Field work: The race to succeed Boris Johnson
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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The race to succeed Boris Johnson begins today. Numerous Conservative MPs have thrown their proverbial hats into the ring; they are fighting on ground largely staked out by Mr Johnson. American anti-abortion activists believe that fetuses should have all the rights that people do. And why Egypt’s government has turned against its historic houseboats.
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| 1:10.1 | events shaping your world. |
| 1:12.9 | For years, American anti-abortion activists have contended that life begins at conception. |
| 1:19.5 | Now, some are taking that contention further and claiming that a fetus has the same rights as a person, |
| 1:26.0 | an argument with a host of legal consequences. |
| 1:29.6 | And for 200 years, |
| 1:32.1 | the Nile in Egypt's capital Cairo |
| 1:34.0 | has been lined with houseboats |
| 1:35.7 | whose paint jobs are as colorful as their history. |
| 1:38.8 | Now they're being towed away and scuttled, |
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