Why the UK kept an Afghan immigration scheme secret

为何英国将阿富汗移民计划保密

FT News Briefing

2025-07-16

10 分钟
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US President Donald Trump sealed a trade deal with Indonesia and the UK had a secret plan to immigrate Afghans to Britain after a data leak. Plus, tariffs have finally hit US inflation, and climate change is driving the sale of catastrophe bonds.  Mentioned in this podcast: Donald Trump announces trade deal with Indonesia  Catastrophe bond sales hit record as insurers offload climate risks UK set up secret Afghan immigration scheme after data leak and gagged media US inflation reaches 2.7% as Trump tariffs hit Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Katya Kumkova, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Blake Maples, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. Our intern is Michaela Seah. 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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  • Good morning from the Financial Times.

  • Today is Wednesday, July 16th, and this is your FT News briefing.

  • Washington has agreed to another trade deal,

  • and the veil has been lifted on a secret UK immigration plan.

  • Plus, investors can't get enough of catastrophe bonds.

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  • more investors are finding a way to take bets on different parts of that market.

  • I'm Sonia Hudson and here's the news you need to start your day.

  • Indonesia and the U.S. have struck a trade deal.

  • That's according to President Donald Trump.

  • He said Indonesia will pay 19% tariffs on exports to the U.S. and the U.S. will pay zero levies to send goods there.

  • The president also said that Jakarta will buy American energy exports and Boeing jets.