Are share prices headed for a crash?

2025-11-11

Between 2001 and 2024, a quarter of Madagascar’s native rainforest has vanished. At this rate of destruction, those ecosystems will be entirely wiped out by the end of the century. Could collecting and preserving the seeds of the endangered plants help repair the country’s ancient forests?

00:00 – Collecting seeds in Madagascar
00:18 – Why do Kew have a seed bank?
01:10 – What was the trip like?
05:27 – The seed-collection process
07:32 – What happens next?
09:00 – How could seed banks help?
10:03 – Impact of Madagascar’s military coup
10:37 – Will Madagascar benefit?

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4ozmmaF

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2025-11-07

In Britain, France and Germany the populist right are leading in the polls. Could the National Rally, the AfD or Reform UK revive their respective countries? Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, deputy editor, speak to a panel of our experts about what the populists are promising, why they’re so popular and how they could reshape Europe.

#france #uk #germany #afd #reformuk #europe

00:00 – Why is the populist right so popular?
02:50 – How Nigel Farage is moderating as he gets closer to power
03:35 – Alice Weidel and the AfD
05:08 – The populist right and economic growth
06:50 – How would the RN deal with the European Union?

Watch the full show: econ.st/4oYgmbt

Jordan Bardella starts to lay out his plans: econ.st/3XeUAnO

France’s Fifth Republic is in