Wednesday, October 23
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
British MPs back Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle, but derail his attempt to take the UK out of the EU by October 31, and US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross floats new talks with the EU as an alternative to imposing car tariffs next month.
Plus, the top US diplomat in Kiev says Donald Trump withheld Ukraine aid over a request to investigate political rivals, Turkey and Russia agree to the removal of Kurdish fighters from a buffer zone in north-east Syria, the Chinese government is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, and Snapchat’s parent company says it expects to hit its target of turning a profit by the end of the year. Then, FT industry editor Peggy Hollinger tells us what Boeing has to do to regain trust as it tries to get its 737 Max plane back in the air.
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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. |
| 0:12.0 | Today is Wednesday, October 23rd. Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times. |
| 0:12.6 | Today is Wednesday, October 23rd. |
| 0:15.2 | And this is your FT news briefing. |
| 0:18.6 | Boris Johnson's attempts to make Brexit happen by Halloween |
| 0:21.5 | hit a roadblock on Tuesday. |
| 0:23.7 | The U.S. government has said that European car imports are a threat to national security, |
| 0:28.7 | but now the Commerce Secretary is floating an alternative to imposing tariffs on the EU next month. |
| 0:35.0 | And we'll look at what Boeing has to do to regain trust as it tries to get its 737 Max |
| 0:40.0 | jet back in the air. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:49.0 | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could put a snap election back on the table after Parliament |
| 0:54.3 | awarded his plans to get the UK out of the EU by October 31st. |
| 0:59.4 | Yesterday the House of Commons supported Mr Johnson's Brexit withdrawal deal in principle. |
| 1:05.3 | But MPs rejected the Prime Ministers pushed to get the exit legislation crammed through |
| 1:09.7 | Parliament right away, saying they wanted more time to review it. |
| 1:14.4 | And the EU said it would give the UK more time. |
| 1:18.0 | European Council President Donald Tusk proposed offering Mr Johnson a Brexit extension, where the UK would have until January 31st to leave the block. |
| 1:27.2 | But Mr Johnson's allies say the Prime Minister would rather push for a general election |
| 1:31.6 | than face another delay. The move puts pressure on |
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