FT News Briefing

Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial begins

Lawyers for the crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried laid out their defence on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak axed the northern leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line to Manchester, and Fifa announced the location of the 2030 World Cup.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/46eltuV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spain, Portugal and Morocco to host 2030 football World Cup</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZIIaFh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam Bankman-Fried committed ‘fraud on a massive scale’, prosecutors allege</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3RH7olt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rishi Sunak axes northern leg of HS2 in flurry of ‘radical’ decisions</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/6adda23b-961d-4c8f-809e-18fb64a96467" 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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