FT News Briefing

US hits Gautam Adani with bribery charges

Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration for US attorney-general, and billionaire Gautam Adani faces charges over an alleged scheme to bribe Indian officials. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and FT economics columnist Chris Giles unpacks just how much tariffs will increase prices in the US.   Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3Z1mzYx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s nominee for attorney-general</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/3CQdLxa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250mn bribery scheme</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4eIObHY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu </a><a href="https://on.ft.com/40XI2Et" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tariffs and taxes are not very inflationary</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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/a820cb44-211b-4193-99a1-037e1e16c952" 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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