Russia’s failed efforts to rebuild in Ukraine
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The UK and EU will on Friday sign a deal to co-operate more closely in tackling illegal immigration and criminal gangs, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index hit a record high after 34 years. Plus, the FT’s Alison Killing talks about Russia’s failed rebuilding of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
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UK and EU agree to co-operate more closely on migration
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index eclipses record high after 34 years
Inside Mariupol: Russia’s new Potemkin village
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:10.0 | At Aquinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Friday, February 23rd, and this is |
| 0:17.2 | your FT news briefing. The UK and the EU agree to work closely on migration and Japan's stock market hit a high not seen in more than 30 years. |
| 0:28.0 | Plus we're going to take a look at the Ukrainian city of Maripaul two years after it was invaded by Russian forces. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. The The UK and the European Union are signing a formal agreement to work together on migration. |
| 1:01.0 | Today's deal is between the EU's Border Agency Frontex and the British government. |
| 1:06.5 | The two sides will share intelligence, train officials together, and collaborate on new technologies |
| 1:11.6 | to protect the border. |
| 1:13.8 | The plan is the latest sign of following relations between the EU and the UK after Brexit. |
| 1:19.5 | Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that a close relationship with the front Texas |
| 1:23.6 | vital to reducing the number of migrants entering the UK, but officials have |
| 1:28.2 | stressed that the UK will not be part of EU migration policy or be required to take asylum seekers. |
| 1:35.0 | Invidia's share price surge sent stocks around the world on a hell of a run. |
| 1:46.1 | The S&P 500, the stocks Europe 600 and the Futsi All World Index all ended at record highs. And so did Japan's Nike Index. Now this |
| 1:56.6 | one is a big deal because the record it broke was set 34 years ago and we should |
| 2:00.9 | mention that Nike Inc which calculates and publishes the index, owns the financial times. |
| 2:07.0 | Japan's market bubble burst in the 1980s and has had a slow time recovering. |
| 2:13.0 | Leo Lewis, the FT's Asia business editor, |
| 2:15.5 | was on the trading floor to witness the historic event for Japan. |
| 2:19.0 | There was cheering, there was a standing ovation, |
| 2:22.0 | and so what happened on Thursday was a very |
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