Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

And back in New York, I'm John Fastman.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective

on the events shaping your world.

After half a century of armed insurgency,

members of Columbia's Rebel Group, the FARC,

laid down their arms in 2016.

Many suddenly had to think of what to do next.

For some, the answer was to get involved

with the tourist industry.

And didn't Ukraine, the grain, stalls mainly on the train,

and road and river rites out of the country?

We discuss how farmers in one of the world's biggest grain

exporters are coping with export difficulties

because of rushes invasion.

But first...

Here in Britain, a good summer used to mean

seeing more than a few fleeting glimpses of the sun,

ideally on a weekend or two.

This, though, this is too much of a good thing.

Yesterday, it was the hottest day on record in Wales.

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