The elusive Ukraine peace deal
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Canadians will head to the polls Monday to pick a prime minister, and a new US proposal to end the War in Ukraine would allow Russia to keep some of the territory it’s conquered. Plus, Hungary’s government may be funneling money to friendly news outlets, and major American companies are starting to speak up about Donald Trump’s trade war.
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Canadians head to the polls to elect new prime minister
Putin and Trump envoy hold ‘constructive’ meeting, Russian official says
Trump and Zelenskyy hold ‘productive’ discussion at Pope’s funeral
Hungary accused of illegal subsidies for pro-government media
Consumer giants ring warning bells over Donald Trump’s trade war
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Katie McMurran, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, |
| 0:07.0 | 15% of its oil, and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. In 2023, we invested |
| 0:14.1 | 20% of our global gross spend in renewables and lower carbon solutions. Today, our wind farms power |
| 0:20.0 | 750,000 homes, and we expect this to grow to |
| 0:23.3 | over 7 million UK households. We're an energy company searching for better. Equinor.com. |
| 0:29.0 | UK. |
| 0:33.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, April 28th, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:41.4 | Canadians go to the polls to elect a prime minister today, and U.S. diplomats can't find a formula to end the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:50.8 | Plus, American CEOs are sounding the alarm over tariffs. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm Sonia Hudson, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:09.5 | It's federal election day in Canada, and voters will decide between two very different candidates for prime minister. |
| 1:18.5 | The Conservative Party nominee is Pierre Poliyev. |
| 1:21.7 | He's a longtime MP running on a Canada-first platform. |
| 1:26.9 | That's obviously led to some comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump. |
| 1:31.6 | Mark Carney is on the ticket for the Liberal Party. |
| 1:34.7 | The former central banker is the current Prime Minister. |
| 1:37.9 | He took over from longtime leader Justin Trudeau last month. |
| 1:41.9 | A Carney win would be a massive comeback for the Liberal Party. The conservatives |
| 1:46.7 | led in the polls by 25 points until late last year. But new data shows Carney is on track for a |
| 1:54.0 | narrow victory. Analysts say the turnaround is largely due to Trump's trade and annexation threats, |
| 2:00.6 | so voters are increasingly wary of |
| 2:03.1 | Magistyle politics. |
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