Israel is planning to strike Iran within days, even as its wars in Lebanon and Gaza deepen. Our correspondent reports from the Lebanese border (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/10/21/americas-election-and-israels-wars-reach-a-crescendo-together?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), where he embedded with Israeli forces. Carbon-trading schemes (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/09/19/can-the-voluntary-carbon-market-save-the-amazon?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) may finally help reforest the Amazon (9:29). And which country is the most innovative (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/10/03/the-worlds-most-innovative-country?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (16:58)?
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