Alexa, pass the scalpel?
FT News Briefing
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🗓️ 16 September 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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https://www.ft.com/content/91b4abd2-1ef7-4069-ac25-a4759a2ddfb8
Washington has launched a security partnership with London and Canberra which will support Australia’s plan to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and strengthen the allies’ ability to counter China, and Canada holds an election next week with prime minister Justin Trudeau facing unexpected competition, and Amazon plans to become just as ubiquitous in healthcare as it is in other markets by producing the tools and platforms to underpin an industry on the cusp of dramatic modernisation.
US builds bulwark against China with UK-Australia security pact
https://www.ft.com/content/565160c7-b5e0-4750-858a-37224bf3db0c
The Rachman Review: Is Trudeau’s popularity wearing thin?
https://www.ft.com/rachman-review
The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape
https://www.ft.com/content/fa7ff4c3-4694-4409-9ca6-bfadf3a53a62
Didi loses 30% of daily users after Beijing crackdown following IPO
https://www.ft.com/content/13a768b0-1000-4cad-8a03-36a1e66f460b
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, September 16th. |
| 0:04.0 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:08.8 | The US and the UK are going to help Australia build nuclear-powered submarines to counter China. |
| 0:15.0 | Canada's Prime Minister called an early election, but his plan could backfire. |
| 0:19.6 | Plus, Amazon is testing out voice assistant technology, like Alexa, in operating rooms. |
| 0:26.0 | That's just the start. |
| 0:27.7 | What they're doing with healthcare is kind of combining all these different |
| 0:31.2 | parts of their business to kind of go out the healthcare business and the opportunity |
| 0:35.6 | there in different ways. |
| 0:37.2 | We'll talk more about Amazon's plans to become ubiquitous in healthcare. |
| 0:41.9 | I'm Jess Smith in from Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:49.1 | The Biden administration has launched another partnership to send a message to China. |
| 0:53.6 | This time, it's with the UK and Australia. |
| 0:56.0 | And a key part of the partnership is supporting Australia's plan to build a fleet of nuclear |
| 1:01.2 | submarines. One US official said the submarines are faster and stealthier than conventional submarines, |
| 1:07.1 | and they can operate further from Australia. |
| 1:09.7 | Now, this comes at a time of growing tensions between the US and China over issues like the South |
| 1:14.4 | China Sea in Taiwan. And next week, President Joe Biden hosts the leaders of Japan, |
| 1:19.8 | India, and Australia at the White House. That's another security grouping designed to counter China, |
| 1:25.3 | and one that officials in Beijing have dubbed an Asian NATO. |
| 1:35.1 | There's an election in Canada next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for it two years |
| 1:40.3 | early. He figured he was in a good position to win a majority government that would help him |
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