FT News in Focus

Las Vegas has become one of the hot spots in the US solar power boom, creating tensions with local utilities. Ed Crooks, US industry and energy editor, reports.

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In the final episode of this series, Henry Mance looks at Angus Deaton's views on foreign aid, how US politics is influencing the debate on climate change and the Keystone pipeline. He also talks to FT leader writer James Blitz about UK plans for more internet surveillance.

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US group Activision Blizzard is paying $5.9bn for the creator of Candy Crush Saga, in the gaming industry’s biggest deal since Microsoft bought Minecraft last year. Robert Cookson talks to Tim Bradshaw, the FT's technology correspondent in San Francisco, about the deal.Music by David Sappa

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The machinations behind a request from TransCanada for the Obama administration to suspend its review of the Keystone XL pipeline permit application are explained by the FT's US industry and energy editor, Ed Crooks.Music: "Acid Jazz" by Kevin MacLeod

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Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented his authority after his AK party won a convincing victory in this week's parliamentary elections. Daniel Dombey asks Mehul Srivastava, FT correspondent in Ankara, what the result means for Turkey's economy and its ties with the west.

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Neuroscientist David Eagleman argues that the brain is like a field of battle: subject to conflicting drives and impulses that we are only just beginning to understand. He talks to Sally Davies, FT Weekend's digital editor, about the nature of consciousness, why human beings are hardwired for xenophobia, and how technology can extend our cognitive powers.To read an exclusive extract from David's new book, go to ft.com/eaglemanMusic: Another Cultural Landslide, 'Everybody's got a brain'

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Henry Mance reviews the week's events, including the landslide victory of Poland's Law and Justice party, the unexpectedly strong poll performance of Argentina's opposition, and the setback for Britain's George Osborne over tax credits. He is joined by Arash Massoudi, the FT's M&A correspondent, to discuss why mergers matter.

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Earlier this week, US news editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson sat down with David Miliband, president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee. In this excerpt, Mr Miliband discusses how Russia's presence in Syria has intensified the crisis, how weak the international political response to the crisis has been, and how the conflict in Syria has dramatised the need for better humanitarian aid. Watch the rest of the interview at ft.com/irc.Music: "Acid Jazz" by Kevin MacLeod.

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UK chancellor George Osborne was rebuffed by the House of Lords this week over his policy to cut tax credits. The FT’s Lionel Barber and Janan Ganesh discuss the opposition and the constitutional dilemma created by the move.Music: “Acid Jazz” by Kevin MacLeod.

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RBS this week became the world's first bank to adopt Facebook at Work, allowing staff to swap information and with the potential aim of providing banking services through the social network in future. Martin Arnold discusses what it means for the UK lender with Emma Dunkley, the FT's retail banking correspondent. Music by David Sappa

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