Hello and welcome to the intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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

This weekend, Argentines voted out their reformist president. Instead, they chose candidates

who will return to protectionist big-state perinism, a movement that has dominated the country's

post-war politics and decimated its economy. And in America, lots of kids have to start school early, really early.

But there's a growing push to give them more time in bed.

Research suggests that later starts result in better grades, an economic boost, even fewer deaths on the roads.

But first... The Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.

On Saturday, an American Special Forces team moved on a compound in northern Syria where he was hiding.

The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years.

Capturing or killing Baghdaddy has been the top national security priority of my administration.

President Donald Trump announced details of the raid on Sunday morning.

The military was able to confirm Mr. Baghdadi's identity through DNA testing.

His death is a blow to the scattered remnants of Islamic State.

The group killed and enslaved tens of thousands of people and ruled brutally over millions more in its quest to form a caliphate,

according to a savage interpretation of Islam. His death is certainly a symbolic blow to the group.

He was a very aspirational figurehead. Greg Carlstrom is our Middle East correspondent.

It was really Baghdadi who pioneered this idea of establishing a so-called caliphate that spanned borders

and was able to attract tens of thousands of followers from across the world to come and join the group.

So losing him as a blow in that sense.

And of course, it comes at a time when Islamic State is already quite weak.

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