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Jan 2024
10m 19s

Can Boeing get back on track?

Financial Times
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Shares in Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems tumbled after a mid-flight accident, and tens of thousands of Afghan women and girls have been able to join online study programmes despite the Taliban’s ban on female education. 


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Boeing and supplier shares fall after mid-flight Alaska Airlines accident

Afghan women and girls flock online to evade Taliban curbs on female education

Biden says he is pressing Israel to ‘significantly get out’ of Gaza

Israel says it has destroyed Hamas as a fighting force in north Gaza


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by 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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