Editor's Picks: February 5th 2024

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  The Economist. It's Monday, February the 5th, 2024.

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  This is Editor's Picks,

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  where we'll bring you four highlights from The Economist read aloud,

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  exclusively for subscribers.

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  I'm Alok Jha.

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  You'll normally find me hosting Babbage, our weekly podcast on science and technology.

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  The Economist has two cover stories this week.

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  In most of the world, we explore how to end the agony in the Middle East.

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  In the months since Hamas' attack on Israel, conflict has spread across the region.

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  Our cover story argues that while it's easy to despair, there is a way out.

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  Amid intense diplomacy behind the scenes led by America and Saudi Arabia,

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  a transformative deal is taking shape.

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  Peace and stability in the Middle East will always be hard won.

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  But we argue that the world must seize this chance

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  because the pull towards war is unrelenting.

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  The next article we'll play for you is based on one of those escalating tensions in the Middle East,

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  the attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.

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  We explain why China is seeking to reap the political benefits from the new Suez Crisis.

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  Will the country succeed?

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  The third article we've picked is our cover story in Asia and Europe which examines the state of social media as Facebook turns 20.

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