UK economy beats forecasts with 0.3% growth in November; Ofwat investigating South East Water over outages – as it happened

UK economy returns to growth despite pre-Budget jitters, after car production resumed at JLR after cyber attack

UK economy grew by better-than-expected 0.3% in November despite budget uncertainty

Jaguar Land Rover’s recovery from cyber-attack appears to have contributed to GDP growth

The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age

The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered

Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests

Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show

Maker of Peaky Blinders ‘in advanced talks’ to merge with The Traitors producer

Merger between Paris-based Banijay Group and RedBird IMI-owned All3Media would create a European TV production giant

3,000 jobs at risk unless MoD signs helicopter order, sources say

Skilled workers at Leonardo Helicopters fear it will close Yeovil site if Ministry of Defence delays awarding contract

The Guardian view on Europe’s stalling night train revival: don’t let it hit the buffers

Editorial: The most romantic way to traverse the continent is environmentally friendly and popular with the public. But market challenges need addressing

EU wants ‘Farage clause’ in Brexit ‘reset’ talks with UK

Move would mean Brussels would receive compensation if future government reneged on deal Starmer is negotiating

Game On: the Swiss sports brand using hi-tech and chutzpah to challenge Nike and Adidas

Zurich-based firm taps into latest robot tech to ‘fibre-spray’ high-end sports shoes worn by the likes of Roger Federer

Cream of the crop: small brewers take on Guinness with rival ‘nitro’ stouts

Independents muscle in on craze for the black stuff with dark beers that use same nitrogen process as Irish favourite

Why Russia’s economy is unlikely to collapse even if oil prices fall

Hopes that tougher sanctions and lower oil prices could derail Putin’s war effort underestimate how far the Kremlin has rewired its economy

Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals

Swedish producer is trying to to accelerate the process of extracting the elements vital for hi-tech products

Starmer rules out EU financial services alignment talks

City firms welcome clarity as government signals it will not reopen Brussels-era rules, despite closer cooperation elsewhere

Global buys majority stake in Gary Neville’s YouTube group The Overlap

European media giant aims to emulate success of sports podcast network Goalhanger, founded by Gary Lineker

‘A warning not an insult’: US doubles down on criticism of Europe

Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump official