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Come for deep wisdom from GSK CEO Emma Walmsley but stay for Andrew Palmer's hilarious asides. I say a few things too. At best, I inspired the title of the episode...!

Channel 4 News correspondent Secunder Kermani today went into Gaza with Israeli forces. He saw an apocalyptic landscape and desperate Gazans evacuating to the south. Warning: Distressing images.

From yesterday, an account of people sheltering at al-Shifa amid a desolate and empty Gaza City, with countless numbers still buried underneath the rubble. “It’s a ghost city, you can smell death while walking down the street," Abdalhadi Alijla عبد الهادي العجلة told me. theguardian.com/world/2023/nov…

Just spoke to the same doctor at Al Shifa He said a 3rd baby died earlier today & that no-one has been evacuated He said staff wasn’t able to access the 300L fuel Israel dropped off as they were too afraid of being shot by Israeli forces to go collect it

The last message of MD Hamam before he was killed. Listen to it carefully and remember his name.

Rami, a 12-year old Palestinian boy, was playing with fireworks when he was shot dead by Israeli Border police. Israel's extreme right national security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir praised the officer who did it. Our report from March 12 with @Wburema @Goktay @rajaKhateeb172

We're hiring two big roles in London that are central to the growth and success of BBC News on digital...🧵

Narendra Modi is eyeing a third term as leader of the world’s biggest democracy. What does that mean for India—and the world? Avantika Chilkoti investigates in our new podcast series, “The Modi Raj”. Listen to the trailer: econ.st/3QYGMLC 🎧

After 10 years in power, Modi has been humbled in national elections. How might he respond? Stories from his youth, his rise through the BJP & his early years as PM hold some clues. Join me for a new podcast The Economist, The Modi Raj. Episode 1 live now: open.spotify.com/show/5YGk9KAZF…

How did the early life of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, shape him as a leader? Avantika Chilkoti explores his childhood in our new podcast “The Modi Raj”. Subscribe and listen to the full series here: econ.st/3yR60Fv

In the Dark has obtained photos of the 2005 massacre in Haditha, Iraq — which the U.S. military tried to keep from the public for years newyorker.com/podcast/in-the…

Sudan's civil war is on the cover, at last -- and this week's issue of The Economist includes a big package of stories about, and from, Sudan. 🧵

The Sudan episode is now free to listen!

On this dark Monday, a reminder that #Lebanon has some outstanding journalists: Kareem Chehayeb | كريم شهيب for AP, Maya Gebeily for Reuters, Acil Tabbara for AFP, Zeina Khodr for AlJazeera, hwaida saad for the NYT. And a shout-out to the foreign correspondents reporting against all odds.

New show coming soon from the formidable Sue-Lin Wong 黄淑琳 and Sam Colbert - some impressive journalism joining the dots of an industry that's coming for all of us economist.com/audio/podcasts…

For the past year, I've been investigating the global rise of online scams - a predatory, multi-billion dollar industry that rivals the size of the illicit drug trade. Scam Inc, a new 8-part podcast from The Economist hosted by me, is out in February: econ.st/3CoAdxJ

A bank collapses in rural Kansas; a community is reeling. In episode one, Sue-Lin follows a trail, starting in a small rural town, to uncover a global, underground scam economy built around human trafficking, corruption and money laundering econ.st/40U54dY 👇

📣 Some news about me: Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s the BBC’s statement: