FT News Briefing

Israel’s hostage dilemma

Sir Keir Starmer made a pitch for the votes of disillusioned former Conservative supporters, abductions of dozens of civilians present Israel with risky options to get them back, and the EU has put its development funding to the Palestinian territories under review after Hamas’s attack on Israel.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/48LR3BU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Keir Starmer promises ‘national renewal’ in appeal to UK voters</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZRP4YE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hamas kidnappings leave Israeli forces with painful hostage dilemma</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3QdrP8x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU to review development funding for Palestinian territories</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3RTTmgn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brussels blames commissioner for Palestinian aid freeze blunder</a><a href="http://www.ft.com/briefingsale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Access 50% off of a digital subscription FT.com/briefingsale</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Samantha Giovinco, 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/0a82aac0-2e8f-42ae-94ce-744d577292a0" 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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