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Ex-Barclays chief John Varley pulled back into fight to clear bank’s name (www.ft.com)

Donald Tusk’s ruling party picks Warsaw mayor as Polish presidential candidate (www.ft.com)

Ukraine, the Balkans and the future of EU enlargement (www.ft.com)

Best books of 2024: Roula Khalaf, Janan Ganesh and other FT journalists pick their favourites (www.ft.com)

The age of the partial outsider (www.ft.com)

The myths that made Elon Musk (www.ft.com)

Swamp Notes: Anthony Scaramucci unpacks Trump’s cabinet (www.ft.com)

Israel fights Hizbollah at Lebanese crusader castle as forces push north (www.ft.com)

Do they know it’s Africa, at all? (www.ft.com)

The Great Mughals at the V&A — art, opulence and military power (www.ft.com)

Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France (www.ft.com)

Confessions of a farmer’s daughter (www.ft.com)

Samsung’s princeling heir Lee Jae-yong grapples with corporate crisis (www.ft.com)

Brits retiring abroad could avoid UK inheritance tax under new loophole (www.ft.com)