Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/e08f700a-75e9-427d-b360-2a7c99c3fb24 Joe Biden and Xi Jinping have agreed to hold talks aimed at reducing tensions as US anxiety grows over China’s expanding nuclear arsenal and its recent test of a hypersonic weapon, Germany’s energy regulator said it had “temporarily suspended” certification of the Kremlin-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and today a high stakes trial involving the Holy See’s investments in a London property development is set to resume in a court in the Vatican.  US and China agree to hold talks on nuclear arsenals https://www.ft.com/content/6e8ad43b-0bb8-4d03-b768-dcb534589841 Germany suspends certification of Nord Stream 2 pipeline - with Erika Solomon https://www.ft.com/content/a5141b69-0655-48b2-a53a-76d841b02702 Vatican cardinal goes on trial in landmark financial corruption case - with Miles Johnson  https://www.ft.com/content/9ead42bd-d6bb-4b02-b160-00cfd0e400f3 UK ad watchdog investigates ‘meme coin’ Floki Inu’s London marketing blitz https://www.ft.com/content/741bc6ac-74cc-405b-a9f3-93d2a98bfeca The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.