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

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

Officials from Huawei were a reign in America yesterday, charged with stealing trade secrets.

The Chinese technology giant has drawn scrutiny the world over, amid worries that it's perceived

coziness with the Chinese state makes its internet hardware susceptible to spying.

That might be true, but not in the way you might think.

And what do the makers of autonomous vehicles look for in a testing ground?

They want a place where there's no rush hour, regulation is easy, the weather is good,

and lots of people want to ride.

They're flocking to retirement communities.

But first, in Israel last night, the attorney general announced his intention to indict

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

When Netanyahu becomes the first sitting Prime Minister of Israel to be indicted, pending

a hearing for criminal offenses, Roger McShane is our Middle East editor, and it's

happening less than 60 days before an election.

What exactly is Mr. Netanyahu alleged to have done?

So the potential charges stem from three cases.

First you have case 1000, where he's alleged to have received expensive gifts from wealthy

patrons in return for political favors.

Then you have case 2000, where he is said to have discussed colluding with a newspaper

publisher.

He was going to curb one of that paper's competitors in return that paper was going to

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