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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times, today is Monday, February 18th, and this is your FTE news briefing.

Today, the US pushed to ban Chinese company Huawei from Allies Telecoms networks is dealt a blow by British intelligence

conclusions UK MPs propose a regulator to police content on social media sites and

tensions grow between Berlin and London over a key Saudi defense

contract. Then the FT's Michael Peel explains the big takeaways from the

weekend's Munich Security Conference. I'm Eric Krepky and here's the news you need to start your day.

America's efforts to persuade its allies to ban the Chinese supplier Huawei

from high-speed telecommunications systems have been dealt a blow.

The FT reports that British Intelligence has concluded that it's possible to limit the risks

from using Huawei equipment in future 5G networks.

In recent months, the US has been trying to convince countries

not to use Huawei technology because it could help China

conduct spying or cyber sabotage.

But some European countries, including the UK and Germany,

haven't been convinced.

The UK National Cybersecurity Center conclusion

could carry weight with European leaders, since the UK has access to sensitive US

intelligence via its membership in the Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing Network.

But other Five Eyes members including Australia Australia and New Zealand, have banned telecoms providers from using Huawei equipment in 5G networks.

The UK will probably recommend a diversity of suppliers and partial restrictions of areas to the 5G networks

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