France’s bond market sell-off
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 29 November 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
French bond markets take a tumble, Russia threatens a hypersonic missile attack on Kyiv, and Ireland goes to the polls. Plus, Hong Kong’s crypto play.
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Crime boss takes on Sinn Féin leader and Brussels veteran in Dublin election
Hong Kong plans crypto tax break for hedge funds and billionaire families
Vladimir Putin threatens to turn Kyiv targets ‘to dust’
French bond yields surpass Greece’s for first time as budget worries swirl
The FT News Briefing is produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, Josh Gabert-Doyon, Lulu Smyth, Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Ethan Plotkin, 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 Monica Lopez. 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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| 0:33.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:40.7 | Today is Friday, November 29th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:45.3 | Russia is threatening Kiev with hypersonic missiles. |
| 0:49.2 | French bond market takes a tumble after budget concerns. |
| 0:53.4 | Ireland heads to the polls, and one Dublin constituency has a ratherble after budget concerns. Ireland heads to the polls and one Dublin constituency |
| 0:56.4 | has a rather colorful set of candidates. Plus, Hong Kong plans tax breaks for crypto. I'm Josh |
| 1:03.5 | Gabbard-Dwoyant, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:23.7 | Thank you. President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use Russia's new hypersonic ballistic missiles to turn targets in Kiev to dust. |
| 1:28.7 | That includes decision-making centers. Putin said this would be in response to Ukraine using Western long-range missiles against targets within Russia. The advanced missiles |
| 1:34.0 | Moscow first deployed last week could destroy highly protected underground sites, Putin said, |
| 1:40.1 | adding that Russia had started mass production of the missile. |
| 1:48.5 | Moscow also launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy sector yesterday. |
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