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With Ukraine’s counter-offensive shrouded in secrecy and Russian-controlled territory impenetrable, can satellite data help you see into a war zone? The Economist’s Senior data journalist, Sondre Ulvund Solstad, breaks down how he uses fires to track the fighting. 00:51 - Our model explained 02:28 - Ukraine Fire Tracker Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI To see our Ukraine fires tracker: https://econ.st/46cK6sA For our latest Ukraine coverage: https://econ.st/3OXHjNJ How satellite data reveals the vast extent of fighting: https://econ.st/46dsY5G Satellite data shows Ukraine’s forces are testing Russia’s defences: https://econ.st/3CCOSlk Ukrainian advances on Donetsk and Zaporizhia can be seen from space: https://econ.st/3CBoE2E |
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2024-02-19
The Economist interviewed Alexei Navalny, who has reportedly died in an Arctic penal colony, in the run-up to Russia’s 2018 presidential election. He discussed the breadth of his political support, his experiences in prison and offered some predictions for the future of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
00:16 – The death of Navalny
00:41 – Navalny in prison
02:00 – Putin’s goals
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Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity: https://econ.st/48mUUE0
What Navalny’s death means for Russia, Putin and the world: https://econ.st/3T366RZ
Russia’s opposition has lost a crucial leader but gained a martyr: https://econ.st/3I2qa0u
Graphic detail: A short history of Russia and Ukraine: https://econ.st/4bLbwZ6
2024-01-18
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speak to The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about what the future of AI will really look like.
00:00 Sam Altman and Satya Nadella talk to The Economist
00:25 What’s next for ChatGPT?
1:33 How dangerous is AGI?
2:32 AI regulation
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Read more of our AI coverage: https://econ.st/3O9fK2v
Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/3O7qXk5
Read our write up of the interview: https://econ.st/3HpwbUL
2024-01-18
If artificial general intelligence is achieved, it will be able to outperform humans on most intellectual tasks. The Economist asks Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, how worried the world should be about AGI.
Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/3RUSgzm
2024-01-11
Guam, an island in the northern Pacific, is just 48km long and has a population of about 170,000. So why is it so important to America’s strategy to defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion?
00:00 – Where is Guam?
00:13 – Why is it so important?
01:00 – What makes it vulnerable?
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Guam, where America’s next war may begin: https://econ.st/47lP9WN
America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states: https://econ.st/47of0xd
How the Pentagon thinks about America’s strategy in the Pacific: https://econ.st/3tG49RG
Read more of our US coverage: https://econ.st/4aRvOj4
Read more of our China coverage: https://econ.st/3S9G6nC
2024-01-09
Ethiopia’s president, Abiy Ahmed, has signed a deal with Somaliland to get his landlocked country direct access to the sea. Abiy hails this as an act of diplomacy, but could it destabilise an already volatile part of the world?
00:00 – a new dispute in the Horn of Africa
01:00 – the historical context
01:29 – the implications of the new deal
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Read more about the region: https://econ.st/4b1lIwv
Ethiopia’s deal with Somaliland: https://econ.st/3tJGQGB
Why does Ethiopia want access to a seaport?: https://econ.st/3H9RA45
Why Somaliland isn’t a recognised state: https://econ.st/48pfwMY
Conflict in the Horn of Africa: https://econ.st/48mt7of
2024-01-02
As 2024 begins President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to The Economist’s Editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about his political and military goals for the coming year and why he won’t compromise with Vladimir Putin.
00:00 – 2024 military goals
01:35 – Why he won’t negotiate
A New Year’s interview with Volodymyr Zelensky: https://econ.st/48A4Nim
Read our coverage from the war in Ukraine: https://econ.st/41MgGjc
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine with missiles: https://econ.st/41PnIni
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war: https://econ.st/41MgJLU
A majority of congressmen want more military aid for Ukraine: https://econ.st/3tuWKVl
Ukraine’s army is struggling to find good recruits:
2023-11-13
In America the fear of gun crime in schools is being weaponised. More and more SWAT teams are having to respond to hoax calls about school shootings.
00:00 – America’s hoax school shooting crisis
01:07 – Hoax calls are becoming more commonplace
02:00 – Aspen Elementary School
03:29 – What happened on February 22nd 2023?
05:10 – Who was behind it?
07:35 – The fight against SWAT hoax calls
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Read our full investigation: https://econ.st/477yzLd
Why some teachers in America are learning how to fire guns: ?si=fBZbTiT2gaD-9n2U
One response to school shootings in America: arm the teachers: https://econ.st/3u1KzPm
A report sheds light on the deadliest school shooting in Texas’s history: https://econ.st/3FWoe8Z
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2023-11-02
As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you’ve died. This is what happens to your brain as you age.
00:00 – What happens to your brain when you age?
00:32 – In the womb
01:03 – Childhood
03:19 – Teenage years
04:48 – Early adulthood
05:27 – Middle age
07:04 – Later life
07:36 – Death
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Is there a genetic link between endometriosis and the brain?: https://econ.st/46u9Q31
Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions: https://econ.st/3RlFfQP
Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing: https://econ.st/3Plo6UN
A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain: https://econ.st/48sx6jJ
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