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Mar 2019
9m 26s

Friday, March 15

Financial Times
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Two top Facebook executives are set to leave the social network, Google faces yet another fine from Brussels and the US Senate votes to block President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the Mexican border. Plus, the FT's editorial director and UK political commentator Robert Shrimsley will wrap up this big week in Brexit, and tell us what to expect in the coming weeks.

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