Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

Today from London, I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide 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 Karpatenko, a Ukrainian conductor, was murdered in her song 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, Liz Truss broke a record yesterday that had stood for nearly two centuries.

Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative

Party.

I have therefore spoken to his majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as

leader of the Conservative Party.

After a brisk and utterly chaotic 45 days in office, she became Britain's shortest serving

Prime Minister in history.

That's a considerably shorter term than that of the previous record holder, who spent

119 days in the role before being ousted by a fatal bout of pneumonia in 1827.

By yesterday, Miss Truss' downfall was inevitable.

Her ill-advised economic program had battered the pound, the bond market's Britain's reputation

and her own credibility.

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