Trump greets Starmer at White House
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
US President Donald Trump has said his administration is working on a trade deal with the UK, Santander’s incoming chief accounting officer is under criminal investigation in Brazil, and the pound is rebounding. Plus, DeepSeek’s advances have sparked a nationwide push in China to deploy its large language models everywhere from hospitals to local governments. Audio credit: The Independent
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Trump says US is working on trade deal with the UK
Sterling outshines rivals on stronger economic data
DeepSeek spreads across China with Beijing’s backing
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Michela Tindera, 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.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:03.0 | Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, 15% of its oil, |
| 0:07.7 | and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. |
| 0:11.0 | Our wind farms power 750,000 homes, |
| 0:14.0 | and we expect that to grow to over 7 million. |
| 0:16.5 | Last year, we invested 20% of our global growth spend in renewables |
| 0:20.1 | and lower carbon solutions. |
| 0:22.0 | We plan to increase that to 50% by 2030. |
| 0:25.4 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.4 | equinore.co.uk. |
| 0:33.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:35.6 | Today is Friday, February 28th. |
| 0:39.2 | This is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:46.9 | UK Prime Minister Kier-Starmer visited the White House, and the pound is headed toward its best run in months. |
| 0:52.8 | Plus, the AI startup Deepseek is pretty much everywhere you look in China these days. |
| 0:56.6 | The hype around Deepseek is just unbelievable. |
| 1:02.4 | And the pace at which DeepSeek is being spread across China is nothing short of extraordinary. |
| 1:17.8 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. Kier Starrmer met with U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday. |
| 1:21.3 | The topics ranged from trade with Europe to the economy. |
| 1:27.3 | But the highlight was how the U.K. and the U.S. will approach Russia, Ukraine, and European security. |
| 1:31.6 | Here to talk about Starmer's visit is the FT's Whitehall editor, Lucy Fisher. |
| 1:32.4 | Hi, Lucy. |
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