Apple is accused of profiting from 'blood minerals'
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Belgium has launched a criminal probe into the DRC’s allegation. Donald Trump is sworn in as US president. Davos leaders reject climate banking group. And Toyota struggles to jumpstart hydrogen car sales.
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Trump and the contest between two visions of democracy
Apple hit by Belgian probe over ‘blood minerals’ in Congo
Toyota rethinks its bet on hydrogen
Dollar tumbles as Trump shies away from trade tariffs
This episode of the FT News Briefing was produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon, Mischa Frankl-Duval, Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:03.0 | Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, 15% of its oil, |
| 0:07.7 | and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. |
| 0:11.0 | Our wind farms power 750,000 homes, |
| 0:14.0 | and we expect that to grow to over 7 million. |
| 0:16.5 | Last year, we invested 20% of our global growth spend in renewables |
| 0:20.1 | and lower carbon solutions. |
| 0:22.0 | We plan to increase that to 50% by 2030. |
| 0:25.4 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.4 | Equinoor.com.uk. |
| 0:33.3 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:36.0 | Today is Tuesday, January 21st, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:41.0 | Donald Trump unveils aggressive new policy measures at his inauguration. |
| 0:45.0 | The Democratic Republic of Congo puts pressure on Apple over critical minerals. |
| 0:50.0 | Apple says it has undertaken all the steps that it can to ensure that the minerals do not come from these conflict mines. |
| 0:59.4 | The allegation is that it can't possibly know. |
| 1:03.3 | Toyota rethinking its strategy on hydrogen vehicles, and as Davos kicks off, the Net Zero Banking Alliance suffers a wobble. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm Josh Gavard-Dwai-aw, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:34.0 | Donald Trump was sworn in as 47th U.S. president yesterday, promising a golden age of America and outlining a wide-ranging list of radical policy proposals. |
| 1:38.0 | From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. |
| 1:46.5 | We will be the envy of every nation, |
| 1:53.9 | and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. In his speech, Trump said he was, quote, saved by God in order to make America great again. He heavily criticized the Biden |
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