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Oct 2023
9m 36s

Israel imposes ‘complete siege’ on Gaza

Financial Times
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Israel imposed a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip, the Bank of Israel said it planned to sell up to $30bn of dollar reserves to support the shekel, and EU regulators will order US biotech Illumina to sell cancer test developer Grail.


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Israel imposes ‘complete siege’ on Gaza as Hamas threatens hostages

Israel’s central bank to sell $30bn of foreign reserves to support shekel

EU regulators to order Illumina to sell $8bn cancer treatment group

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. 


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