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Feb 2024
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Financial Times
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses his top commander, Gaza’s last refuge is Israel’s next target and OpenAI is on track to hit $2bn in revenue.  


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Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s ‘iron general’

Visual analysis: Gaza’s last refuge becomes Israel’s next target

Disney, Fox and Warner sports streaming platform foreshadows consolidation

OpenAI on track to hit $2bn revenue milestone as growth skyrockets


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