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Good morning.

From the Newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, December 6th, and this is your F.T. news briefing.

Today we'll be looking at the arrest of Huawei's CFO, why Britain's biggest listed companies are likely to miss a government-backed diversity target,

and what's next for Takeda now that shareholders have backed its 46 billion-pound shire acquisition. Then on the 40th anniversary of the Spanish

Constitution's ratification, Ian Mount tells us why so many want to change it.

I'm Eric Krucky and here's the news you need to start your day.

The chief financial officer of Huawei Juan Jo Meng was arrested in Canada on Saturday.

The US is seeking her extradition.

Canadian officials said a bail hearing is set for Ms. Mang on Friday.

Huawei said the U.S. wants Ms. Mang to face unspecified charges in New York. The company said they don't have any

information on what the charges are and they're not aware of any wrongdoing by Miss Mang.

Her arrest is the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant.

It's become subject to tougher international scrutiny.

The US, Australia, and New Zealand have moved to block the use of Huawei's 5G equipment

because of security concerns.

In 2016, a government-backed review recommended that the UK's top listed companies

should aim to have at least one ethnic minority director by 2021.

But new research suggests that Britain's biggest listed groups are likely to miss that target.

Data collected by Executive recruitment company Green Park

show that only 52 of the top 100 listed companies will meet that goal. That's up from

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