Fire Closes Heathrow Airport, EU's Ukraine Plan Falters, and A Gunpowder Shortage

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) London’s Heathrow airport will close all day Friday after a nearby fire caused a major power outage, throwing one of the world’s busiest airports and the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people into chaos. (2) European Union leaders tussled over weapons deliveries to Kyiv and who would represent them in US-led diplomacy as the bloc struggled to formulate a strategy on Ukraine. (3) Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey urged his rate-setting colleagues to tread carefully after the central bank held policy steady in the face of a turbulent global backdrop. (4) Turkey’s central bank raised one of its key interest rates in a surprise meeting on Thursday, the latest move by authorities to reverse a decline in the lira. (5) Israel’s cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire the country’s domestic intelligence chief, defying thousands of protesters who rallied against his removal and those of other security and judicial officials. (6) The UK’s richest are set to unleash their savings to splash on luxury goods, cars or tech, a report showed, in signs that lower interest rates are boosting demand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.