One dam thing after another? Ukraine and reconstruction
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The Economist
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🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When Russia attacked the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine a year ago, lives were lost, families stranded and towns submerged. But from that devastation emerged discussion on post-war reconstruction. Our correspondent spent months investigating Narendra Modi, the strongman who was humbled at this week’s Indian election (10:02). And remembering Barry Kemp, the Egyptologist who dug up Akhenaten’s abandoned city (17:18).
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| 1:06.0 | The Economist. |
| 1:10.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm your host Rosie Blore. |
| 1:18.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:23.4 | After this week's election upset for Norendra Modi, |
| 1:29.8 | few people are better placed to predict how he'll react than a Vanticoti who has spent months investigating India's prime minister for the economist's new 8-part podcast, the Modi Raj. |
| 1:43.0 | And where other people saw mounds and wall fragments in the sand, |
| 1:48.0 | Barry Kempp saw a dream world built by a Pharaoh 31 centuries ago. |
| 1:53.0 | Arabiceries editor remembers an Egyptologist who spent his career digging up |
| 1:59.0 | Aknaten's lost city. |
| 2:04.0 | First up though, |
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