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A dangerous games? A muted start to the Olympics

The Intelligence from The Economist
The Intelligence from The Economist
Episode • Jul 23, 2021 • 23m

Tokyo is under a state of emergency; covid-19 cases are piling up. But for Japan, a super-spreader event is just one of the potential costs of this year’s games. We ask why Britain’s government has essentially given amnesty to those involved in Northern Ireland’s decades of deadly violence. And our obituaries editor reflects on the life of an Auschwitz accordionist.

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