Premium offered for shares as group seeks to pay back debt owed by its parent company

Cost of hiring a very large crude carrier rises past $200,000/day

UK government support needed to ensure supply of food and medicines

Subsidies and freebies to retain cash-strapped users add to sector’s financial burden

Spate of arson attacks on telecoms masts fuelled by disinformation over pandemic’s origins

Chief of French state-backed company said decision was made with ‘heavy heart’

UK telecoms group warns shareholders over lower payouts in future as it focuses on broadband network upgrade

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

From an 18th-century farmhouse in the US to a traditional Deià-style home in Mallorca

A star-studded cast sang from their own homes in the New York opera house’s four-hour show

An alt-rock concept album whose concept is never clearly defined

The ENO is adapting a gimmick to attract new audiences now the pandemic has hit

Paramore frontwoman broadens her sonic palette with solo debut

The Canadian rapper’s surprise mixtape flunks out with ill-advised guest-star choices

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

Indigenous protests over gas project are snarling rail traffic and hurting businesses

Tory manifesto pledge aimed at ‘levelling up’ the regions of Britain faces uphill struggle

First time in five years that rail groups have not paid into state coffers

Move will last for at least six months as coronavirus disruption takes toll

Bakery chain’s proposed trial of 20 shops thwarted by social media response

Denmark and the Netherlands lead surge in bookings but company still cuts 25% of workforce

Optimism of large chains belies scepticism that film goers will flock back

In China, a shrinking bottom line has intensified the already tense affair of splitting profits

The company wants to upend banking but the need to mature is more urgent than ever

Good TV deserves a snack upgrade

The FT columnist selects his perfect venue, food, wine and company for a post-lockdown celebration

Companies must balance costs of staying shut against concerns for staff safety

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

Sales rise but company warns revenues will decline as bar and restaurant closures hit beverages

Coffee chain lays down plans for 90% of its domestic market cafés to be open by early June

Fears of food shortages as coronavirus forces facilities to shut and US cases top 1m

Lockdowns and restrictions set to halt Italian coffee maker’s 17-year growth trajectory

Food and farm industry desperate to shift mountain of produce as pandemic decimates demand

Agency overseeing slaughterhouse reopenings has previously said worker safety is not its job

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods spy retail opportunities as meat industry struggles with virus

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the EBA report on mounting risk in the European banking system, Goldman Sachs’ first ever investment day and why the pensions of UK banking CEOs are being cut. With special guest Mario Quagliariello, director of economic analysis at the European Banking Authority.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Persis Love

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss whether regulators are easing up on bank capital rules, tough times for UK peer-to-peer lenders, and why Goldman Sachs is planning to bring wealth management to the masses. With special guest Harald Benink, professor of banking and finance at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Matthew Vincent and guests discuss what's behind HSBC's decision to cut 35,000 jobs in the US and Europe, Jes Staley's future as boss of Barclays after another regulatory probe, RBS's new name, and Deutsche Bank's disappearing compliance contractors. With special guest Philip Augar, author of The Bank that lived a little: Barclays in the age of the very free market.

Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Emma Agyemang, FT Money reporter. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Matthew Vincent and colleagues discuss the hunt for new chief executives among Europe's top banks and JPMorgan's plans to launch a digital bank in the UK. With special guest Sir Mike Rake, former CBI president, and former deputy chairman of Barclays.

Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking editor, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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UN official warns that war-ravaged country cannot deal with an outbreak of the disease

Pandemic stopped protests in Iraq, Algeria and Lebanon, but crisis likely to fuel fresh wave of unrest

Islamic republic eases coronavirus restrictions in effort to boost struggling economy

Too many big brands have been coasting for too long

Formation of regional coalitions offers a path to a staggered exit

President says restrictions will apply to green card applicants aiming for permanent residency

The less well-off will be the most exposed to Covid-19 infection

Find any country in the customisable version of the Covid-19 trajectory charts

Putting up barriers to travel is proving much easier than taking them down