The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Bloor.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
After a deadly earthquake in Myanmar in March,
there were reports that the military government was continuing its bombardment.
Despite declaring a humanitarian ceasefire,
our visual investigations team consider the evidence.
And for contact sports such as rugby,
the long-run risks to the brain are by now well known.
So what to do about kids that play them?
Rule changes and snazzy new materials might help,
but banning them altogether might be more dangerous.
First up though.
I'm right in front of the federal immigration detention facility in downtown Los Angeles where there's a line of California National Guard troops and federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
kind of just holding shields.
Aaron Braun is our West Coast correspondent and this weekend she's been out reporting in LA.
As I was walking up to the protest my eyes started stinging,
I started sneezing, I started coughing.
You could tell that tear gas had been deployed at some point this morning and remnants of that was still in the air.