FT News Briefing

Rupert Murdoch steps down

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp, Russia has barred the export of diesel and petrol, and the Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25 per cent after a knife-edge vote. Plus, India has stopped issuing visas to Canadians and told Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/44ZZuXk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox and News Corp</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/44X7IPP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia puts squeeze on oil market with diesel export ban</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/44WF55j" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25%</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/461mIO1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">India stops issuing visas to Canadians as row escalates</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/dd55d0dd-c499-489b-a56a-c25673837d96" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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