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Nov 2023
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The return of David Cameron

Financial Times
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Global investment banks have criticised a blanket ban on short selling imposed by South Korean regulators, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stunned Westminster on Monday by restoring former PM David Cameron to the political frontline, and the FT’s Christopher Grimes explains what the future of Hollywood might look like after months of strikes. 


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Global banks criticise Korean short selling ban as ‘phantom farce’

David Cameron returns as UK foreign secretary after Suella Braverman is sacked

Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital ‘ceases to function’ as it runs out of fuel

Hollywood snaps back into action after actors reach deal to end strikes


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Joanna Kao Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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