The 300,000 body problem: Russia mobilises and threatens
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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This morning Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would call up more troops to fight in Ukraine, said his goal of “liberating” eastern Ukraine remained unchanged and accused the west of “nuclear blackmail.” Our correspondent parses his speech. Our midterm series heads to Maine, to see how Democrats are fighting for rural voters. And a new discovery in Borneo rewrites the history of surgery.
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| 1:04.4 | And in London, I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 1:09.8 | shaping your world. |
| 1:13.3 | For decades, Democrats and Republicans fought hard and relatively evenly for rural voters. |
| 1:19.8 | But recently, rural America has grown solidly Republican. |
| 1:23.6 | The next episode of our midterm series heads to Maine to see how Democrats are fighting back. |
| 1:30.6 | And much of archaeology pushes back the first known date of some activity by a little bit. |
| 1:36.9 | But on the island of Borneo, an incomplete skeleton reveals a shocking discovery, |
| 1:41.9 | revising the first known instance of surgery by 24,000 years. |
| 1:47.0 | But first... |
| 1:51.0 | Russia is escalating its war in Ukraine. |
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