White House under pressure to expel Bolsonaro
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The White House is facing calls from the US Congress to expel former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro after Sunday’s insurrection, France is set to present a draft law that will raise the country’s retirement age. Plus, the FT’s Sun Yu explains why China is restricting certain domestic companies from going public.
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White House under pressure to expel Jair Bolsonaro after Brazil protests
Beijing blocks listings of ‘red light’ companies to steer funding to strategic sectors
‘We must work longer’: Macron prepares for fight over French pensions reform
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:09.8 | Good morning for the five angel times. |
| 0:11.2 | Today is Tuesday, January 10th. |
| 0:13.3 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:19.3 | Joe Biden's administration is under pressure to send |
| 0:22.2 | Jair Bolsonaro back to Brazil. |
| 0:24.8 | French President Emmanuel Macron is going ahead with one of the |
| 0:27.6 | riskiest moves of his political career. |
| 0:30.2 | And China's government is changing what kind of companies are allowed to |
| 0:33.8 | list on its stock market. |
| 0:36.0 | You can't just make profits. You need to meet the national |
| 0:39.2 | goal as well. |
| 0:41.1 | I'm Mark Philippineau and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:51.1 | The White House is under pressure to send |
| 0:52.8 | Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, back to Brazil. |
| 0:56.8 | Bolsonaro has been in the US state of Florida for the past two weeks. |
| 1:00.3 | So he was there when thousands of his supporters |
| 1:03.2 | stormed Brazil's capital this past Sunday. |
| 1:06.0 | They were protesting last year's presidential election, |
| 1:08.8 | which Bolsonaro lost. |
| 1:10.8 | To find out more, I'm joined by our Latin America editor, Michael Stop. |
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