A tough transition: unrest in Sudan
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Clashes in Khartoum have turned deadly as two rival military factions fight for power. As the conflict escalates, a transition to civilian rule could be in jeopardy. Europe’s cities have a worrying pollution problem and clearing the air is proving difficult. And a new way to measure the environmental impact of food.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
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| 1:05.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, O'Eau-Gumbi. |
| 1:11.6 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:13.2 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:19.8 | Europe smells pretty bad. |
| 1:23.1 | Increasingly crowded centres and an unfortunate legacy of communist-era homes have been choking |
| 1:29.2 | the continent cities for years. |
| 1:31.7 | Now, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is making it even harder to clear the air. |
| 1:38.5 | And our famous Big Mac index is a burger-based way to show purchasing power parity across currencies. |
| 1:45.1 | But what about the environmental impact of that burger? |
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