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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. From London, I'm Jason Palmer.

And in New York, I'm John Fastman. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events

shaping your world.

When what you would call once in a century fires or floods strike three years in a row,

you've got to recalibrate your statistics. We look at the shocking inundation of eastern

Australia and a pattern of freakish weather that's no longer so freakish.

And old-fashioned grammar teaching has made a comeback in British classrooms.

Our language columnist explains that teaching children what each bit of a sentence is called

may not make them better writers.

Music better writers. But first...

Explosions overnight in Kiev. Several buildings, including a metro station, were hit. Yesterday, rescuers carried people out of a still smoldering tower block.

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