The Economist.

Hello and welcome'm Jason Palmer.

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

Nicholas Maduro has declared himself the victor in Venezuela's presidential election, giving

him a third term in office, but a number of exit polls suggest the opposite result.

As protests erupt, our correspondent considers what might happen next.

And it's not only what you cook that can shorten your life, it's how you cook too.

In much of the world open indoor fires are to blame.

The good news is that the death rate from household air pollution is falling.

The bad is that it's still 4 million deaths a year. But first.

Early this morning, early this morning Ismail Hanir, the political leader of Hamas, was assassinated.

Mr. Hanir was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran's new president.

Hamas called the strike a treacherous Zionist raid.

Israel has yet to comment.

Just hours earlier Israeli forces had reportedly killed Fuhad Shuka, a senior commander of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed

militia based in Lebanon. That followed a weekend rocket attack by Hezbollah, which killed

12 young people in the Israel controlled Golan Heights, all of which

brings an already tense region to a moment of even greater uncertainty.

Ismail Hanya wasn't actually in charge of everything Hamas did.

There's some evidence, for example, to suggest that he wasn't aware of the October 7th massacre

until a few moments before it happened.

Greg Kallstrom is the economist Middle East correspondent.

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