The man behind the Hamas attack
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
US inflation was higher than forecast in September, the EU has opened an investigation into X over the way disinformation is spreading on its platform after the attacks by Hamas against Israel, and FT’s Mehul Srivastava tells us about the Hamas military commander behind the deadly Israel incursion.
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US inflation higher than expected in September
EU opens probe into X over Israel-Hamas war misinformation
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:05.2 | Today is Friday, October 13th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:10.4 | U.S. inflation is looking pretty sticky, and the EU is investigating whether X is allowing |
| 0:16.8 | disinformation to spread about the Israel-Hamas conflict. |
| 0:20.7 | Plus we take a closer look at the Hamas military commander who claimed to be behind Saturday's |
| 0:25.6 | surprise attack. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:40.2 | U.S. headline inflation didn't budge last month. |
| 0:43.4 | It clocked in at 3.7% year-on-year, which wouldn't you know it was exactly the same pace as |
| 0:49.1 | August. |
| 0:50.1 | But it was higher than what analysts had expected. |
| 0:53.1 | I'm joined out by the FT's Nick MacGotta on pack all this. |
| 0:56.1 | Hey, Nick. |
| 0:57.1 | Hey. |
| 0:58.1 | So Nick, is this good news, is this bad news, where are we at? |
| 1:02.2 | It's not great news. |
| 1:03.2 | No, economists have been hoping for a more clear reduction in the different inflation measures. |
| 1:09.9 | We saw some of it, but not as much as people have been hoping for. |
| 1:14.0 | And so it's just one month. |
| 1:16.9 | The Fed probably won't get too carried away with it, but it does serve as a reminder that |
| 1:21.5 | the fight against inflation is not completely over, and there's still a lot of uncertainty |
| 1:25.3 | about what happens going forwards. |
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