{"podcast":{"title":"FT News Briefing","slug":"ft-news-briefing-73509","podcast_index_feed_id":73509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf","website_url":"http://ft.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1771582499067-6d97f00e-76d7-4cba-88d5-a1a9d37b4494.jpeg","author":"Forhecz Topher","episode_count":2141,"summary":"A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509"},"episode":{"title":"How Ukraine’s drones turned the tables","slug":"how-ukraine-s-drones-turned-the-tables","published_at":"2026-05-28T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/how-ukraine-s-drones-turned-the-tables","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/how-ukraines-drones-turned-the-tables","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a1767088084eb4dbac2004f/media.mp3","summary":"Oil prices fell sharply after Iranian state television broadcast details of a peace proposal, mass drone production has turned the war effort around for Ukraine, and the European Central Bank warned US President Donald Trump risks triggering a financial crisis. Plus, AI opens the door for smaller, well-funded challengers to take market share from Big Four consultancies.  Mentioned in this podcast: Oil falls as Iranian state television reports details of peace proposal Russian banks to arm themselves against Ukrainian drones Ukraine is turning the tables Trump risks triggering financial crisis with Iran war, warns ECB How AI threatens the giants of consulting Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted by Sonja Hutson , and produced by Katya Kumkova. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Oil prices fell sharply after Iranian state television broadcast details of a peace proposal, mass drone production has turned the war effort around for U…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/how-ukraine-s-drones-turned-the-tables/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/how-ukraine-s-drones-turned-the-tables.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}