Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation is weird, wonderful and worryingly erotic

White House threatens to use remittances from US as leverage in migration dispute

From Chile to Bolivia, revolts against leaders from left and right have root causes in stagnant growth and weak investment

Social damage could take 2 decades to repair, warns top UN official

How the coronavirus outbreak has accelerated the demise of US department stores

New party leader gives clear signal he will take party in a different direction

Academy makes exemption to rule over screening films in cinemas

Donald Trump’s ambivalence on coronavirus threatens both the US and its global power

Even before the coronavirus outbreak, many people found isolation a normal way of living

The division in tackling coronavirus in the US is not based on politics but on competence  

Compost plugs let you bypass seed sowing and are cheaper than bedding plants

Pergolas to pythons: prisoners joined volunteers to create this wildlife haven

Indian entrepreneur claims a small group of executives were involved at the hospital group

Stefan Bomhard joins tobacco group from car dealer Inchcape

Brussels opens in-depth investigation into Hyundai Heavy and Daewoo Shipbuilding merger

Vintage is best — chipped, stained and covered with lichen and moss

There’s more to the Swedish interiors giant than Billy bookcases

Artists such as Travis Scott and Charli XCX are appearing in digital form, watched by audiences of avatars

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

Tyson Foods chief warns of supply shortages that critics blame on concentrated production line

Sales for drinking at home soar but alcohol companies say they do not offset bar closures

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the outlook for Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase's decision to buy a second office in Paris. With special guest Brian Moynihan, chief executive of Bank of America. 

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent. 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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Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s appointment gives country its first functioning government in 6 months

The suits, the soft furnishings: a revealing glimpse of our MPs’ style choices

Over decades the Republican party has reconfigured itself into the party of the white and the South

The US spends $3.6tn a year on health. Why does the pandemic threaten so many of its hospitals?

Donald Trump’s claims that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was source of outbreak belie scientific evidence

As the ninth Art Basel Miami Beach takes place this week, Andres Schipani discusses the growing presence of Latin American collectors and galleries at the international art fair. He is joined by Mark Spiegler, director of Art Basel Miami Beach; Tim Marlow from London's White Cube gallery; Elizabeth Neilson, who heads the London-based Zabludowicz Collection; and Henrique Faría from Venezuela's Faría Fábregas gallery.  

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As a stage version of the classic BBC sitcom comes to London, the FT’s arts writer reflects on the series’ pioneering mix of comedy and drama  

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Christian Bale’s hairpiece in the Oscar-nominated movie caper epitomises the preposterousness of the 1970s – but the decade’s unabashed lack of polish looks increasingly appealing in our technology-dependent age  

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David Cheal traces the journey of ‘Guantanamera’, from a 19th-century Cuban national hero to a 21st-century recycling campaign, via Celia Cruz and the peace movement of the 1960s. Credits: RCA Victor, Bravo Hit, Universal Music AB, Columbia  

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David Honigmann on the Louis Armstrong blues song that inspired a poem by WH Auden and recordings by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and others.  

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

You will not keep a diverse workforce unless its members feel they are fully part of the organisation

Debating about whether it is ever OK to become emotional in the office

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

FT-Peterson survey finds 71% back states as support slips for president’s economic stewardship

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

Our festival panel consign their financial nasties to Room 101

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions

A new book about Koch Industries has shed light on the way this company, led by Charles Koch, shaped modern America. Frederick Studemann, literary editor, discusses Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US business editor. Read Andrew’s review here.

Contributors: Frederick Studemann, literary editor, and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US business editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been accused of constitutional vandalism by curtailing the opportunity for parliamentary scrutiny of his government in the final weeks of the Brexit talks. The courts will now determine whether his decision to shut down parliament was legal or not. Henry Mance discusses what all this means for British democracy with constitutional expert Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and UK assistant news editor John Aglionby.

Contributors: Henry Mance, chief features writer, Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law at Queen Mary University in London, and John Aglionby, assistant UK news editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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We have seen a historic day for British politics as the Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Siona Jenkins discusses what the ruling means for Brexit, for the prime minister, and for British democracy, with Jane Croft, law courts correspondent, and Neil Buckley, leader writer. 

Contributors: Siona Jenkins, news editor, Jane Croft, law courts correspondent and Neil Buckley, leader writer. Producer: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Catalonia erupted this week after a Spanish Supreme Court decision to jail a group of separatist leaders for their part in organising an illegal independence referendum. The regional government attacked the sentences and thousands took to the streets in protest. Katie Martin discusses what happens next, with Daniel Dombey, FT correspondent in Madrid.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Daniel Dombey, Madrid correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Former deputy set to take over as country faces sharpest economic contraction in decades

Argentina’s Alberto Fernández signals country is in no state to contemplate new deals

Investors have bet on Gilead’s remdesivir as solution to coronavirus crisis

Rial to be changed to the toman after five decades of inflation