The third horseman: famine stalks Somalia
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Our correspondent reports from Somalia, which stands on the brink of famine thanks to a drought, soaring food costs and infrastructure destroyed by decades of fighting. Old Hollywood studios are waging an epic battle against their upstart streaming rivals. And why London’s cemeteries are selling used graves.
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| 1:04.5 | And in London, I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 1:10.0 | shaping your world. |
| 1:13.6 | During the pandemic, when crowds were scary and the world was on its couch, |
| 1:18.3 | old Hollywood lost ground to its upstart streaming rivals. |
| 1:22.0 | But the legacy studios have been mounting a comeback. |
| 1:24.8 | Get ready for a good old-fashioned ratings battle. |
| 1:28.5 | And recycling has been all the rage for some time, but now it's come for cemetery plots. |
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| 1:40.5 | new neighbors piling in. |
| 2:00.0 | Yeah. worried about new neighbors piling in. Somalia is caught in a terrible moment. Somalia is caught in a terrible moment. |
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