FT News in Focus

The FT's Robert Wright discusses the UK government's controversial decision to back a new runway at London's overcrowded Heathrow airport.

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Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, one of Europe's most troubled lenders, has announced a new restructuring plan. Martin Arnold is joined by the FT's Christopher Thompson and Filippo Alloatti of Hermes Investment Management to discuss whether the turnround plan can work. Music: Kevin MacLeod

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In a US election dominated by character attacks, coal country stands out as a region where a single policy question — what to do about unemployed miners — still eclipses all else. The FT's Barney Jopson reports from the mountains of Appalachia

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The military campaign to recapture Iraq's second city of Mosul from Isis is the biggest test yet for Iraq's armed forces and allied militias. The FT's Erika Soloman reports from northern Iraq on how the campaign is going.

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Goldman Sachs has led an impressive performance by US banks in the latest round of quarterly results. Patrick Jenkins, the FT's financial editor, discusses Wall Street's bounce back with Alistair Gray, US financial correspondent.Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte heads to China this week for talks that will test whether his anti-US rhetoric will lead to a fundamental security shake-up on Asia’s seas. James Kynge discusses the trip and its implications with the FT's Tony Tassell.

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Malcolm Moore discusses the merits of the decision to award the prestigious literature prize to a singer songwriter, with FT journalists Ed Crooks and Robert Wright.Music credit: All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan, Columbia Records

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South Africa's finance minister Pravin Gordhan has been summoned to a court on fraud charges. The charges relate to his time at the head of the South African Revenue Service, but many observers believe the investigation is politically-motivated. Lionel Barber, FT editor, interviewed Mr Gordhan earlier this month about the allegations, the economy and the state of democracy in South Africa

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Donald Trump's campaign for the presidency is in trouble after the release of a tape in which he was heard to make lewd comments about women. Four weeks before the US election, Lionel Barber, FT editor, takes stock of the campaign, with columnist Ed Luce and companies editor Brooke Masters. Music by David Sappa.

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European regulators gave the German lender special treatment in this summer's stress tests, the FT has discovered. Patrick Jenkins asks Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, and Laura Noonan, investment banking correspondent, to explain what was behind the decision. Music by Kevin MacLeod

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