Wildfires spread in Canada; Russia’s moonshot fails, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 21 August 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're listening to the free edition of the World in Brief from the Economist. |
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| 0:22.0 | Here's today's free edition. |
| 0:26.0 | This is the World in Brief from the Economist. |
| 0:37.0 | Our top stories. |
| 0:39.0 | Denmark and the Netherlands pledged to send F-16 fighters to Ukraine, finally granting the embattled country's wish for Western warplanes. |
| 0:49.0 | Deliveries of the American-made jet are expected to begin around the end of the year. |
| 0:55.0 | Denmark said it would send 19 jets. |
| 0:58.0 | The Dutch government is yet to decide whether to deliver its entire fleet of 42. |
| 1:03.0 | Ukrainian pilots have already begun training. |
| 1:06.0 | During a visit to the Netherlands, Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, called the decision, quote, historic. |
| 1:14.0 | Russia's Space Agency, Ross Cosmos, said its Lunar-25 probe had, quote, seized to exist, after colliding with the Moon's surface. |
| 1:25.0 | The lander had been scheduled to touch down near the Moon's South Pole on Monday, seeking evidence of frozen water. |
| 1:33.0 | Ross Cosmos said it will launch an investigation into the cause of the crash. |
| 1:38.0 | India's rival lunar mission, Shandrian 3, will attempt to touch down on Wednesday. |
| 1:47.0 | Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, said the armed forces would be deployed to help fight wildfires spreading in British Columbia, a Western province. |
| 1:58.0 | Around 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and another 36,000 put on alert. |
| 2:05.0 | Around 140,000 square kilometers of land has burned in Canada this fire season, which could stretch into autumn, owing to dry conditions. |
| 2:16.0 | Pakistan's president, Arif Alvi, said that he had refused to sign two bills tightening national security laws. |
| 2:25.0 | The bills were said to have gained his ascent on Saturday, but the president and ally of Imran Khan, a recently imprisoned former Prime Minister, |
| 2:34.0 | took to social media to repudiate the claim, with, quote, God as my witness. |
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