outpacing those who seek to do us harm’

Germany at a crossroads: what a nuclear power station tells us about its energy dilemma

Neckarwestheim’s nuclear power station was granted a stay of execution amid Russian gas shortage. Some want it to stay while others can’t wait for it to go

Trafigura hands out $1.7bn in dividends on profits fuelled by Ukraine war

Commodity trader posted record profits of $7bn after ‘exceptionally strong’ year

Donate ‘wartime profits’ to Ukraine or pay windfall tax, MPs tell BP

The company, which still owns stock in Russian oil, is being pressured to sever all ties with the country

City faces fresh post-Brexit blow as EU moves to restrict certain trades

Battle focuses on what EU sees as bloc’s over-reliance on London’s clearing houses handling euro-denominated derivatives

Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak agree to increase gas exports from US to UK

Leaders announce partnership to reduce global dependence on Russian energy

Oil tankers queue up off Turkey as price cap on Russian crude begins

Turkish authorities demand that insurers prove that ships heading through straits are fully covered

Cold snap poses first test of Britain’s efforts to prevent winter power cuts

A mild start to winter is about to come to shivering halt, putting extra strain on the country’s power supplies

G7 countries and Australia to cap price of seaborne Russian oil

Critics including Ukraine say cap of $60 per barrel is still above market value and will not hurt Russia’s war coffers

Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: ‘Are we going to end up deepening the recession?’

In her first interview since joining the monetary policy committee, Britain’s newest interest-rate setter warns inflation is not the biggest threat to the economy – because ‘the slowdown is here’

EU states agree $60 a barrel cap on Russian oil after Polish green light

Poland, which was pushing for low cap, says deal will keep it at least 5% below market rate

The reality of Brexit is biting hard. Poor people are suffering most – and now everyone can see it

We are paying £6bn more just to eat. After years of abstract debate, the human consequences of our exit become clearer by the day, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland