FT News Briefing

Britain’s nurses launch historic strike

Global stocks tumbled after a broad group of central banks raised interest rates, and nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike. Plus, Argentina’s World Cup success is temporarily distracting Argentinians from economic and political turmoil.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5c12545c-44b1-472a-8139-3863887ff6c6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US and European stocks tumble as global outlook sours</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/14a4f697-bf53-4883-90d7-12d8ebc1879c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ministers reject nurses’ pay demand amid historic strike</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/94ed526b-c0bb-4948-88d9-cd88fd67ba1b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World Cup: Lionel Messi mania diverts Argentina from its economic problems</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, 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/119fa2ec-6ef8-4a34-b931-d15a6547be69" 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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