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.

Perhaps the most transformative thing happening in Europe right now is happening in Moldova.

For years the Eastern European country was consumed by its own corruption. Now after a

shocking couple of weeks one anti-graphed campaigner has become Prime Minister with a mandate

to clean up the rot.

Last night viewers of America's Democratic primary debate were treated to some of the rough

and tumble of the campaigns to come and tonight holds more.

Pay attention. Historical data showed that these debates move the needle far more than

the much more widely watched general election debates.

First up though.

In Libya the capital is under attack.

Rebel warlord Khalifa Haftar has been mounting an assault on Tripoli since April. He wants

to claim the city and the country as his own. His forces already control three-quarters

of Libya and its largest oil fields. It's the country's third internal conflict in almost

a decade.

It's been eight years since Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011.

We are told that Gaddafi is that the Libyan freedom fighters have finally succeeded.

I think today is a day to remember all of Colonel Gaddafi's victims.

The country has been in chaos ever since.

The Puditive Government of National Accord, the GNA, is hold up intripley, barely keeping

the lights on. It's influence extending not much farther than the city limits.

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