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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

And in New York, I'm John Fasten. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events

shaping your world. In a few places in the world, deliveries arrive by drone. But for the most

part, local laws restrict how far they're allowed to go.

We hear about the ambitious trial of a drone superhighway in the skies to connect a number of

British cities.

And when Piralada Sukawat, a Thai pop star, started rapping about problems with her home country,

a wave of online abuse followed.

She left Thailand, but that hasn't stopped her from speaking out.

First up, though...

First up, though.

In November, America heads to the polls.

Halfway through Joe Biden's presidential term, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives,

and one-third of the Senate's are up for grabs. Usually, the party of the President in power does poorly in the midterms, and this year doesn't look like an

...