French government in crisis mode after a weekend of riots

法国政府在周末暴乱后陷入危机模式

FT News Briefing

2026-10-19

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France is reeling after "unprecedented" violent riots, America’s debt-laden $10tn AI infrastructure boom is a reckoning for the data centre build-out underpinning the US economy, and Albertans gear up to vote today on whether to leave Canada. Mentioned in this podcast: France reels after ‘unprecedented’ violent riots Macron faces political firestorm after riots ‘The Switzerland of North America’: Albertans vote on leaving Canada America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray Microsoft pulls plug on Nscale data centre deal Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts The FT News Briefing is produced by Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our editor is Marc Filippino. Our video producer is Zachary Alfred. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Alex Higgins. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Vanessa Brown, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music 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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