Bodies in the streets: Russian atrocities

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Our correspondent reports from towns around Kyiv, where Russian forces appear to have committed war crimes, including summary executions and random murders. The last instalment of a once-in-a-decade climate report suggests that meeting the more ambitious temperature goals set in Paris requires a “handbrake turn” on global emissions. And why Britain’s car washes are a rare example of “re-automation”. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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1:06.3	Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In New York, I'm John Fastman.
1:13.1	And from London, I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
1:19.8	The last chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Monster Report lays out what needs to happen if the global thermometer is to match the goal set in Paris.
1:25.6	It's not going to be easy.
1:27.9	But among the worries, there are reasons for hope.
1:32.5	And in Britain, a soapy ride through an automatic car wash
1:36.0	was a staple of 1970s life.
1:38.6	But for a lot of reasons, the less adventurous hand car wash resurged.
1:43.1	Now, thanks to Brexit and a pandemic, the drive-through kind is making a comeback.
1:53.3	First up, though.
2:00.6	After weeks of fighting around Ukraine's capital of Kiev, Russian forces have withdrawn to the country's south and east.
2:08.4	In their wake, a catalog of horrors is coming to light. Russian soldiers appear to have committed war crimes on a horrific scale, including summary executions
2:18.1	and the random killings of civilians. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has described
2:24.4	what's happening as a genocide.
2:26.4	He will address the U.N. He will address the UN Security Council later today.
2:40.9	The Ukrainian prosecutor general has said that the bodies of 410 civilians had so far been
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