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Saudi Arabia repatriating thousands of migrants back to Ethiopia

UN official warns mass deportations risk spread of coronavirus to the region




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Warnings of unrest mount as outbreak hits food availability

G20 agriculture ministers urge governments not to disrupt global supply chains




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Investing for the under 40s - the pros and cons of the Lifetime Isa

Presenter Claer Barrett and guests explore how under 40s are using the Lifetime Isa to save for a property, or invest for the future. What strategies are younger investors taking? Plus the new rules on automatic compensation when broadband goes down, and the six ways pensions scammers are most likely to try and con you - would you fall for it? 


 

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Could you profit from a last minute PPI claim?

With a matter of days until the deadline, presenter Claer Barrett discusses the practicalities of making a claim online with the FT's Money Mentor Lindsay Cook. Plus, how to build effective money habits, and the growing NHS pensions row. 

 

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Are you facing losses from the closure of the Woodford equity income fund?

Hundreds of thousands of investors with money trapped in the Woodford Equity Income fund found out this week that the fund is to be liquidated, the fund manager would be sacked and that their money would be returned to them eventually. Claer Barrett, FT money editor, talks to guests about how much money investors have lost and how much they are likely to get back and when. Plus we hear from someone who was landed with a £476 fine and a criminal record - just for forgetting to charge her iphone. 

 

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How to find a financial adviser, general election planning for your finances and the rise of the 40 year mortgage

How to find a financial adviser - a relationship with an adviser you can trust is something that FT readers often tell us is hard to come by. FT Money editor Claer Barrett talks to Damian Fantato, deputy editor of FT Adviser about the solution. Plus, with less than a month to go until the general election, financial advisers tell us they are getting calls from a lot of worried clients - we discuss what's troubling them. And finally, the rise of the 40-year mortgage - Paul Lewis, presenter of BBC Moneybox is here to share his own worries about extra long hours.

 

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Former Zambian finance ministers and officials push for IMF deal

President urged to secure rescue deal as economy ‘on verge of collapse’




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Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president of Nigeria, 1952-2020

A self-effacing intellectual who rose to the very centre of power




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Africa’s Covid-19 response is a glimpse of how things could be different

Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple




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Tanzania hiding true number of Covid deaths, opposition says

Secret burials, overflowing hospitals and dead MPs, as president takes refuge in home village




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Why Mr Merlot is key to the present state of Italian wine

How Carlo Ferrini went from top consultant to being awarded winemaker of the year three times




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Valtellina: the pinnacle of fashion

‘The only problem with these elegant Nebbiolos is that they can be difficult to find’




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Jancis Robinson on the new wave of Spanish wines

There is a new-found confidence in what Spain, and Spain alone, can offer




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The definition of natural wine

‘To qualify as a Vin Méthode Nature, a wine has to be made from hand-picked organic grapes’




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Jancis Robinson on the rise of Romanian wine

Producers have made impressive progress in a country where consumption per capita is heroic




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Jancis Robinson on the legacy of Robert Mondavi

The family has been making fine wine in Napa Valley for four generations




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US begins national security probe of electrical grid imports

Commerce department investigation could lead to new tariffs on transformer parts




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The CIA, the FBI and the myth of America’s Deep State

The agencies don’t plot presidential coups — but few heroes emerge in David Rohde’s study ‘In Deep’




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Five claims from US health official behind whistleblower suit

Rick Bright alleges government ignored coronavirus warnings and engaged in ‘cronyism’




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Biden struggles to raise money in era of Zoom soirées

Democratic candidate wrestles with new realities as he tries to close cash gap with Trump




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The future of books — rise in digital publishing and social media

How is the crisis changing our reading habits and accelerating the industry’s digital revolution?




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Meghan Markle loses first round of legal battle

High Court rules some allegations against Associated Newspapers should be struck out




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Half of online ad spending goes to industry middlemen

Study shines light on ‘near impenetrable’ £100bn market




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Millions of Americans face crisis payment delays

Consumers who use tax preparation services or software could have to wait months for money




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Second homeowners accused of exploiting loophole to claim virus cash

Politicians say properties are being classed as holiday lets to be eligible for grants




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Company car users on furlough can save thousands of pounds

Tax bills can be reduced by handing back a vehicle to an employer




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Government accused of pushing tax compliance policing on to business

IR35 rules demanding companies check their contractors’ HMRC status are flawed and unfair, say Lords




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Business school heads vow to fight axing of MBA apprenticeship

Deans come out against government plan to cut senior executive courses from workplace training scheme




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Gary Cohn: Crisis is speeding up the end of cash

Pandemic boosts shift towards digital wallets and currencies




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Loyalty cards: how to make the most of them

Savvy shoppers game the system to collect the maximum amount of points




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Best of Lunch with the FT 2019

Whose back feels like an anatomy textbook in Braille? Who sparred with Trump? Who’s too posh for her target base? Have lunch again with Federer, Schwarzenegger and Beckham . . . 




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Crispr scientist on the ethics of editing humans

Her gene-editing tool could cure disease and change the human race. But what happens if it falls into the wrong hands?




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Kiril Sokoloff: ‘There will have to be massive debt relief’

The Wall Street strategist talks about debt, lessons from losing his hearing — and his latest predictions for the world




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Copper find sparks hopes of mining revival in ‘Poldark’ country

Discovery raises prospect of industry’s return 20 years after Cornwall’s last pit closed




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Fury over boxer smacks of hypocrisy

Boxer’s ideas don’t have to make sense — he just has to hit people




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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver review — from A to Z and back again

A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects




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Are we seeing the strange, lingering death of Labour England?

In Stoke-on-Trent, Matthew Engel finds a party struggling to answer the simplest questions




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That’s the Way it Crumbles by Matthew Engel — the conquest of English

An entertaining inquiry into the relentless advance of American expressions among the British




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Henry Blofeld, voice of English summer, to retire

Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September




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Summer books of 2017: new titles by FT writers

Recent books by Matthew Engel, Edward Luce and Anne-Marie Slaughter




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Johanna Konta and the sporting citizens of nowhere

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport




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£82bn of UK property sales put on hold

Impact of pandemic has halted nearly 400,000 housing transactions




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SoftBank warns of $9.6bn investment losses due to coronavirus

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork




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The end of the office? Outbreak may change work forever

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups




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The gift of isolation: my weekend at a writers’ retreat

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement




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Neumann accuses SoftBank of abuse of power over WeWork deal

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer




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Venezuela faces threat of coronavirus catastrophe

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk




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Bolsonaro vs Maia: feud at top of Brazil’s politics spills into open

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 




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Dark Towers — an exposé of banking gone bad

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions




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Bondholders lobby US to soften Venezuela sanctions

Creditor group says restrictions on trading could be forcing bonds into ‘rogue’ hands