FT News Briefing

The man behind the Hamas attack

US inflation was higher than forecast in September, the EU has opened an investigation into X over the way disinformation is spreading on its platform after the attacks by Hamas against Israel, and FT’s Mehul Srivastava tells us about the Hamas military commander behind the deadly Israel incursion.  Mentioned in this podcast:​​<a href="https://on.ft.com/3M01zf5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US inflation higher than expected in September</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3PS8Lv1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU opens probe into X over Israel-Hamas war misinformation</a><a href="http://www.ft.com/briefingsale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Access 50 per cent off of a digital subscription FT.com/briefingsale</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/45sebCS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who is ‘The Guest’: the Palestinian mastermind behind deadly Israel incursion</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, Sam Giovinco, 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/0abb7fd2-1ef4-4325-9921-e95c177d3b93" 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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