Truce and consequences: a fragile ceasefire in Iran

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  The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Bloor.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  Leaders of the NATO countries are gathering today to finish off a plan to massively increase their defence spending.

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  Well, most of them.

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  We take a deeper look at the commitments and ask whether they will appease the Alliance's most fickle member.

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  And public holidays are a blissful invention.

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  Only problem is they're a drag on productivity and the economy.

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  So Germany's government is considering removing one of those precious days from the national calendar.

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  But first… On the show yesterday morning,

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  the big question in the aftermath of America's strikes on Iran was what response it would provoke.

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  By yesterday evening, we had an answer.

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  Iran fired 14 missiles at an American air base in Qatar,

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  one for each of the American bombs that fell on its nuclear facilities.

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  But it gave both the Qataris and the Americans advance notice, and it seems no one was injured.

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  A couple of hours later, Donald Trump declared a ceasefire had been negotiated.

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  This morning,

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  Israel's defense minister Israel Katz said that Iran had violated the deal in its opening hours by firing missiles into northern Israel.

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  He, in turn, ordered strikes on Tehran.

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