The Intelligence: Truce talk
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The ceasefire deal, which Hamas has agreed to, prompted celebrations in Gaza. But Binyamin Netanyahu isn’t satisfied and the fighting continues. Video game adaptations are getting better, and becoming a more popular choice with Hollywood’s directors (10:01). And the best-selling literary love-child of romance and fantasy (14:27).
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| 1:01.7 | The Economist. |
| 1:08.9 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:11.6 | In Lagos, I'm Oire Ogunbei. |
| 1:14.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:20.6 | Did any of you watch The Last of Us, the 2023 post-apocalyptic series about that deadly viral plague? |
| 1:31.3 | The highly acclaimed show was in fact an adaptation of a video game. |
| 1:35.5 | Our correspondent explains why this is becoming a more common path for Hollywood's directors. |
| 1:41.6 | And how the world has fallen in love with Romantasy, |
| 1:46.0 | the literary love child of fantasy and romance. |
| 1:50.0 | It turns out that lust and a dash of fairy dust |
| 1:53.0 | make the perfect recipe for a TikTok bestseller. |
| 2:01.6 | But first... There were celebrations in Gaza last, with news that Hamas had accepted the terms of a ceasefire agreement. |
| 2:16.6 | In the city of a ceasefire agreement. |
| 2:23.3 | In the city of Rafa, in the southern part of the strip, crowds of Palestinians cheered. |
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