FT News Briefing

India’s digital transformation

Copper is set to finish the year as the top-performing industrial metal, and the FT’s John Paul Rathbone recently visited a Hamas tunnel and talks about his experience. Plus, in the first part of a three-part series, the FT’s John Reed goes to Varanasi to show how India’s digital transformation is going.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3v36TZv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Supply squeeze helps copper prices buck tough year for base metals</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/47eW7gs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inside the ‘Gaza metro’: Israel displays Hamas tunnel big enough for a car</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4aqCc0F" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Narendra Modi responds to assassination claims </a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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/ad939f31-02d0-4197-858a-e5d729664366" 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.

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. 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.