FT News Briefing

US intelligence election warning, Apollo hit by Leon Black’s Epstein ties, report from Lagos

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The US director of national intelligence has warned that Iran and Russia are attempting to influence American voters before the November 3 US election, Tesla delivered a fifth straight quarterly profit in the three months to the end of September, and one of the biggest US public pension funds has frozen new investments with Apollo Global Management over concerns regarding Leon Black’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, the FT’s West Africa bureau chief,Neil Munshi, reports on the violent crackdown by security forces on peaceful demonstrators in Lagos.  US official warns of Iranian and Russian election interference ft.com/content/82d92abf-2dd2-4fb6-8d0a-1f12f7aedcb4 Tesla delivers its fifth straight quarterly profit  https://www.ft.com/content/e782cac4-cbdf-4d39-986e-8b7b7971de1d Apollo investor halts new commitments over Leon Black’s Epstein ties https://www.ft.com/content/7aa15cae-0baf-488b-8713-c4dc29bf193c Violent crackdown on Nigerian protests prompts outrage https://www.ft.com/content/1e06b3c1-f453-4e7e-b71b-b0dba31faaa3  


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