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Thank you. The Economist. Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The Trump administration's mission to trim America's federal workforce

has been slashing and burning its way through the country's science institutions.

We take stock of what's on the chopping block and assess how self-defeating it all is.

And for lots of reasons, Brazil never really reckoned with the horrors of its 20-year dictatorship,

not as much as its neighbors, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina did.

Now, an Oscar-nominated film is making Brazilians sit up and look to that past.

First up, though.

In Gaza, almost six weeks ago, a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas began.

Hostages were freed, the bombs stopped at last. Palestinians returned to what was left of their homes.

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