Ukraine and Israel vie for EU’s attention
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Toyota says it is close to being able to mass produce next-generation solid-state batteries, and the European Union is trying to juggle support for Ukraine and Israel. Plus, start up companies in Israel are being put to the test due to the war with Hamas.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, October 23rd, and this is your |
| 0:07.0 | FT news briefing. The European Union is meeting today to discuss an agenda packed with bad news. |
| 0:13.6 | They're going to be talking about really painful, deadly brutal conflicts on the periphery of |
| 0:18.8 | the EU with massive ramifications for the block. |
| 0:22.4 | Meanwhile, the war between Israel and Hamas massive ramifications for the block. |
| 0:22.6 | Meanwhile, the war between Israel and Hamas is putting Israel's all-important |
| 0:26.7 | tech industry to the test. |
| 0:28.9 | Plus, Toyota may have found a way to keep electric vehicles on the road for longer without stopping to |
| 0:34.2 | charge. I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. For nearly two years now, the EU's biggest geopolitical issue has been the ongoing |
| 0:57.1 | war between Russia and Ukraine, but Israel and Hamas are now in the spotlight. |
| 1:03.2 | So can the EU handle both conflicts? |
| 1:06.7 | The F.T. Brussels Bureau Chief Henry Foy joins me now to discuss. |
| 1:10.5 | Hey Henry. |
| 1:11.5 | Hey Mark. So EU foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg this morning. What's on the agenda? |
| 1:18.0 | Well, first thing on the agenda is the Israel-Hamask conflict. |
| 1:22.0 | This is the first time since February 2022 that the number one agenda on the list is not the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:28.0 | That's coming second, but what it does mean is that for basically that the majority of this discussion today |
| 1:34.0 | they're going to be talking about really painful deadly brutal conflicts on the |
| 1:38.7 | periphery of the EU with massive ramifications for the block. |
| 1:42.7 | And of course, what happens in these conflicts |
| 1:45.0 | is going to have a huge impact on them, |
| 1:46.2 | whether it's through migration, |
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