Putin breaks his silence on Prigozhin FT News Briefing

Russia's leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday publicly said warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin was dead, the emerging markets group Brics has invited six more countries to join, and Turkey’s central bank has sharply boosted interest rates. Plus, biomedical companies are under more pressure to stop using horseshoe crabs for testing. 
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Putin says Prigozhin is dead in first Kremlin reaction to plane crash
Brics leaders invite 6 nations including Saudi Arabia to join bloc
Turkey raises interest rates as it steps up decisive shift in economic policy
Use of horseshoe crabs’ blue blood puts pharma groups under scrutiny
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, 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.
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