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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday

October 24th and this is your FT news briefing. Today we'll be looking at the

next engagement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Then who's calling for accountability from Saudi Arabia?

And why earnings reports from U.S. industrial companies might cause some central bankers concern.

Plus, what to expect from Tesla's third quarter results?

I'm Eric Krupke.

And I'm Amy Keene, and here's the news you need to start your day. Donald Trump is due to meet Vladimir Putin next month in Paris.

The US President will meet Russia's leader on November 11th during commemorations marking the 100th

anniversary of the end of World War I.

It'll be the first time the two men have met since their Helsinki summit in July.

The meeting was planned while U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton visited Russia

earlier this week.

Mr. Bolton's trip to Moscow came just days after Mr. Trump said he would withdraw from a

Cold War era nuclear treaty.

Now the US hasn't officially withdrawn from the treaty, but Mr. Bolton said it would issue a notice to do so soon. And there are indeed strong signs that the incident was not momentary result of something that

erupted on site, but rather the result of a

planned operation. That's Turkish president Rajap Airdewan speaking to parliament

yesterday. Mr. Airdewan's speech is the most direct challenge to Saudi rulers since journalist

Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance.

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