Feb 5 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

May taps business leaders to help push EU compromise on Brexit https://on.ft.com/2Ddihnk

Home Office approves Vijay Mallya extradition to India https://on.ft.com/2DjuG9l

May heads to Belfast in search of backstop solution https://on.ft.com/2DbAZLR

Overview

British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged business leaders to ask European Union policymakers to avoid a no-deal or a hard Brexit.

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has approved Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya's extradition to India to face allegations of money-laundering and fraud in his home country.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will go to Northern Ireland on Tuesday in a visit aimed at finding a solution to her backstop plan as well as reiterating her commitment to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom; Editing by Sandra Maler)