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Dec 2024
12m 34s

French prime minister faces no-confidenc...

Financial Times
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The French government will face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, South Korea’s president said he will lift his martial law order, and cryptocurrency ‘memecoins’ are having a moment. Plus, deaths in Africa’s Sahel region have risen since military juntas took over pledging to bring security in face of jihadi violence.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Michel Barnier ‘method’ at risk in raucous French parliament 

South Korea’s Yoon says he will lift martial law order 

Military juntas in Africa’s ‘coup belt’ fail to contain extremist violence 

Squirrels, dogs and pygmy hippos: crypto’s multibillion-dollar ‘memecoin’ boom 


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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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