Resistance is fatal: another killing in Minneapolis

ICE 再次枪杀平民

The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-01-26

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For the second time this month, federal agents in Minneapolis killed a citizen under disputed circumstances. We take a wider look at the immigration-enforcement effort and what, if anything, might limit it. OpenAI remains a generative-AI darling but it is burning through eye-watering amounts of money; 2026 may be its make-or-break year. And the effort to save Britain's red squirrels. 
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Blau.

  • And I'm Jason Palmer.

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

  • ChatGPT is the most powerful chatbot out there.

  • That's made its owner, OpenAI, remarkably powerful.

  • But taking the lead has meant churning through a lot of money.

  • This year could be make or break.

  • And pity the poor red squirrel in most of Britain.

  • They've been roundly outcompeted or given a nasty virus by their larger American gray cousins.

  • We look at a new conservation effort to bring their numbers back up.

  • First up though.

  • On Saturday morning in Minneapolis, federal agents shot Alex Preti, an intensive care nurse, ten times.

  • Multiple videos from the scene raced across the internet.

  • Greg Bovino, a Border Patrol commander who's become the face of the federal immigration enforcement effort,

  • delivered a statement about the killing.

  • During this operation, an individual approached US Border Patrol agents with a nine millimeter semi-automatic handgun.

  • The agents attempted to disarm the individual, but he violently resisted.

  • Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, a Border Patrol agent fired.