FT News Briefing

Palestinians pay the price for UN allegations

Microsoft reported record quarterly revenues, the IMF projects the Russian economy and the global economy will grow faster than previously expected, and the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees is in crisis after allegations that some of its staff were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4biKPux" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cloud strength and AI excitement boost Microsoft revenue</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4bgIfp2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alphabet’s advertising growth falls short of Wall Street expectations</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/49d0j1A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IMF raises Russia growth outlook as war boosts economy</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/49iwRY1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A UN agency in Gaza is in crisis. Palestinians may pay the price</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ShWeCj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Israeli intelligence accused UN staff of kidnap and seizing body</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/4c4a6467-edf5-4982-971e-63231afe7830" 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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