Blown speaker: Kevin McCarthy is out
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Another shutdown standoff, funding worries for Ukraine, more leadership chaos: the booting of America’s speaker of the House of Representatives bodes ill for governance. “Jawan”, a new Indian film, is non-stop action with Bollywood flourishes—and reveals how divisions in the country are being bridged (9:26). And an investigation of places where centenarians are abundant suggests healthy lifestyles are not the cause (17:55).
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| 0:39.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:47.6 | In a lot of ways, the divide between Northern and Southern India make them seem like |
| 0:52.4 | entirely different countries, but our correspondent watches a rollicking new film |
| 0:57.5 | that reveals how those divides are being bridged, Bollywood style. |
| 1:03.6 | And some parts of the world are renowned for their preponderance of really old people. |
| 1:09.2 | What is it about these places that leads to so many centenarians and super centenarians? |
| 1:14.6 | Turns out it may be no fountain of use, just that bookkeeping. |
| 1:22.8 | First up, though. |
| 1:31.2 | The Yays are 216. The Nays are 210. |
| 1:36.8 | The resolution is adopted without objection. |
| 1:39.9 | The motion to reconsider is laid on the table. |
| 1:42.9 | The office of Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is hereby |
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