Why Japan’s prime minister might call a snap election

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  Good morning from the Financial Times.

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  Today is Thursday, January 15th.

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  And this is your FT News Briefing.

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  U.S.

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  President Donald Trump is weighing how to approach events in Iran.

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  And it looks like Japan's Prime Minister is set to call a snap election.

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  Plus, President Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates.

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  But banks, they don't really like that idea.

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  I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

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  President Trump refused to rule out whether military action in Iran is still under consideration.

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  Here he is in the Oval Office yesterday.

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  He said he'd received assurances that Iran had stopped killing protesters.

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  People have taken to the streets in outrage for the past two weeks over economic hardship.

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  Trump said on Tuesday, quote, help is on the way.

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  Yesterday, the U.S.

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  began evacuating some personnel from its largest base in the region in Qatar,

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  which hosts 10,000 troops.

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  UK officials, meanwhile, said some of its own military personnel have also left the base.

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  Despite Trump's more measured tone in the Oval Office later in the day,

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  there were concerns that any U.S.-led military action in Iran could lead to unrest in the wider region.

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