The Intelligence: A region holds its breath
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 15 April 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
For the first time Iran launched a huge attack on Israel from its own territory, though the effort largely failed. Israel’s response could easily lead to regional war; what is it likely to be? The first of the four criminal trials that Donald Trump faces will get under way today. It is by some margin the tawdriest (11:46). And celebrating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism (20:02).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host |
| 0:14.1 | Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 0:18.7 | shaping your world. In the coming months there's going to be an absolute onslaught of news coming out of the criminal trials of Donald Trump, the first American president to be indicted. |
| 0:35.0 | Today the first one begins and it is a saucy one. |
| 0:40.0 | And 150 years ago today an art movement got its start, as so often with revolutions in the arts, |
| 0:49.2 | at first critics and pundits didn't have a great impression of the impressionists. First up though, though, Iran had promised it for days and days and on Saturday it delivered. |
| 1:15.0 | A barrage of about 300 armed drones and long-range missiles set off for Israel, |
| 1:20.0 | retaliation for an Israeli air strike two weeks ago. |
| 1:24.0 | Israelis and Palestinians alike watched explosions over the skies of the Holy Land, but that was pretty much it. |
| 1:36.0 | An overwhelming majority of the threats were intercepted by Israel and its partners, including America and Britain. |
| 1:44.3 | Iran's historic attack ended up causing little damage, and as yet no deaths. |
| 1:50.3 | As the drones made their way toward Israel, Prime Minister binim and Netanyahu |
| 1:54.0 | warned that, |
| 1:55.0 | whoever hurts us, we hurt him. |
| 1:57.0 | I'm not sure what is in Israel, |
| 2:00.0 | show me in Khouac. |
| 2:01.0 | I'm going to go ahead and Israel in Shmoua, in the attacks |
| 2:05.0 | the aftermath of the Khmer in an riot, |
| 2:04.0 | pecud in Orif. |
| 2:06.0 | But in the attacks aftermath, world leaders called for calm. |
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