Resuscitating Hong Kong’s stock exchange
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Turkey’s parliament has voted in favour of Sweden joining Nato and Arab nations are about to unveil a peace plan for Israel and Hamas. Plus, the FT’s Kaye Wiggins explains whether a leadership change can help revive the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Turkish parliament votes in favour of Sweden’s accession to Nato
How China’s slowdown is deepening Hong Kong’s ‘existential crisis’
Arab nations develop plan to end Israel-Hamas war and create Palestinian state
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. |
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| 0:10.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday, January 24th. This is your |
| 0:17.4 | F.T. News briefing. NATO is one step closer to getting a new member and Arab nations are getting ready to |
| 0:25.0 | unveil an Israel-Hamass peace plan. Plus, Hong Kong's markets have been hit hard |
| 0:30.6 | over the past few years. Now there are a couple of efforts to get it back in shape. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. The Turkey's parliament finally voted in favor of Sweden joining NATO late last night. |
| 1:00.4 | It's been saying that it would approve Sweden's NATO bid since July. |
| 1:04.0 | Now it goes to Turkey's President, Rejip Taiup Erdogan, for approval. |
| 1:08.0 | It's a signal to Russia that NATO stands united against Moscow and its war against Ukraine. Now Hungary is the only |
| 1:16.2 | other holdout, but it's broadly expected that Budapest will follow Turkey's lead. Arab states are working on a peace plan to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. |
| 1:32.2 | It's expected to be unveiled within weeks, but it's likely |
| 1:35.8 | to face a lot of opposition from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:41.2 | Andrew England is the F.T.'s Middle East editor and he joins me now to discuss why. |
| 1:45.0 | Hi Andrew. |
| 1:47.0 | Hi, Mark. |
| 1:48.0 | All right, so tell me about the details of this Arab peace plan. |
| 1:52.0 | What does it look like? |
| 1:54.0 | From the beginning, Arab states have been pushing for a ceasefire, |
| 1:58.0 | but they also realize that they've got to start thinking about what happens a day after. |
| 2:03.4 | So when the guns fall silent in Gaza, what next for the Palestinians? |
| 2:08.8 | And at the root cause of this in many people's minds, including Arab states, is the absence of a |
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