What Berkshire’s life after Buffett looks like
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The US is in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe, and Anthropic might make its powerful cyber security tool Mythos available outside the US and the UK. Plus, Iran suspended peace talks with Washington, and the FT’s Oliver Barnes explains the significance of Berkshire Hathaway’s first major acquisition since Warren Buffett’s retirement.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe
Anthropic offers EU access to Mythos
EU pushes for ‘tech sovereignty’ to cut reliance on US
Iran suspends peace talks and threatens ‘closure’ of Strait of Hormuz
Berkshire buys homebuilder Taylor Morrison for $8.5bn in Abel’s first big deal
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:04.5 | Today is Tuesday, June 2nd, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:08.8 | The U.S. may deploy more nuclear weapons in Europe, and Anthropic is making moves there too. |
| 0:15.9 | Plus, we get a look at Berkshire Hathaway's first steps after Warren Buffett. |
| 0:19.5 | I think what we're seeing here is a prelude to probably Berkshire's deal-making machine |
| 0:25.8 | firing up again. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's Europe when it comes to conventional military support. |
| 0:50.0 | President Donald Trump has threatened to move troops and critical weapons systems away from the continent. |
| 0:55.1 | Now, the U.S. is signaling that it's open to expanding its nuclear weapons deployments. |
| 1:00.7 | Six countries currently host so-called U.S. dual-capable aircraft, which are able to deliver nuclear strikes. |
| 1:07.1 | But the talks could open the door for more countries to have these. |
| 1:10.4 | Two sources told the F.T the discussions were intended to show the U.S. commitment to providing a nuclear umbrella. |
| 1:16.8 | We should say that talks are highly confidential and might not go anywhere, |
| 1:20.4 | but sources say that countries on NATO's eastern flank, including Poland and some Baltic states, |
| 1:25.7 | are interested in the potential offer. |
| 1:33.7 | Big start of the week for Anthropic, the maker of the Claude Chatbot filed for an IPO yesterday |
| 1:38.7 | that would value the company at more than a trillion dollars. |
| 1:42.5 | It puts it right smack in the middle of this race with Open AI and |
| 1:45.6 | SpaceX. Both are planning to go public this year. Now, that was the headline grabbing news that |
| 1:51.5 | kind of buried another important development. Anthropic is offering the European Union access to its |
| 1:56.7 | AI model mythos. Here to discuss is the FTs, Laura Dubois in Brussels. |
| 2:01.1 | Hi, Laura. |
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