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This, too, shall impasse: Brexit talks resume

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The pandemic has made negotiations more difficult and changed the political calculus on both sides. Prospects for a deal before year’s end are dimming. After more than two decades on the lam, an alleged architect of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide is headed to court. And how archaeologists use “soundscapes” and replica instruments to examine past civilisations. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

0:07.0

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:09.0

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:18.0

After a manhunt that lasted more than two decades, an alleged architect of Rwanda's 1994 genocide is in custody and headed for a UN tribunal.

0:26.6

But how did Felicia and Kabuga manage to stay on the run for so long?

0:31.6

And if a past civilization didn't even have a system of writing, what can archaeologists learn about its people?

0:40.3

Increasingly, they're relying on soundscapes,

0:43.3

replicating bygone instruments and measuring the acoustics of archaeological sites.

0:51.3

But first...

0:57.0

Do you remember Brexit?

1:03.0

Before COVID-19 spread havoc around the world, the issue that consumed Britain was its divorce from Europe and the consequences

1:11.8

of that split.

1:13.1

Tonight, we are leaving the European Union.

1:16.1

For many people, this is an astonishing moment of hope.

1:18.9

Prime Minister Boris Johnson had campaigned for Brexit and triumphantly led the country

1:23.0

out of the Union on January 31st.

1:25.6

This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama.

1:32.3

He was more right than he could have known.

1:34.3

But COVID-19 isn't the only thing shaping Britain's future.

1:38.3

The country still has to negotiate a new relationship with the EU.

1:42.3

Things are still tense.

1:45.0

That was made clear at the think tank the Institute for Government last Friday by Stefan

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