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Lucy Rodgers

@upyorkshire.ft.com
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💻 Visual Stories Editor @FinancialTimes | Formerly @bbcnews 📍 Body in London, heart in Yorkshire 🔗 www.ft.com/lucy-rodgers

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 25/03/2026
NEW: Just weeks ago, the shadow fleet was on the run amid a crackdown on the illicit oil trade. But the Iran conflict has offered the ghost vessels a lifeline. We take a deep dive into their clandestine operations. ig.ft.com/shadow-fleet/
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How the shadow fleet is capitalising on the chaos of war
The Iran conflict has offered the illicit oil trade a lifeline — while the easing of US sanctions widens a transatlantic rift
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 07/01/2026
Donald Trump has promised to revive Venezuela’s energy sector. But crumbling infrastructure and the scale of the investment needed could pose major obstacles to his plans. 👉 ft.com/content/cef0...
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 21/11/2025
NEW: Our investigation finds a tuna supply chain riddled with exploitation and abuse - where fishermen spend months or even years at sea. Some describe threats, beatings and deception over pay. Yet the fish they catch is still ending up on our plates. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
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The dark truth behind supermarket tuna
Major retailers are selling tuna from fisheries where crews say they are exploited and abused
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
w/ the brilliant @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @janatausch.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social Dan Clark & @gakuito.bsky.social
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
Immigration authorities say they are enforcing US laws and deny poor conditions. The companies running detention sites say they provide a service, uphold standards and treat people with respect. ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
Detainees, their lawyers and relatives have told the FT of overcrowding, poor food and medical and legal issues.
Ex-detainee Maurilio AmbrocioEx-detainee Maurilio Ambrocio's five children
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
The Financial Times analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they were designed to hold.
Charts showing x3 facilities over capacity
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
A record 57,800 detainees are now being held — a 46 per cent increase since Trump came to power.
Chart showing the record rise in detention population to almost 60,000
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
A large number of these facilities are run by for-profit companies — a multi-billion-dollar industry that has exploded over four decades. The prospect of Trump’s record-breaking deportation drive has seen the market value surge of the two biggest: Geo Group and CoreCivic.
Charts showing ICE revenue rise and jump in share price
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
The Trump administration has launched the largest domestic deportation operation in US history — aiming to expel one million immigrants in a year. The president is doubling immigration detention capacity, expanding bedspace and establishing more facilities.
Sat images of facilities
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
NEW: Even before Donald Trump began his mass deportation plans, the US had the world's largest immigration detention system - 85% run privately. Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions. 🔗 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 14/07/2025
NEW: A US-backed aid scheme in Gaza forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back Powerful work from FT colleagues Heba Saleh, @alisonkilling.bsky.social, Aditi Bhandari, James Sandy, Gaku Ito and @digitalcampbell.ft.com 🔗 www.ft.com/content/6c74...
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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A new form of smuggling is funding Mexico’s cartels, with fuel from the US illegally imported in massive volumes. One in four vehicles in the country could be running on contraband fuel. W/ @digitalcampbell.ft.com christine murray @peter.andringa.me @alisonkilling.bsky.social 👉 ft.com/mexico-fuel
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
New: The government wants a technological revolution in healthcare. But from paper notes to inconsistent data sharing and dozens of IT systems, digitising the NHS will not be easy. W/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social @upyorkshire.ft.com @carolinenevitt.bsky.social @emmalewis.ft.com 👉 on.ft.com/4dqrVDG
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 28/04/2025
See the full story and take a tour inside an iphone here ig.ft.com/us-iphone/
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Why Trump can’t build iPhones in the US
The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 28/04/2025
A deeper look at the supply chain for three parts in the latest iPhone models illustrates the complexities. Key parts for the touchscreen, for example, are made in South Korea and China, with just the cover glass made in the US.
An infographic showing three crucial components of an iPhone — the frame, the touchscreen and a pile of tiny screws. Arrows connect each of the components to their location in a teardown image showing the phone's multiple parts.
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 28/04/2025
Shifting the sophisticated global supply chains that sustain Apple’s operations would be a challenge. They have been built up over decades and the bulk of iPhones (around 85 per cent) are still assembled in China, with the rest made in India.
Map showing locations of Apple’s suppliers. Most are in China, especially Jiangsu and Guangdong.
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 28/04/2025
NEW: Donald Trump wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. We take you inside the world's most popular smartphone to illustrate why that is highly impractical. 👉 Why Trump can't dislodge Apple from China: ig.ft.com/us-iphone/
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Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China
The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
New: Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China. The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in the US. A look inside the world’s most popular smartphone illustrates why analysts have dismissed Trump’s plan as unrealistic ig.ft.com/us-iphone/
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Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China
The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China. The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs. Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
A chart showing percentage of goods imported from China in 2024, sized by value in billions of dollars. Categories include machinery, electronics, textiles, and more. Key highlights include 90% of microwaves, over 80% of smartphones, and 66% of laptops imported into the US coming from China.
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...
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How China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff war
Beijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries being crushed by China’s export machine
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 10/03/2025
Lucky to have worked with the A-team of @richardmilne.ft.com @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social Dan Clark @ian-bott.bsky.social and Bob Haslett.
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 10/03/2025
Nato nations are rallying and monitoring movements in the Baltic Sea. But some fear other European seas will also become a target for sabotage attempts. A senior European official warns: “The Baltic Sea is just the beginning.” ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/
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Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics
A series of suspected sabotage incidents has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s undersea infrastructure
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 10/03/2025
Russia itself has denied involvement in each incident. But others argue all three could not have been accidents or down to bad seamanship.
Composite image showing the Eagel S vessel's anchor and drag mark stretching about 90km
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 10/03/2025
In three recent incidents of potential sabotage, vessels have been accused of dragging their anchors for long distances, with at least 11 incidents of cable damage since October 2023
Map showing the Baltic region and three red lines of vessels accused of dragging anchors
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 10/03/2025
The Baltic Sea is particularly vulnerable. It is a busy, shared waterway and more than 90% of its international waters are shallower than 150 metres - easily reachable by dragging anchors.
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 10/03/2025
New: Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics As tensions rise with Moscow, suspected cable sabotage has exposed the vulnerability of Europe's subsea infrastructure. “I can believe that one case could be an accident. Two cases in a row? Hardly. Three and more? Never." 👉 ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New: Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics. “It is impossible to drag an anchor for 150km without knowing you’re doing it”. We analysed suspected sabotage incidents in the Baltic Sea as European nations prepare themselves for a longer-term confrontation with Moscow. 👉 ft.com/baltic-sea
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Steven Bernard @sdbernard.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
NEW: The UK's Climate Change Committee outlines what needs to be done to curb emissions. EVs, heat pumps and higher air fares as 1/3 of the greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed by 2040 must come from consumers. Read @attractamooney.bsky.social, @philgeorgiadis.ft.com www.ft.com/content/9362...
Electric vehicles and heat pumps make up more than a third of emissions reductions. Chart showing greenhouse gas emissions reductions(mn tonnes of CO₂ equivalent) by cateoryNet costs are expected to fall from the end of the decade. Chart showing the additional cost (£bn/year) for the electricity supply, buildings and surface transportEnergy supply accounted for more than half of emissions reductions in the first three carbon budgets. Chart showing share of emissions reduction in the UK (%)
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 25/02/2025
NEW: FT colleagues investigate how far Beijing is propping up China's housing market By @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @samjoiner.bsky.social @alisonkilling.bsky.social Tom Hale, Wenjie Ding, Haohsiang Ko, Toru Tsunashima 👉 ig.ft.com/china-proper...
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How the state is propping up China’s housing market
As the government struggles to ease a real estate crisis, state-owned developers have been buying up land
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Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 23/01/2025
It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
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Why North England is poor.
And why Thatcher is partly to blame, but not in the way most people argue.
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
NEW: Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric? By 2030 the UK government wants 80% of new cars to be EVs. In our latest visual story, we built the perfect EV town and set out the changes needed to accelerate the transition ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 23/01/2025
NEW: The UK government wants 80 per cent of new cars to be electric by 2030 🚗⚡️ But upfront prices, charging availability, range and running costs worry consumers Our imaginary town of Greenwell shows how these issues could be tackled 👉 ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...
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Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 10/01/2025
Remember Musk’s $1mn prizes ahead of the US election? It turns out the final winner worked for the Trump campaign — and was already traveling to its election-night party in West Palm Beach when he won. Scoop, w/ Alex Rogers: on.ft.com/40tFSvu
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Trump campaign worker won Elon Musk’s $1mn election raffle prize
US swing state voters were told to sign petition ‘in support of the constitution’ to get awards
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/12/2024
NEW: A visual exploration of the closer trade ties that are poised to thrust Mexico into the centre of Trump’s trade war with China 🇲🇽 🤝 🇨🇳 👉 ig.ft.com/china-mexico... By @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social Christine Murrey and Dan Clark
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How China is setting up shop in Mexico
An increasingly close trade relationship is causing concern in Washington
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
New 📈: Salaries are much higher in the US than the UK and other countries, even when (roughly) adjusted for the cost of living. I looked at what this means for companies hiring from a global talent pool: on.ft.com/49usgDl
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
NEW: Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones. Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones. Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 03/12/2024
So good ! ❤️
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/12/2024
If you read the FT, chances are the kids in your life have a decent grasp of how money works, and they have enough of it to get a proper breakfast before school. If you can, please support our charity appeal to give other children the same opportunity: on.ft.com/3Ziu5hS
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Two vital interventions to boost children’s life chances
FT Seasonal Appeal backs charities devoted to financial literacy and free school meals
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Starter pack of non-massive accounts that you should really be following, because they will teach you things and/or make you laugh go.bsky.app/UStkBW1
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 20/11/2024
A complete joy of a project, with the brilliant @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @carolinenevitt.bsky.social Justine Williams, Dan Clark and Ian Bott
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 20/11/2024
NEW: AI is powering a robotics revolution, transforming the way machines learn and interact with the world. 🤖 Are the robots finally coming? 🤖 ig.ft.com/ai-robots/
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