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from The Economist. Today, from London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

It's always notable when Israel and Lebanon strike a deal.

The border arrangement they've come to about offshore gas highlights just how much of the stuff is in the Middle East.

We ask why it's so hard to get more of it to market.

And Yuri Karpenko, a Ukrainian conductor, was murdered in Kershon, probably last month.

Our obituaries editor reflects on a principled but difficult character,

whose life was brutally cut short

after refusing to put on a show for Russian occupiers.

But first...

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