FT News Briefing

Russia’s failed efforts to rebuild in Ukraine

The UK and EU will on Friday sign a deal to co-operate more closely in tackling illegal immigration and criminal gangs, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index hit a record high after 34 years. Plus, the FT’s Alison Killing talks about Russia’s failed rebuilding of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3I5NydE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK and EU agree to co-operate more closely on migration</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3wnvpoZ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Japan’s Nikkei 225 index eclipses record high after 34 years</a><a href="https://ig.ft.com/mariupol/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inside Mariupol: Russia’s new Potemkin village</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Zach St. Louis, 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/15b71681-a683-403f-99a0-91d1b7e9acc3" 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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