Can Argentina dollarise?
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The US, Britain and Germany called on their citizens to leave Lebanon, political tensions in the UK are starting to boil over about Israel's response to Hamas's attacks, and the FT’s Michael Stott tells us why a radical outsider is the frontrunner in Argentina’s presidential election.
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US, UK and Germany tell citizens to leave Lebanon amid fears of wider conflict
Keir Starmer faces growing mutiny from within Labour over Israel-Hamas stance
The radical outsider promising to cure Argentina’s economic ills
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:04.6 | Today is Friday, October 20th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:09.3 | Western countries are telling their citizens to leave Lebanon as the war between Israel |
| 0:13.9 | and Hamas escalates, and that conflict is becoming politically tricky for the UK's labor |
| 0:19.2 | party. |
| 0:20.2 | Plus, we'll take a look at why a radical outsider is the frontrunner in Argentina's presidential |
| 0:25.4 | election. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:39.2 | The US, Britain, and Germany are all warning their citizens to get out of Lebanon. |
| 0:44.0 | There's a growing concern that the conflict between Israel and Hamas will turn into a wider |
| 0:48.8 | regional issue. |
| 0:50.8 | Shelling between Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon intensified on Thursday, Hezbollah |
| 0:55.5 | fired at least 20 rockets over the border into Israel. |
| 0:59.5 | Separately, Israel's Defense Minister suggested that a ground invasion into Gaza could be imminent. |
| 1:10.6 | UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in Israel yesterday. |
| 1:14.3 | We will stand with you in solidarity. |
| 1:16.2 | We will stand with your people, and we also want you to win. |
| 1:20.3 | Sunak's visit comes as political tensions in the UK are starting to boil over about |
| 1:24.9 | the Israeli response to the Hamas attacks. |
| 1:28.1 | Here to discuss is the FT's Whitehall Editor, Lucy Fisher. |
| 1:31.5 | Hi, Lucy. |
| 1:32.5 | Hi, Mark. |
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