The Intelligence
“There were already challenges to this investigation; now it’s something much more”—violence in Lebanon
Also on the daily podcast: speaking with Nobel peace laureate Dmitry Muratov and why autocrats snap up English football team
THE EFFORT to investigate last year’s port explosion in Beirut has fired up political and religious tensions—resulting in Lebanon’s worst violence in years. We speak with Dmitry Muratov, a Russian journalist who shared this year’s Nobel peace prize, about what the award means to him, and to press freedom. And why autocratic regimes like to snap up English football clubs. Runtime: 23 min
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