The Economist

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host, Rosie Bloor.

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

Our correspondent recently joined a police mission to destroy co-collapse in the Colombian rainforest, where much of the world's cocaine is produced. We find out whether these

dangerous sorties will really bolster the war on drugs.

And you might have heard that crime is rife in London,

but just because you've been told that doesn't make it true,

what does the cold, hard data actually show?

Thank you. First up, though.

As the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, this has been a brutal year. Bitterly cold, with much of the country's heat and electricity supplies knocked out.

Shellings and drone attacks have been constant.

It was a cruel attack.

Our miners, they were going back home from their shift in the mine.

And the first drone attacked the bus.

Oletsky Pavolotsky is from DETEC, an energy company in Ukraine. Eventually, the second drone hit the people.

So we understand that these drones had the commerce,

and operators, pilots had full understanding that this is a peaceful people,

and they hit them intentionally.

He said 12 people died in that incident earlier this month,

which D-Tec says was caused by a Russian device.

A cruel attack on a passenger train killed five.

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