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Hurry up and wait: Trump’s choice on Iran

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The most consequential decision of Donald Trump’s presidency is now on pause for two weeks. We examine how the choice pits two sides of Mr Trump against one another. India is an advanced-manufacturing powerhouse, but can it become a hub for high-tech innovation, too? And as “Jaws” turns 50 our correspondent says its hero is probably not who you remember.


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The Economist

1:02.0

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor.

1:12.6

And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:22.6

India's tech workforce is vast, and members of its diaspora lead some of the world's biggest technology firms.

1:28.3

So why do Indian companies lack innovation and its universities publish little in the way of world-class research?

1:35.3

Our correspondent investigates.

1:38.3

And 50 years ago, today, a cinematic institution was released,

1:46.6

and with it, a two-note melody of dread.

1:48.6

But half a century later,

1:51.3

Jaws might not be the film you remember,

1:53.5

and the hero, not who you once thought.

2:12.6

First up, though. For days, the top of the news agenda had been that President Donald Trump was mulling the idea of joining Israel and bombing Iran's nuclear sites. Would he? Wouldn't he? It seems like that's where he likes the new cycle to sit. I mean, you don't know that I'm going to even do it. You don't know. I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do. I can tell you this. Then another familiar move, a delay, conveyed in an official statement read out at the White House yesterday.

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