Georgia’s disputed election
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Iran has signalled that it will pursue a measured response to Israel’s latest strikes, and Georgia’s opposition has called for protests after the ruling Georgian Dream party claims victory. Plus, the possibility of Donald Trump’s trade war has hit the shares of export-sensitive European companies, and large investment funds are being forced to offload their shares in tech companies, or risk breaking US tax rules.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Iran’s supreme leader signals measured response to Israel’s attack
Vladimir Putin’s battle to keep Georgia in Russia’s orbit
Georgia’s opposition calls for protests as election outcome is disputed
European stocks hit by ‘Trump effect’ as odds tilt towards Republican win
Tech boom forces US funds to dump shares to avoid breach of tax rules
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.2 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:10.2 | At Aquinore. |
| 0:12.2 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday October 28th and this is your |
| 0:17.8 | FT news briefing. Iran signals that it may not retaliate to Israel's latest strikes. |
| 0:24.4 | Georgia's pro-EU opposition call for protests after a disputed election loss. |
| 0:30.2 | And eye-watering tech stocks could leave US investment funds in a sticky situation with their taxes. |
| 0:36.7 | I'm Meisha Frankel Duval and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:49.0 | It looks like Iran and Israel's tit for tat conflict may not be escalating into all out war, at least for now. |
| 0:56.0 | Israel struck multiple military targets in Iran on Saturday, responding to a missile attack a few weeks before. |
| 1:02.0 | But Tehran's next move might be less severe than once feared. |
| 1:06.6 | Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamei refrained from making direct threats of retaliation in a speech |
| 1:11.7 | yesterday, while Iran's armed forces said the strikes |
| 1:14.7 | caused only limited damage. |
| 1:17.0 | Iranian state television is framing the attack as a victory. Georgia's ruling party claimed victory yesterday in the country's most important election |
| 1:30.3 | since it gained independence three decades ago. The vote was widely viewed as a choice |
| 1:35.2 | between tighter ties with Europe or closer alignment with Russia. The incumbent Georgian |
| 1:40.2 | Dream Party has stepped up its anti-EU rhetoric in the last two years. |
| 1:45.0 | Its latest victory has sparked calls for protest from opposition parties who back EU membership. |
| 1:51.0 | Here to explain what might happen next is the FT's Europe editor Ben Hall. |
| 1:55.0 | Hi Ben. |
| 1:56.0 | Hello. |
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