US takes a hard line on Russia, Congress weighs stimulus, the way forward for Waymo
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 25 January 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The US has signalled a more confrontational stance toward Russia after Moscow cracked down on protesters over the weekend. In Congress, Democrats have said they want a deal on President Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus plan before taking up Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. The WHO warns richer countries that they face a hit to their own recoveries if they fail to help the developing world roll out vaccines, and the technology for self-driving cars continues to be a grind.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday January 25th and this is your |
| 0:06.4 | F.T. news briefing. The US has signaled a more confrontational stance towards |
| 0:11.4 | Russia after Moscow cracked down on protesters over the weekend. |
| 0:15.2 | In the US, Democrats in the Senate say they want a deal on a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan |
| 0:21.0 | before taking up Donald Trump's impeachment trial. |
| 0:24.6 | The WHO warns richer countries that they face a hit to their own recoveries if they fail to help |
| 0:29.4 | the developing world roll out vaccines. |
| 0:31.9 | Plus, the technology for self-driving cars has turned out to be a |
| 0:35.7 | grind. I'm Brennan Grellian from Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:45.6 | In Russia this weekend, police in Riot gear and Balaclava detained more than 2,000 |
| 0:49.8 | demonstrators after the country saw some of the largest protests in years. |
| 0:54.0 | The U.S. State Department has demanded the release of Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader. |
| 0:58.0 | The President of Poland has also urged the EU to step up its sanctions on Russia. |
| 1:03.6 | Mr Navalny was jailed last week after he returned to Moscow from Germany where he had recovered |
| 1:07.9 | from an assassination attempt. |
| 1:09.9 | Tens of thousands of Russians responded by flooding the streets in more than a hundred cities |
| 1:13.6 | across the country. In Moscow's Central Pushkin Square crowd stretched for |
| 1:17.9 | kilometers in all directions. They clogged up sidewalks and spilled into the streets. |
| 1:22.4 | Several protesters told the Financial Times they had never logged up sidewalks and spilled into the streets. |
| 1:22.6 | Several protesters told the Financial Times they had never attended a rally before, |
| 1:26.4 | but were galvanized by how the Kremlin had treated Mr. Navalny. |
| 1:30.0 | One university student told the F.T. |
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