Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu are locked in a tight battle for the presidency as the election count suggested rising odds of an unprecedented second round, Argentina today will announce a new round of emergency government measures, Twitter's new CEO could mend relations with advertisers who have paused spending on the social media site, and big infrastructure projects have led to soaring demand for the world’s most used natural material, sand.Mentioned in this podcast:Turkey’s opposition disputes early election lead for ErdoğanLinda Yaccarino: an advertising veteran enters the wild world of Musk’s TwitterArgentina plans emergency economic measures to avoid big devaluationSand shortages push up cost of jam jars and frackingThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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