John Reed
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Explainers editor at the Financial Times. Usual caveats apply. Clips: https://www.ft.com/john-reed FT explainers: https://www.ft.com/ft-explains
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Financial Times on Instagram: "Why has a Brazilian Supreme Court judge sent ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years?
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NEW: The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. (1/4)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
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Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
NEW: The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. (1/4)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
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“Woke-ism emerged and flourished during a time of peace: that window between the war against Islamic State and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With no external menace to worry about, people were at liberty to disappear up themselves.” on.ft.com/4oqxd5Q
The coup de grâce for woke
[FREE TO READ] The Booker Prize would not have gone to David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ a few years ago
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November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Woke-ism emerged and flourished during a time of peace: that window between the war against Islamic State and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With no external menace to worry about, people were at liberty to disappear up themselves.” on.ft.com/4oqxd5Q
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Donald Trump said that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety"
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Donald Trump said that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety"
FT Explains short: Why has Bolsonaro been locked up? www.instagram.com/reel/DRjqHMb...
Financial Times on Instagram: "Why has a Brazilian Supreme Court judge sent ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years?
Prosecutors have said a scheme to overturn the ultra-conservative’s el...
545 likes, 114 comments - financialtimes on November 27, 2025: "Why has a Brazilian Supreme Court judge sent ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years?
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November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
FT Explains short: Why has Bolsonaro been locked up? www.instagram.com/reel/DRjqHMb...
“Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared. I’m not sure about Jared going, but he’s involved in the process, smart guy, and they’re going to be meeting with President Putin.”
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Donald Trump’s fixer-in-law: Jared Kushner returns to push Russia-Ukraine deal
[FREE TO READ] The US president has put a trusted family man at the centre of his mission to end the Kremlin’s war
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November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared. I’m not sure about Jared going, but he’s involved in the process, smart guy, and they’re going to be meeting with President Putin.”
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FT Explains video: Why is the UK economy stuck in a rut? www.instagram.com/reel/DRcOyiN...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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A COP of clumsy compromises
[FREE TO READ] It is left to a coalition of the willing to start the hard work of phasing out fossil fuels
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November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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New: 'Shark's fin' chart reveals the uneven impact of 'fiscal drag', the stealth tax beloved of recent chancellors. Plus use our interactive calculator to see how fresh freezes announced by Rachel Reeves at todays Budget could affect you on.ft.com/3KqOYUL
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New: 'Shark's fin' chart reveals the uneven impact of 'fiscal drag', the stealth tax beloved of recent chancellors. Plus use our interactive calculator to see how fresh freezes announced by Rachel Reeves at todays Budget could affect you on.ft.com/3KqOYUL
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November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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‘Auction from hell’: Mail seeks final say in tortuous Telegraph sale on.ft.com/47XwMen
‘Auction from hell’: Mail seeks final say in tortuous Telegraph sale
Power shift in prospect for UK media as Lord Rothermere looks to bring influential right-wing titles into one stable
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November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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on.ft.com/3XceXC8 Trump’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt: ‘“It’s like a 1990s style mafia deal,” said Orysia Lutsevich, head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House.’
Trump’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt
[FREE TO READ] Brussels blindsided by US plan for joint investment funds with Moscow and Kyiv
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November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
on.ft.com/3XceXC8 Trump’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt: ‘“It’s like a 1990s style mafia deal,” said Orysia Lutsevich, head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House.’
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Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
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Annotated: the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan on.ft.com/3XtPapn
Annotated: the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
Draft agreement has shocked Europe and is unlikely to satisfy Kyiv or Moscow
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November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Ukraine faces choice of losing 'dignity' or American support, Zelenskyy warns on.ft.com/49scn2h
Ukraine faces choice of losing ‘dignity’ or American support, Zelenskyy warns
[FREE TO READ] President says country at ‘one of the most difficult moments in our history’ after US-Russian peace plan
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November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ukraine faces choice of losing 'dignity' or American support, Zelenskyy warns on.ft.com/49scn2h
Explainer: What would a Budget extension to the freeze in tax thresholds mean? on.ft.com/44g6Fgj
What would a Budget extension to the freeze in tax thresholds mean?
[FREE TO READ] Rachel Reeves expected to prolong ‘stealth’ tax policy first introduced under previous Conservative government
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November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Nvidia reported a 62 per cent increase in quarterly revenue to $57bn, topping $50bn for the first time. The chipmaker is a bellwether for the AI sector so its solid earnings will assuage recent market fears that have wiped billions off tech stocks.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nvidia reported a 62 per cent increase in quarterly revenue to $57bn, topping $50bn for the first time. The chipmaker is a bellwether for the AI sector so its solid earnings will assuage recent market fears that have wiped billions off tech stocks.
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❗️In Ternopil, the number of dead has increased to 25 people, including 3 children
Another 73 people, including 15 children, were injured.
Another 73 people, including 15 children, were injured.
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
❗️In Ternopil, the number of dead has increased to 25 people, including 3 children
Another 73 people, including 15 children, were injured.
Another 73 people, including 15 children, were injured.
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Explainer video: Why can’t Argentina ever seem to get its economy right?
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Financial Times on Instagram: "Why can't Argentina ever seem to get its economy right? On paper Argentina is one of Latin America's best developed economies but its citizens has little confidence in t...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Explainer video: Why can’t Argentina ever seem to get its economy right?
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on.ft.com/47LZ4sh Poland blames sabotage for blast on major railway line
Poland blames sabotage for blast on major railway line
[FREE TO READ] Prime Minister Donald Tusk stops short of linking Moscow to explosion
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November 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Explainer video: Why can’t Argentina ever seem to get its economy right?
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Financial Times on Instagram: "Why can't Argentina ever seem to get its economy right? On paper Argentina is one of Latin America's best developed economies but its citizens has little confidence in t...
694 likes, 23 comments - financialtimes on November 17, 2025: "Why can't Argentina ever seem to get its economy right? On paper Argentina is one of Latin America's best developed economies but its cit...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Explainer video: Why can’t Argentina ever seem to get its economy right?
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on.ft.com/4nWiG1G A parent’s fear: the mother in hiding from her son
He was golden-haired, a “really happy” baby. “He was gorgeous. I absolutely doted on him, I loved being a mum.”
He was golden-haired, a “really happy” baby. “He was gorgeous. I absolutely doted on him, I loved being a mum.”
A parent’s fear: the mother in hiding from her son
[FREE TO READ] What happens when the person you gave life to, wants to take yours
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November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
on.ft.com/4nWiG1G A parent’s fear: the mother in hiding from her son
He was golden-haired, a “really happy” baby. “He was gorgeous. I absolutely doted on him, I loved being a mum.”
He was golden-haired, a “really happy” baby. “He was gorgeous. I absolutely doted on him, I loved being a mum.”
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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“Last-chance tourists” are flooding into Iceland to see the country's glaciers before they vanish. They are both spurred by the threat of disappearing ice — and exacerbating the problem.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Last-chance tourists” are flooding into Iceland to see the country's glaciers before they vanish. They are both spurred by the threat of disappearing ice — and exacerbating the problem.
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Far-right interview fractures Trump’s Maga coalition: “If your tent is big enough to include neo-Nazis and their fangirls like Tucker Carlson, then it is too big for certainly myself and I would hope . . . for the majority of American people.” @joemillerjr.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Far-right interview fractures Trump’s Maga coalition: “If your tent is big enough to include neo-Nazis and their fangirls like Tucker Carlson, then it is too big for certainly myself and I would hope . . . for the majority of American people.” @joemillerjr.ft.com