The Intelligence: Putin’s growing advantage
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Even before America’s tussle over funding Ukraine’s war effort, it seemed as if Russia was gaining the upper hand—by exploiting Ukraine’s widening political cracks. A drought-induced traffic jam in the Panama Canal will only get worse in the coming dry season, and consumer-price rises look inevitable (10:42). And to save Britain’s heritage pig breeds, consumers should eat more of them (17:48).
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
| 0:11.0 | So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas. |
| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and sees apply check the Uber app. We set up on Boho 106 today. |
| 0:24.4 | B.P. is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like hydrogen, |
| 0:29.3 | and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. |
| 0:32.4 | It's and not all. |
| 0:35.0 | That's how BP is backing Britain. |
| 0:37.0 | Whilst today we're mostly in oil and gas, |
| 0:40.0 | we increased global annual investment into our lower carbon and other transition businesses |
| 0:44.4 | from around 3% in 2019 to around 30% in 2022. |
| 0:49.8 | BP.com slash and not all. The Economist. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello and... Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host |
| 1:06.3 | Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 1:11.0 | shaping your world. |
| 1:13.0 | There are two growing traffic jams in two oceans, |
| 1:20.0 | but just 80 kilometers apart. |
| 1:22.0 | We look at why so few container ships can get through the Panama Canal, |
| 1:26.7 | why the problem is set to get worse and how fewer passages will lead to higher prices. |
| 1:33.9 | And in Britain some long ago agricultural policy has ended up wiping out most of the country's |
| 1:39.5 | heritage pig breeds. |
| 1:41.6 | Stopping them from disappearing altogether hinges on a counterintuitive market force. |
| 1:46.0 | Britons have to eat more of them. But first. Make no mistake. Today's vote's going to be long remembered and history is going to |
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