Nato says don’t underestimate Russia
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Nato’s secretary-general is warning the west not to underestimate Russia, Cigna is in talks to merge with Humana in a deal that would create a US health insurance giant worth $140bn, and an audio essay by the FT’s Najmeh Bozorgmehr explores Iranians’ complicated feelings about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Russia has stockpiled missiles for winter attack on Ukraine, says Nato
Cigna and Humana in deal talks to create US health insurance giant
Why Nato’s reassurances to Ukraine are starting to ring hollow
Iranians see both sides of the Israel-Gaza conflict
American diplomat Henry Kissinger dies aged 100
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by 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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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:10.0 | Good morning from the financial Times. Today is Thursday, November 30th, and this is your |
| 0:16.5 | FT news briefing. |
| 0:19.2 | NATO says that Russia is ready for a tough assault against Ukraine this winter and a giant health |
| 0:24.0 | insurance merger in the US might catch the attention of regulators. |
| 0:27.4 | Plus the Iranian government is very clearly pro-Palestinian, but the issue is much more complex for its citizens. |
| 0:35.0 | A taxi driver asked me last week why Hamas had attacked Israel in the first place |
| 0:41.0 | and why Israeli leaders were so brutally killing civilians in Gaza. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. NATO's foreign ministers met in Brussels earlier this week. Their focus was on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:08.0 | Now, the conflict has stalled in a lot of ways over the past few months. |
| 1:12.0 | The front lines are looking pretty static. |
| 1:14.3 | But at the meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a stark warning. |
| 1:19.3 | We must not underestimate Russia. |
| 1:22.3 | The F.T.'s Henry Foy has been following the meetings and he joins me now. |
| 1:25.0 | Hey Henry. |
| 1:26.0 | Hey Mark. |
| 1:27.0 | So tell me a little bit about what Stoltenberg had to say about the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:31.0 | What does he think Russia is capable of? |
| 1:34.0 | Yes, you're right about his warning. |
| 1:36.8 | He was saying, look, you know, we've degraded Russia's economy with sanctions. |
| 1:41.8 | However, we shouldn't underestimate them. |
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