Going critical: Iran’s nuclear programme

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<p>The Islamic Republic is <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/israel-again-rattles-its-sabre-at-iran/21805921?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">closer than ever</a> to a bomb’s worth of fissile material. Talks with America and other countries will resume next month, but hopes of an agreement are fading. Is war inevitable? Chinese media are not allowed to report on the #MeToo movement, but the Communist Party is <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2021/10/30/a-row-about-toilets-reveals-a-lot-about-womens-place-in-china?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">taking up some feminist causes</a>. We consider the paradox of women’s rights in modern China. And we look back at <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/10/30/anne-saxelby-was-a-champion-of-artisan-farmers-and-their-wares?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the life of Anne Saxelby</a>, a pioneering American cheesemonger, who has died aged 40.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>