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🗓️ 14 June 2021
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Israel’s parliament has voted in a new government, ending rightwing stalwart and five-time premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year grip on power, South Korean shipbuilders and sea freight companies will seek to raise billions of dollars via stock market listings in the second half of 2021 as the industries enjoy a global trade rebound, leaders of the G7 countries back a western rival to China’s Belt and Road Initiative to help developing countries tackle climate change. Plus, the FT’s global China editor, James Kynge, reports on how China’s smart city surveillance technology is being used around the world, and the growing backlash.
End of era in Israel as Netanyahu is ousted
https://www.ft.com/content/f0824e22-2e42-4d80-b0fa-574c6b12b9dd
G7 set to agree ‘green belt and road’ plan to counter China’s influence
https://www.ft.com/content/f33b43e6-0cea-486b-a3cf-628a31c09693
Exporting Chinese surveillance: the security risks of ‘smart cities’
https://www.ft.com/content/76fdac7c-7076-47a4-bcb0-7e75af0aadab
Korean shippers to raise billions of dollars as global trade rebounds
https://www.ft.com/content/eab4b7b5-7590-477f-bd7e-e919501a54b4
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0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, June 14th, and this is your FT news briefing. |
0:08.7 | Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is out of power. South Korean shipbuilders are set to float |
0:14.9 | on the public markets, that is, and G7 leaders agree to counter China's global influence. |
0:21.2 | Plus, the FT's James King reports on Chinese companies marketing surveillance and smart city |
0:26.5 | technology around the world and why it's sparking fear. Because cities will depend on this type |
0:33.6 | of technology, it could be possible for these Chinese companies to shut down a huge part of |
0:40.6 | the operation of a city. I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. |
0:46.3 | Israel's parliament voted in a new government yesterday. This broad coalition was cobbled |
0:57.1 | together with the sole purpose of ousting Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving Prime Minister, |
1:02.6 | and it did. Netanyahu is out of power for the first time in 12 years. The new government is led |
1:08.4 | by ultra-nationalist Naftali Bennett, and it's the first time a Zionist government will share power |
1:13.6 | with an Arab party. The FT's Mehul Shrivastava says since the coalition only has a one-seat majority, |
1:20.1 | it'll avoid the most divisive issues. So you're looking at a government that's going to focus on |
1:25.1 | the economy, it's going to focus on a few things that need to be fixed right away, including passing |
1:29.0 | a budget, but in terms of the controversial things in what to do with the Palestinian issue, |
1:33.3 | what to do with the separation of religion and state, those things that are going to be left |
1:37.8 | alone for a while. As the FT's Jerusalem correspondent Mehul Shrivastava. |
1:47.6 | As big economies emerge from the pandemic, global commerce is recovering more quickly than |
1:53.1 | expected. That means more shipping, and South Korea's shipbuilders and sea freight companies are |
1:58.1 | enjoying a surge in orders and rising freight rates. In fact, they're enjoying their best year |
2:03.4 | in over a decade. Now, they plan to raise billions of dollars through IPOs. The FT reports that |
2:09.4 | Hyundai heavy industries and the cargo groups, each line shipping and SM line, plan to raise a |
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