Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky. That follows days of protests at his sacking of the defence minister. Our correspondent analyses the fallout. America’s murder rate is falling, so why are cops killing more people? And a shift in the Japanese taboo on living in homes where people have died. Guests and host: Shashank Joshi, defence editor Daniel Knowles, US Midwest correspondent Moeka Iida, East Asia reporter Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered: Fedorov, Syrsky, Zelensky, Ukraine Police killings, gun crime, murder Japan, haunted houses, jiko bukken Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to The Economist.
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