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The Intelligence from The Economist

War or less? Lebanon on the brink

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Daily News, Global News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

For now, Israel’s moves seem to be posturing, a means to intimidate Hizbullah into backing down. But there remains a prospect of a ground invasion—and another pointless war. Our swing-state series starts with a state that only recently became swing-y: North Carolina (10:08). And a look back at a year’s worth of Economist Podcasts+ audio journalism (19:15).


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0:00.0

Give your kids a bread start with wild farmed bread.

0:05.0

They love it because it's super tasty.

0:09.0

You love it because it's made with regenerative wheat and it's got only the essentials?

0:15.8

No nasties.

0:18.0

Farmers love it because their fields are buzzing with birds, bugs and bees again.

0:24.0

Wild farmed bread.

0:26.6

Available now, at Waitros.

0:30.1

BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

0:36.2

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain.

0:43.8

Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

0:46.2

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon

0:50.4

and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in 2023

0:57.0

BP.com slash and not all. The Economist.

1:07.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist.

1:16.0

I'm your host Jason Palmer.

1:18.0

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

1:23.7

America's presidential election will once again be decided by voters in just a handful of

1:32.3

states.

1:33.6

In the first installment of our Swing States series, we take a look at one of them, and a wild race

1:39.2

for governor that will influence the state's vote for president.

1:49.5

And a year ago, we launched our audio subscription, Economist Podcasts Plus.

1:53.2

You'll remember how many times I reminded you to sign up. We look back over a year's worth of the world-broadening journalism

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