Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In London, I'm John Fassman.

And back in South London, I'm Jason Palmer.

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

The east of Congo is as complex as it is bloody, a mishmash of armed groups

and historically violent relations with neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.

We examine the return of M23, a particularly well-armed militia that's rekindling regional rivalries.

And Brexit dried up the supply of foreign workers who kept Britain's agriculture sector humming.

Without them, unpicked crops have rotted in the field.

But one firm may have found a solution.

It looks like a fridge, and its name is Sprout.

But first.

Abe Shinzo, Japan's former Prime Minister, has been killed.

He was shot twice this morning while giving a campaign speech.

Take me, deal better!

The suspected shooter was immediately caught and arrested.

No motive has yet been determined.

The assassination has sent shockwaves through Japan.

Abe Shinzo, the former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot during a campaign event in the city of Nara in western Japan.

Noah Snyder is our Tokyo bureau chief.

He is meeting with supporters on a local street, unprotected.

When a gunman approached from behind, shot him twice once in the neck and in the chest.

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