How France and the U.A.E. Courted–and Hacked–Telegram’s Founder

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🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Aug. 28. Six years before Pavel Durov landed in a French holding cell, Telegram’s antiestablishment CEO was in a very different position in France: having lunch with President Emmanuel Macron. The WSJ’s Matthew Dalton tells us about Durov’s complex history with governments. Plus, Ukraine deploys U.S.-made F-16 jet fighters, but says they’re not enough to counter Russia. And, General Motors delays plans for a battery factory in Indiana, its latest in a series of EV pullbacks. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	In a first in the war Ukraine says it is used US-made F-16s to counter Russian drones and missiles.
0:27.0	Plus we've got the story on how France and the UAE tried to woo telegrams founder even as they spied on him.
0:35.0	French intelligence agencies had been concerned that telegram was being used to recruit people
0:41.4	for attacks in France.
0:43.4	So from France's and Macron's perspective,
0:46.2	having Telegram in France in the fold would be great.
0:50.1	And GM delays its EV battery production plans as automakers downshift the electric transition.
0:57.6	It's Wednesday August 28th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of What's News?
1:05.2	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:11.5	We are learning more today about the Russian-born founder of messaging app telegram
1:16.3	Pavel Doroff who remains in French custody following his arrest last weekend.
1:21.6	But far from forming a clear picture of the
1:24.7	anti-establishment founder, exclusive reporting from the journals Matthew Dalton and
1:29.2	his colleagues presents an image of someone at once wooed and targeted by Western governments and
1:35.1	Matthew joins me now with more. Matthew I get the sense I'm not alone in
1:39.4	struggling to understand how to view Pavildoroff this week after his arrest.
1:44.6	Tell us a bit about what you and others at the journal have been able to learn about him.
1:48.6	Well he has a fraught relationship with a number of governments around the world, including France.
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