Tuesday, May 28
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 28 May 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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The success of the Brexit party in European elections ramps up pressure on Britain to leave the EU without a deal, Aviva is preparing a big shake-up of its UK business and Disney’s live action remake of the 1992 animated classic ‘Aladdin’ grabbed the top spot at the US box office over the holiday weekend. Plus, the FT’s pharma correspondent Hannah Kuchler reports that technology companies are betting that their insights into human behaviour can help opioid addicts recover.
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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. |
| 0:13.0 | Today is Tuesday, May 28th, and this is your F.T. news briefing. |
| 0:18.0 | The Brexit Party storming victory in the European Parliament elections ramps up the pressure for the UK to leave the European Union. |
| 0:27.0 | Insurer Aviva is preparing to shake up its UK business and Disney adds its live reunions. comparing to far this year. Plus more than 200 million Americans are suffering from |
| 0:45.3 | opioid addiction. The FT's Hannah Cushler reports on how tech startups are |
| 0:50.4 | approaching their treatment. I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start |
| 0:56.3 | your day. The Brexit Party just got a shot of energy from the results of the European parliamentary elections, |
| 1:06.5 | and the win has sparked panic among conservatives. |
| 1:10.0 | The Brexit Party took 31% of the vote in 129 seats. |
| 1:15.0 | This has increased pressure on the divide in the ruling party |
| 1:18.0 | over whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal. |
| 1:22.0 | Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned that Conservatives would be |
| 1:25.4 | committing quote political suicide if they pushed a no-deal exit. But potential |
| 1:30.8 | party successors to outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May, led by Boris Johnson, |
| 1:36.0 | have endorsed the looming prospect of a no-deal Brexit if no better deal is on offer. |
| 1:42.0 | This has led to fears the issue could split the ruling |
| 1:44.8 | party and even bring down the government. The elections came less than a week |
| 1:49.6 | after Mrs. May announced a new Brexit deal that had the possibility of a second EU referendum. |
| 1:56.4 | May will be stepping down from her post come June 7th. |
| 2:00.5 | Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said the EU election results give new life to no-deal Brexit. |
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