{"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":"Inside a Lebanese village under Israeli occupation","slug":"inside-a-lebanese-village-under-israeli-occupation","published_at":"2026-05-19T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/inside-a-lebanese-village-under-israeli-occupation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/inside-a-lebanese-village-under-israeli-occupation","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a0ba57c0bb7fec0e39904fc/media.mp3","summary":"A California court threw out Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and OpenAI, the global bond sell-off rages on, and a $420bn power behemoth was born after NextEra Energy struck a deal with its rival Dominion Energy. Plus, the FT’s Raya Jalabi travels to Christian villages in southern Lebanon where residents fear they’re under an indefinite occupation by Israeli forces.  Mentioned in this podcast: Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI dismissed after just two hours of jury deliberations Global bonds tumble on fears of inflation shock from Iran war Bonds extend sell-off on inflation fears NextEra strikes megadeal with Dominion to create $420bn US utility Israel seizes 1,000 sq km under Benjamin Netanyahu’s war strategy The Christian villages under Israeli occupation in Lebanon 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 and edited by Marc Filippino , and produced by Katya Kumkova and Saffeya Ahmed. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. 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":"A California court threw out Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and OpenAI, the global bond sell-off rages on, and a $420bn power behemoth was born after…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":646,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/inside-a-lebanese-village-under-israeli-occupation/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/inside-a-lebanese-village-under-israeli-occupation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}