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.

The list of billionaires in India is getting longer faster than ever before.

A close look at whose on it and whose fallen off of it shows how the country's economy

is changing.

And Vancouver is one of the world's most expensive property markets.

In part because high rises are frowned on in its poshest corners.

We look into why a First Nations Indigenous group can build the skyscrapers the city needs

but that few want.

First up though.

I'm making this recording today to try to explain what's happened over the last few

hours.

Prince Hamza been Hussein of Jordan released a video on Saturday in which he claimed he'd

been placed under house arrest.

His phone and internet were cut off and his security removed.

This is my last form of communication, satellite internet that I have and I've been informed

by the company that they are instructed to cut it.

So it's maybe the last time I'm able to communicate.

Prince Hamza is the half-brother of Jordan's ruler, King Abdullah.

He's become a well-known critic of the king who's been in power since 1999 and now the

prince is accused of conspiring against the crown.

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