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

Airline’s shareholders support plan to gain state-backed loan guarantees in move to avoid bankruptcy

Social distancing forcing GPs and patients to conduct their consultations online

No pasta machine? No problem. Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to make it by hand - just like nonna

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

Kellogg and Kraft Heinz see chance to win back customers who had shifted to healthier brands

Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to grow and feed a sourdough starter before turning it into a home-baked pizza

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

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Germany's concession that could unblock progress towards a eurozone banking union, investor moves against Deutsche Bank chairman Paul Achkleitner, and what's behind the recent spate of personnel changes in investment banking. With special guest Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, chairman of Société Générale.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Martin Arnold, Frankfurt bureau chief, Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt correspondent, Jonathan Guthrie, Lex editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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President’s intervention over Suleyman Soylu suggests division at regime’s heart, analysts say

Tech-savvy stylists offer virtual consultations and algorithm-matched dyes

Books that give creative inspiration and comfort during isolation

Street style is changing, with baggy shapes and Birkenstocks replacing tailored outfits

Conservative activists vow to step up street demonstrations against business closings

Addiction experts say Covid-19 could tip heavy drinkers into full-blown alcoholism

Local news sites are experiencing a resurgence and streaming is more popular than ever

From business closures to movement restrictions, some countries’ policies show first signs of easing

Citing pressure of visitor numbers, the museum banned sketching at its recent “David Bowie Is” exhibition – a move that shows how hard it is for curators to reconcile accessibility and academic values, the FT’s arts writer says  

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Instructing people to stay at home is to confine millions to cramped housing

Ruling sets precedent in continent where poorest fear cure could be worse than the disease

Ramaphosa administration wants phased reopening to limit damage to struggling economy

Since people are no longer paying restaurant margins, some reason they can spend a bit more at home

US cable company enjoys rising demand for high-speed internet but movie business suffers

Litigation battles, fear turns to lawsuits, and a data security flaw

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Restrictions in nation that processes 90% of world’s stones upend global industry 

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

Cafés, restaurants and secondary schools to reopen in phased easing of restrictions

Consumers have been looking for something to do as well as something to eat

The disputed Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir is in lockdown after India revoked its special status following a long running insurgency that led to thousands of deaths. Jyotsna Singh discusses what India plans to do next, and how neighbouring Pakistan, which also claims the territory, has reacted, with Amy Kazmin the FT's South Asia bureau chief.

Contributors: Jyotsna Singh, Delhi reporter, and Amy Kazmin, South Asia bureau chief. Producers: Jyotsna Singh and Fiona Symon

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Tuesday, March 17

Governments in all large western economies took drastic measures to limit public movement on Monday in an urgent effort to arrest the spreading coronavirus pandemic while US stocks plunged despite a set of emergency measures laid out by the Federal Reserve on Sunday. Plus, an analysis by the Financial Times finds that the UK and the US have key weaknesses in their healthcare systems which could trigger a collapse if put to the test by the outbreak. 

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Shares in Peabody Energy and Arch Coal fall sharply after regulatory action

Decline leads to a drop in wholesale prices as businesses close

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Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

Near-unconditional cash transfers are the most efficient form of relief

Oil and gas company in Texas given approval to use unmanned aircraft to inspect vital infrastructure

Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro

Regulator says US mortgage guarantors have sufficient resources for about 12 weeks

Boris Johnson will set his exit strategy on Sunday, but changes will be limited

Survival of coastal city’s vibrant arts scene will depend on community ‘being on the front foot’

Hilary Mantel’s lessons for a pandemic

We need more and better surveys from across the globe to help us take the right course

What is it that makes an online performance really sing?

Great value can be unearthed in some of the cheapest wines from impeccable producers

Market volatility has temporarily halted the £80bn final salary transfer market, yet there is increased desire to cash in