Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

And in New York, I'm John Fassman.

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

It's not easy to un-pick all the causes of death and mortality statistics, but our data

team has dug into the numbers to figure out how deadly Britain's recent heat wave was.

The troubling answer is a grim indication of what's to come in Britain and elsewhere.

And policymakers have long argued about social capital, meaning essentially relationships

between people who aren't family, friends or colleagues.

A new study suggests just how important those relationships are for upward social mobility.

First up though.

Leaders from America, Germany, France and Britain have called for an end to military operations

around a key Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine.

This apparition facility was taken over by Russia early in the invasion, but it's continued

to operate despite intense fighting close by, raising fears of an accident.

Others President Vladimir Putin agreed at the weekend to allow UN inspectors to visit

the site.

As Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky welcomed the development, but described the ongoing

situation as Russian radiation blackmail.

The details of that inspection visit have yet to be worked out, and shelling has continued

around the plant, sharpening concern that a crisis could become a catastrophe.

The Zaparysha power plant is Europe's biggest nuclear power station.

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