Funding from Horizon Europe's 80 billion pound fund is now available to UK innovators and businesses, including SMEs, from engineering to the creative industries.

So if you have an idea that you want to make reality, search Horizon, Europe, Innovate UK and apply for the funding you need for your R&D project.

For terms and conditions and to see how you or your business can qualify,

visit Iuk.K.K.K.org. The Economist.

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host

Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events

shaping your world.

Stock markets around the world are on fire.

Japan's Nike index is as high as it's ever been.

So if you've got money to invest, it might be tempting to put it all into stocks.

Calm down.

Let's look at the historical record first.

And you may have heard the statistic that San Francisco has more dogs than children. My dog-loving colleague wasn't convinced so she had a dig through the data to find out which American cities in fact have the most puppy love. But first. In Gaza this weekend, destruction from above as Israeli airstrikes continued relentlessly.

But even as Gazans dug through the rubble, more came from the sky.

Aid drops by Americans and Jordanians arrived beneath small parachutes, sending people on the verge of famine scrambling to intercept them.

This just days after more than a hundred Palestinians were killed around a Gaza city-aid convoy in disputed circumstances.

In Cairo, over the weekend some ground was late for negotiations.

A six-week ceasefire is reportedly on the table and Hamas representatives are there.

But before joining Israeli representatives want more information on the hostages still held by Hamas.

The talks are still continuing in Cairo not directly between Israel and Hamas because they don't speak directly to each other.

But through Egyptian and Katari brokers,

there are some obstacles still in the talks,

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