Tala al-Jabri is among a rising number of female professionals in the kingdom

Pharma company’s use of algorithms marks fast-growing trend in big digitally-savvy markets including India

Investors should welcome the chance to bail out for a 29% premium to Friday’s $13 undisturbed closing price

Trade union issues warning as coronavirus fears leave 11,000 crew members stranded at sea 

Liberty Global’s buccaneering owner sets his sights on Telefonica’s O2

After lockdown, start-ups will need to work with city authorities to keep cars off the roads

From greenhouses to screenhouses, these properties will make your green fingers twitch

Look behind the doors of a medieval Swiss castle that’s piquing much curiosity

Running downstairs is b-o-r-i-n-g when you can slide or use a fireman’s pole instead

Nooks for books can be created anywhere in the home

With summer events cancelled, the focus is on how to recoup funding and audiences

Analysis shows Bame groups exposed to greater socio-economic and work risks

UK transport company has come under pressure from US activist to sell school bus and transit divisions

London mayor wants to renegotiate £2bn of existing loans with government to ease cash flow

Support for five networks around England follows coronavirus rescue packages for bus and train sectors

Britain failed to take advantage of island status, warns panel, as it calls for more transparency

French patient who fell ill in December found to have had Covid-19 after samples retested

Largest US meat company forecasts further upheaval in months ahead

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Deutsche Bank's radical overhaul, Andrea Orcel's lawsuit against Santander and Ireland's plans to expand Dublin as a financial centre. With special guest Michael D'Arcy, Irish financial services minister.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt financial correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Move in response to UN call to focus on preventing Covid-19 outbreak in war-torn country

Rami Makhlouf’s complaints against his cousin show strains in power structure

An activist who dug his own course in pursuit of reform

‘The Impossible Collection’ offers a 9.5kg overview of the designer’s whole career

Laura Noonan and Lauren Fedor respond to your queries on the state of SBA rescue funds

Matthew McConaughey’s career revival provides a neat case study of how an actor can wrest back control of his image. It also tells a broader story about our weakness for a certain kind of Acting.  

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The BBC’s self-parodying show goes too far – in the direction of complacency, complicity and all-round smugness. But comedy can be a remarkable force for exposing the flaws of the society from which it springs  

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The UK’s culture secretary is a ‘Star Trek’ fan who wants the arts to be ‘accessible to everyone’ - while the filmmakers of the defiantly highbrow ‘Life May Be’ remind us that there are merits in other ambitions.  

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How a legal dispute over the use of a John Lennon song in a sneaker advert paved the way for today’s cultural mash-ups – and put paid to the notion of artists “selling out”  

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From a heavy metal hit to its use in the Abu Ghraib tortures, Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ strikes some sinister chords with Ludovic Hunter-Tilney. Credit: Elektra  

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Podcasts have existed for more than 10 years but have recently seen a surge of interest, spurred by the success of the true crime drama Serial, which has been downloaded more than 70m times. What is driving the so-called “podcast renaissance”? How are they different from radio shows? And do they pose a threat to traditional broadcasting? FT technology editor Ravi Mattu is joined by literature professor Sarah Churchwell, veteran podcaster Helen Zaltzman and Mark Friend, who is responsible for BBC Radio online. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown and Lily Le Brun  

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Bruce Springsteen's bleak ballad of American life has been promoted by politicians from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump. David Honigmann examines the song's fraught relationship with power. Credit: Columbia  

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Ian McCann takes a look at one of the greatest and most culturally influential rap songs by genre pioneers Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. A hit urban anthem, it almost wasn't recorded... Credits: Castle Communications, Warner Bros, Wagram Music, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Atlantic Records  

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David Honigmann looks at how a sleeping Keith Richards dreamt up a riff that would later develop into a number one hit for Rolling Stones and become one of the most recognisable rock anthems of all times. Credits: ABKCO Records Inc, Universal International Music B.V, Rhino Atlantic, Virgin Records Ltd.  

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

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 Isas overtake pensions as the UK's tax-saving vehicle of choice? The tax benefits of pensions have been steadily eroded over the past decade but at the same time, Isas have been coming into their own. Most people approaching retirement today will rely on a combination of pensions and Isa income. In this week's show, FT Money Show presenter Claer Barrett takes a break from covering the coronavirus and what it means for your money, and interviews the FT's Money Mentor columnist about why investors like Isas so much and how these investments compare to pensions. 

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Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

Century-old agriculture lender is latest state group in need of government support

Five-week shutdown to be eased stage by stage according to a series of rolling levels  

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

We need to do more to get the disabled into work

White House group will shift to ‘safety and opening up our country again’

Second largest cinema chain sides with rival in spat over movie release

English football’s top division wrote to US government over Saudi’s alleged illegal screening of matches

Parents who haven’t historically claimed could now do so due to lost income

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

Disputes backlog in ‘under-resourced’ lower court reached 27,280 last quarter

Smart speakers don’t yet have the skills to

The chancellor’s support package is welcome, but many self employed people are excluded 

The novelist on Cicero’s lessons for Brexit Britain, Labour’s future — and how to write a bestseller a year