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.

Weather forecasting got its start as a public good based on shared data across international

borders. But that may be changing. We look into the remarkable, vast, computationally

intensive global collaboration that is predicting the weather and where it headed.

And do you like getting close to wildlife? Maybe it's time to plan a trip to Japan. As

many people move from rural areas to the cities, those left behind stop hunting and farming,

the animals are moving in. Just make sure you wear a barebell.

Just up though.

The applause was loud, but not as loud as it might have been. Last night Ursula von der Lyon

became the first woman to be appointed president of the European Commission after a secret

ballot by members of Europe's parliament. But she only squeaked by with 383 votes, just

9 more than the minimum. As Commission President Mrs. von der Lyon will be at the heart of a

legislature that represents half a billion people. The trust you placed in me is confidence

you placed in Europe. A head of the vote she laid out her vision to the European Parliament,

speaking about trade, gender equality, climate change, migration and defence. Mrs. von

der Lyon was a late comor to the presidential race and there are questions about what kind

of leaders she will be. Ursula von der Lyon was never the front runner to be the next president

of the European Commission. Jeremy Cliff writes, Charlomain, our column about European politics.

She was a compromised candidate reached after about 30 hours of negotiations at the start

of July, where divisions in the European Council between national leaders and divisions

in the European Parliament itself pushed them to find a compromised candidate and they reached

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