{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/67919abfe3045ba72eb3cbe3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trump halts $300bn in clean energy loans","description":"<p>European<strong> </strong>bank dividends are at their highest levels since 2007, US President Donald Trump froze billions of dollars in federal funding to green infrastructure projects, and Trump said yesterday that the US would impose more sanctions on Moscow if its war in Ukraine doesn’t end soon. Plus, military regimes in Africa's Sahel region are cracking down on international mining companies.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4gay0ni\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">European banks to reward investors with bumper €123bn in payouts</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/42vzx46\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding&nbsp;</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4g8t7v1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump tells Putin to reach Ukraine ‘deal’ soon or US will increase sanctions</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3Eiu7PS\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AI-developed drug will be in trials by year-end, says Google’s Hassabis</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/40q9s3Z\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The ‘terrifying’ crackdown on mining companies in Africa’s coup belt</a></p><p><br></p><p>The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, 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.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/9ee4d323-d4d2-44f7-a6f7-36e082a802fc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}