Israel approves ceasefire plan
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The Israeli government approved the US-brokered deal for a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, the US Treasury has intervened in Argentina’s currency market, and Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted plans to cut about a quarter of its workforce. Plus, the FT’s Katie Martin explains why the good vibes in the markets are really just investors running on fumes.
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Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire deal and hostage release
Ørsted to cut quarter of workforce after US setbacks
US Treasury intervenes in Argentina’s currency market
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| 0:32.2 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Friday, October 10th. And this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:39.7 | Israel approved an initial ceasefire deal in Gaza, and Orstedt is going through massive cuts. Plus, are the good |
| 0:46.9 | vibes in the markets really just investors running on fumes? The message from professional investors |
| 0:52.7 | here is, look, we're prepared to dance along to this. |
| 0:55.3 | We're making good money out of it, but we've got a lot of hedges in place, |
| 0:59.1 | and we're quite cautious in case this starts to go wrong. |
| 1:02.3 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:20.2 | Thank you. The Israeli cabinet has voted to approve the first phase of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. |
| 1:25.4 | Under that agreement, the remaining Israeli hostages would be freed, and Israel would gradually pull back from Gaza while also increasing aid. |
| 1:29.9 | But it's not clear if the ceasefire is going to progress beyond that point. Here to speak with me |
| 1:34.2 | about it is the FTs Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv. Hi, Neri. Hi, good to be back with you. So what do we |
| 1:40.2 | know about the details of this deal and how it came together? So the details came together really over the past couple days in Egypt. |
| 1:48.0 | And what was agreed was the first stage of what is hopefully a comprehensive deal to end the Gaza war. |
| 1:53.8 | It entails a first stage where all the Israeli hostages, 40 in number, 20 of whom are still believed to be alive, will be coming out of Gaza, |
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