War and pestilence: Ebola makes a comeback

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🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Five years ago Ebola spread across West Africa, killing more than 10,000 people. In August a fresh outbreak hit the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. We look at why the response this time around has been so ineffective. NATO is about to turn 70. It will not be a happy birthday. And Rodrigo Duterte wants to rename the Philippines.

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0:00.0	Starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence.
0:02.8	Mind if I touch your weiner?
0:04.2	What?
0:04.8	Your dog.
0:05.6	She's got one summer.
0:07.4	His parents hired me to quote date him.
0:10.0	To make him a man.
0:11.4	You can't be scared of everything.
0:13.0	Come on, I want the heat.
0:15.6	Unless you want me to.
0:17.0	No heart feelings.
0:18.2	Incinemous June 21.
0:26.0	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.
0:29.2	I'm your host, John Prado, in For Jason Palmer.
0:32.2	Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:39.2	NATO is turning 70.
0:40.8	It has good claim to be the most successful military alliance ever,
0:44.4	but its birth they will not be a happy one.
0:46.4	30 years after the end of the Cold War,
0:48.4	it's being shaken by a transatlantic argument over who pays the bill
0:52.0	and questions about what it should really be for.
0:55.8	The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Terté,
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