US intelligence election warning, Apollo hit by Leon Black’s Epstein ties, report from Lagos
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The US director of national intelligence has warned that Iran and Russia are attempting to influence American voters before the November 3 US election, Tesla delivered a fifth straight quarterly profit in the three months to the end of September, and one of the biggest US public pension funds has frozen new investments with Apollo Global Management over concerns regarding Leon Black’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, the FT’s West Africa bureau chief,Neil Munshi, reports on the violent crackdown by security forces on peaceful demonstrators in Lagos.
US official warns of Iranian and Russian election interference
ft.com/content/82d92abf-2dd2-4fb6-8d0a-1f12f7aedcb4
Tesla delivers its fifth straight quarterly profit
https://www.ft.com/content/e782cac4-cbdf-4d39-986e-8b7b7971de1d
Apollo investor halts new commitments over Leon Black’s Epstein ties
https://www.ft.com/content/7aa15cae-0baf-488b-8713-c4dc29bf193c
Violent crackdown on Nigerian protests prompts outrage
https://www.ft.com/content/1e06b3c1-f453-4e7e-b71b-b0dba31faaa3
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning that Iran and Russia and |
| 0:02.0 | Today is Thursday October 22nd. |
| 0:04.0 | And this is your F.T. News briefing. |
| 0:08.0 | A warning that Iran and Russia were attempting to influence American voters. |
| 0:12.0 | Tesla continues to surge riding high on Russia. Russia were attempting to influence American voters. |
| 0:12.6 | Tesla continues to surge, riding high on regulatory credits, |
| 0:16.3 | and a big US public pension fund is voicing concerns about the founder of Apollo global |
| 0:20.6 | management and is ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:24.0 | Plus our West Africa Bureau Chief will unpack what's been going on in Nigeria |
| 0:28.0 | and how protesters have reacted to government crackdowns. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:40.0 | Foreign actors are trying to influence the November 3rd U.S. election. |
| 0:44.0 | That's according to the top U.S. intelligence official during an impromptu press conference last night. |
| 0:48.0 | Here's U.S. National Intelligence Director John Radcliffe. |
| 0:52.0 | We have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran and separately by Russia. |
| 1:01.0 | Radcliffe said Iran had sent emails designed to intimidate voters, incite unrest, and damaged |
| 1:06.5 | Donald Trump. |
| 1:07.8 | He said Iran also distributed a video that implied individuals could cast fraudulent ballots, |
| 1:12.4 | even from overseas. |
| 1:13.7 | Ratcliffe said there had not been any similar actions by Russia. |
| 1:17.0 | Despite the warnings, Ratcliffe remained confident about election security. |
| 1:21.3 | Even if the adversaries pursue further attempts |
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