Thursday, September 26

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

News, Daily News, News & Politics

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A memo from the White House reveals that US president Donald Trump asked Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice-president Joe Biden and his son and UK prime minister Boris Johnson paves the way for an acrimonious “people versus parliament” general election. Plus, fitness equipment start-up Peloton will seek an $8.2bn valuation when its shares begin trading on Thursday and Germany’s representative on the European Central Bank’s executive board quits over loose monetary policy.

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0:00.0	The UK's energy partner.
0:06.0	Learn more at equinore.
0:10.0	Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:12.0	Today is Thursday, September 26th. Good morning from the Newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:12.6	Today is Thursday, September 26th,
0:15.4	and this is your FT news briefing.
0:18.7	First, Lauren Fidor explains all that's
0:20.9	been going on between the White House, Ukraine, and a whistleblower complaint.
0:25.0	Then George Parker unpacks the UK Parliament's first day back after the Supreme Court overturned the Prime Minister's prorogation.
0:33.0	Plus, Fitness Equipment Start Up Peloton has priced its shares at the top of the range
0:38.0	ahead of its market debut.
0:40.0	And the European Central Bank's German board member
0:42.6	calls it quits over loose monetary policy.
0:46.0	I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news
0:48.2	you need to start your day.
0:57.0	Ukraine President Vladimir Zimir Zelensky and Donald Trump met yesterday, as scrutiny mounted over a phone call the two had this summer.
0:59.4	I don't want to be involved democratic open
1:04.9	elections, elections of USA.
1:08.8	No, you heard that we had, I think, good phone call it was normal we spoke about many things and I I think and you
1:19.4	ready that nobody pushed that was Mr. Zelinsky at their meeting. Back in July
1:24.4	Mr. Trump asked the Ukraine president to investigate former U.S. Vice President
1:28.9	Joe Biden and the White House released a memo yesterday detailing the conversation.
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