Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

A dozen years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan has a plan to release tremendous

amounts of slightly radioactive water into the ocean. We find that opposition from Japan's

is more about politics than about public health.

And for many wine experts, Rosé is not a real wine, but it couldn't be more real for

sellers of it all over the world, particularly the pale, crisp stuff from Provolse.

We look at how Rosé became so central to global summer culture.

But first…

In Saudi Arabia this weekend, dozens of countries came together to talk about the prospect

of an end to war in Ukraine. Keves, American and European allies were in attendance,

so two were Chinese, Indian and Brazilian delegations, one notable absence, Russia itself.

Under discussion was the 10 point peace plan of Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky,

who sent a video message ahead of the meeting insisting that international order be restored.

No concrete action came out of the summit, but the attendance of China, who missed a first

round in June, was seen as a diplomatic price for Ukraine. Meanwhile, amid weekend news of

drone attacks by air on Moscow and by sea on a Russian oil tanker, the grinding war on land

continues slowly. I can't put it any better than the phrase that came to me from a senior military

official where he said that it's 50-50, that's to say that Ukraine forces are pushing forward

a little bit in some areas and they're retreating a little bit in some areas.

Tim Judah is a special correspondent for the economist and has recently been reporting from

new the front line in Ukraine. Nothing really dramatic, but there's plenty of action

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