Bibi driver: battles led by and within Israel
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🗓️ 24 March 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The ceasefire in Gaza is in tatters; the campaign against Hizbullah is flaring up again. Yet the most telling battles are those happening inside Israel. Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, is coolly dealing with the fitful aggression of her northern neighbour (10:25). And our obituaries editor pays tribute to Richard Fortey, a fossil obsessive who spent a career telling the world about trilobites (16:50).
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| 1:32.9 | Many world leaders are finding Donald Trump's presidency something of a challenge. |
| 1:34.8 | One of the few who seems to be thriving is Mexico's Claudia Shanebaum. |
| 1:38.9 | How is she managing that? |
| 1:41.9 | And trilobites were wildly diverse creatures that filled every watery ecological niche for a |
| 1:48.8 | quarter of a billion years. |
| 1:51.2 | No one was more fascinated by their fossils than Richard 40. |
| 1:55.2 | Our obituaries editor reflects on a life spent educating the world about them. |
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| 2:07.6 | Almost a week ago, Israel resumed air strikes in Gaza, |
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