Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, February 19th.

And this is your Ftini's briefing.

J.P. Morgan wants to be the Board of Pieces Bank.

And the gilt market is wary of the UK's defense funding plans.

Plus, an investment banker is suing her former employer over the right to get some shut-eye.

I think this is where this really interesting generational question comes in,

where perhaps an older generation might say,

this is how it's always been done, kind of get used to it.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

J.P. Morgan Chase is in talks to provide banking services to the U.S.-led Board of Peace.

The body is set to have its first formal meeting today, and it was originally conceived to help create a new governance framework for Gaza in the wake of the war between Israel and Hamas.

But U.S. President Donald Trump has increasingly presented it as an alternative to the U.N.

Two people familiar with the situation said J.P. Morgan was discussing providing services, such as facilitating payments to and from the board.

Officials from the Trump administration and from the bank declined to comment on any discussions.

It's an interesting twist. As the president recently sued J.P. Morgan Chief Executive Jamie Diamond,

Trump claims the lender closed his bank accounts for political reasons.

The UK government needs to raise more money to fill a hole in its armed forces budget.

But there's a problem.

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has insisted that she will stick to fiscal rules that prevent borrowing from breaching strict limits.

So officials have been looking for a workaround. Investors, though, are not thrilled by the idea.

Ian Smith, our senior markets correspondent, is here to explain. Hi, Ian. Hi, Mark. So, Ian, can you

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