Wednesday, May 22

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

News, Daily News, News & Politics

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

UK Prime Minister Theresa May offers Labour a deal that includes the possibility of a second EU referendum, Europe’s aviation safety agency sets out strict conditions before it will allow Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft back into the skies and shares in three of the US’s biggest department store chains, Nordstrom, Kohl’s and JC Penney, fell on Tuesday after the companies reported quarterly results short of forecasts. Plus the FT’s Shanghai correspondent Tom Hancock explains why Chinese film producers are facing a funding crunch.

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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 Wednesday, May 22nd, and this is your FT news briefing.
0:18.0	UK Prime Minister Theresa May has offered MPs a vote on a second EU referendum.
0:25.0	Aviation regulators in Europe and in the US are split over what has to happen to allow
0:31.0	Boeing's 737 Max plane back in the air.
0:35.0	And a poor quarter for some of the US's biggest department stores
0:39.5	reignites investor fears about the retail industry.
0:43.0	Plus, we talk to the F.T.'s Tom Hancock
0:46.0	about why the funding for China's film industry
0:49.0	is suddenly drawing up,
0:50.0	and what it means for the country's domestic movie scene. I'm Mark
0:54.5	Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.
1:00.0	This is a great time to be alive, a great future awaits the United Kingdom.
1:06.0	On Tuesday, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May offered what she called a bold new Brexit deal.
1:13.8	I recognize the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the House on this important issue.
1:20.2	The government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill at introduction
1:24.8	a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum.
1:29.2	F.T. political correspondent Laura Hughes has more from the House of Commons. Court said MPs would have a chance to then vote on the possibility of holding a second referendum
1:45.0	and on a closer customs arrangement with the EU after Brexit.
1:49.7	But far from winning allies in Parliament, her allies in the Democratic Unionist Party who
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