BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in

2023. VP.com slash and not all. The Economist.

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host Rosie Blore.

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

U.S. election campaigns tend to be a little like children's playgrounds, endless name calling, followed by all the reasons why you'd

never want to be part of the other person's gang. The arrival of Kamla Harris

led to a brief pause in that, but now, yep, the attacks are ramping up again.

And Simon Verity had stone in his heart.

He spent his career sculpting it,

carving it and cutting it, honing skills that others had practiced for centuries.

Arabitaries editor celebrates his life. First up though

though.

Two months ago, French politics was thrown into crisis after a snap general election,

called by President Emmanuel Macron left no party with a clear majority.

Since then, Macron has been scrabbling to find a new Prime Minister

who might be able to pull together a government

from three fundamentally clashing factions in the new National Assembly.

Yesterday he found one.

He would have a fan, a lot of the cut, a lot of respect. standing outside the Prime Minister's office, Michelle Barnier accepted his new role

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