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Economist Podcasts

With the grain, assault: Ukraine’s iffy deal

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Missile strikes on the port of Odessa have dimmed hopes for a UN-brokered deal to get Ukraine’s grain on the move. We ask what chances it may still have. Tunisia's constitutional referendum looks destined to formalise a march back to the autocratic rule it shook off during the Arab Spring. And how Formula 1 is looking to crack America. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:13.6

Today, Tunisians have the chance to vote on a new constitution.

1:17.6

It should be a chance to put the country's newish democracy on a firmer footing, but it won't.

1:23.6

It's designed to further cement creeping autocratic rule, so many will just stay home.

1:29.3

And for decades, Formula One was owned and run by one man, who believed the sport had no business moving into the digital age or into America.

1:40.3

With him out of the picture, the sport seems to be making inroads on the other side of the Atlantic.

1:51.0

First up, though,

1:53.0

Millions of tons of grain have been stuck in Ukraine since February,

1:59.0

hemmed in by a Russian blockade and captured ports

2:02.2

on the Black Sea and by Ukraine's own mines. Food prices have skyrocketed the world over,

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