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FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

News, Unknown, News & Politics, Daily News

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The EU is preparing for president-elect Donald Trump to roll back his predecessor’s executive orders, bond markets have entered a new era of antagonism with governments, and insurers are bracing for losses of as much as $20bn from wildfires in Los Angeles. Plus, Elon Musk has privately discussed with allies how Sir Keir Starmer could be removed as UK prime minister before the next general election.

Mentioned in this podcast:

EU fears Trump rolling back Biden-era measures

Bond market ‘police’ are back as investors patrol spending plans

Insurers brace for losses of up to $20bn from California wildfires

Musk examines how to oust Starmer as UK prime minister before next election

Resold tickets prices set to be capped under UK tout crackdown

The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian 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	equinore.co.uk.
0:33.7	Good morning from the Financial Times.
0:36.2	Today is Friday, January 10th, and this is your FT News Briefing.
0:40.3	Brussels is trying to predict which U.S. policies Donald Trump will undo.
0:45.3	And concerns over high government debts have sent bond yields through the roof.
0:50.3	Plus, what's up with Elon Musk trying to unseat the UK Prime Minister?
0:55.9	I'm Kasha Bursalian, and here's the news you need to start your day.
1:09.3	Officials in the European Union are taking stock of all of the executive actions U.S. President
1:15.3	Joe Biden has signed.
1:17.3	They're worried that President-elect Trump might reverse them all, and that could have major
1:21.6	implications for the bloc.
1:23.8	Some of the decisions include things like sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine.
1:28.8	Revoking those would mean losing a lot of leverage in any sort of future peace negotiations with Moscow.
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