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.

After negotiations with America, Turkey has agreed a ceasefire in northeastern Syria.

But the deal is nothing but a win for Turkey.

Tens of thousands of Kurds will be displaced, and America's role and image in the region will keep declining.

And it's time we got into psychedelic drugs.

At least, that's the idea of researchers who are looking to

treat depression, anxiety, and the like. Patents are being handed out, startups are starting up.

It's not a business trip. It's a trip business.

First up, though, after a turbulent three months as Prime Minister, Britain's Boris Johnson may have allowed himself a moment of congratulation yesterday.

I do think that this deal represents a very good deal both for the EU and for the UK.

He successfully renegotiated Britain's withdrawal agreement with the European Union.

And it's a reasonable fair outcome and reflects the large amount of work that's been undertaken by both sides.

However, the deal still has to pass through Britain's fractured parliament, which will meet

in a special session tomorrow.

The trickiest parts of the negotiations were on the status of the border between Ireland

and Northern Ireland.

Mr Johnson's Northern Irish allies, the Democratic Unionist Party,

or DUP, say they still won't support the deal. With the opposition Labour Party firmly against it,

its success in Parliament is far from assured. Still, many of Mr. Johnson's critics didn't think

he'd get this far. Boris Johnson was told he could not reopen the withdrawal agreement that Theresa May struck with

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