FT News in Focus

It has been a tumultuous week for Theresa May, UK prime minister. First came the leaked reports of her acrimonious dinner with European officials, then news that the divorce bill the UK faces for leaving the EU has risen to 100bn euros. Malcolm Moore discusses the fall-out with the FT's Alex Barker, Peter Spiegel and Henry Mance.

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Does extraordinary achievement have a dark side? Can you be driven while also content and of sound mind? FT columnist Emma Jacobs puts the question to journalist and broadcaster Alastair Campbell and psychologist Oliver James.

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Hasan Rouhani is seeking re-election as Iran's president next month. He remains popular for reaching a nuclear deal with the west, but the poor state of the economy could count against him, Najmeh Bozorgmehr, FT correspondent in Tehran, tells Andrew England.

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Diesel was once seen as a pragmatic way to save the planet because of its fuel efficiency. Then came the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Now diesel, a leading cause of nitrogen dioxide pollution, is becoming known as a silent killer. Andrew Ward discusses how car makers and governments are reacting to the problem with the FT's Peter Campbell and Pilita Clark.

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Britain's vote to leave the European Union has thrown the country's 3m EU citizens into a legal limbo. Many long-term residents are applying for permanent residency, but unforeseen bureaucratic hurdles are making the process difficult, if not impossible. John Murray Brown reports. Researched and produced by Zosia Wasik

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As France prepares for Sunday's first round of voting in its presidential election, any two of the four leading candidates could still reach the run-off, and an apparent attack in Paris on Thursday has brought terrorism back to the top of the agenda in a campaign already shaped by questions of security and identity. Harriet Agnew talks to the FT's Anne-Sylvaine Chassany and Michael Stothard about a remarkable campaign that has upended French politics and will have wide ramifications for France and beyond.

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French billionaire Vincent Bolloré’s move to acquire Italy's Mediaset, owned by the family of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, sets up a battle between the two media tycoons for the future of Italy’s biggest commercial broadcaster. Daniel Thomas discusses the latest twists in the story with Harriet Agnew, FT Paris correspondent.

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Patrick Jenkins speaks to Paul Volcker, author of one of the best known rules aimed at limiting the speculative activities of banks. What does the former Federal Reserve chairman think of the current plans to deregulate the US financial system? Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Why did the UK prime minister decide to hold an early election?Is this an opportunity for those wishing to stay in the European Union to exit Brexit? Malcolm Moore puts these and other questions to the FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green

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The Toronoto Wolfpack, the world's first transatlantic rugby league team, is seeking to create a following in Canada and North America. The FT's Andy Bounds went to watch the team in action at one of their first UK matches and to hear about their ambitions to transform the sport.

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