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Theresa May has suffered a setback to her Brexit timetable after the UK Supreme Court upheld a challenge brought by London businesswoman Gina Miller that the prime minister could not trigger an EU exit without the consent of parliament. Sebastian Payne discusses what happens next with Jane Croft, FT legal correspondent, and David Allen Green, legal commentator. Clips courtesy of Reuters

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India’s Reliance Industries has raised the stakes in the multibillion-dollar battle for India’s mobile market by offering a free service that rivals say is unfairly eating into their market share. Daniel Thomas discusses the controversy with FT correspondent Kiran Stacey.

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Gambia, a tiny West African country popular with tourists, is celebrating its first democratic transition after the country’s long serving president, Yahya Jammeh, was finally persuaded to step down. David Pilling, the FT's Africa editor, recently back from the capital Banjul, talks to Fiona Symon about how this came about and what it means for democracy in the wider region.

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The West Midlands region, which includes Britain’s second city of Birmingham, is due to elect its first mayor in May and the winner will preside over huge tranches of funding for housing, transport and infrastructure. Andy Street, Conservative candidate, talks to Andrew Bounds about his ambitions for the region.

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Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Lower Manhattan headquarters of Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, following a series of appointments of Goldman-linked people to top jobs in the Trump administration. Ben McLannahan reports.

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The tie-up, one of Europe's biggest cross-border mergers, will create a global leader in the fast-growing eyewear industry. John Murray Brown discusses the merger with the FT's Rachel Sanderson, Michael Stothard and Jonathan Guthrie.

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Theresa May mixed firm declarations of intent with a conciliatory tone towards the European Union in her statement on Britain’s objectives before formal negotiations to leave the bloc begin. Barney Thompson talks to Jim Pickard, the FT's chief political correspondent, about what we learnt.

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William Hague, former UK foreign secretary, has become the latest prominent figure to join the payroll of a big American bank in the run-up to Brexit. Patrick Jenkins talks to the FT's investment correspondent Laura Noonan about the move.Music: Kevin MacLeod

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A new report has suggested the UK should embrace the power of the sea and invest in a novel form of electricity generation - the tidal lagoon. Pilita Clark discusses the merits of the idea with the FT's Nathalie Thomas, Jonathan Ford and Jonathan Guthrie.

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This week has seen a deluge of retail results in the UK, showing a mixed picture of the state of consumer sentiment in wake of vote to leave the European Union. Sharlene Goff asks Mark Vandevelde, the FT's retail correspondent, who were the main winners and losers. [ 4kk6ak45 ]

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