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Niger’s first oil exports

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, Niger is on the verge of becoming a regional oil major, and western countries are trying to replace a UN body that monitors compliance with international sanctions on North Korea.  Mentioned in this podcast: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3UFJFlu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashes</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/44KM038" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Border dispute hinders Niger’s China-built oil pipeline</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3yl4fQB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia has stopped UN from monitoring North Korea sanctions. Who is watching Kim?</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Denise Guerra, Breen Turner, 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/ef78d2fd-6adf-4573-bf4a-ec419c34a6a1" 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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