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The Economist.
Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
I'm Rosie Blore.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
The rise in Britain's minimum wage has been green as a victory for equality.
But what happens when the equivalent annual salary is the same as that of a previously sought after graduate job?
And if you think hypnosis is either about a code word making someone do something silly or a dubious route to suppressed memories, think again.
We go through the medical evidence that it genuinely helps with pain, anxiety and more.
But first, for three tense hours yesterday, it seemed that a hard won ceasefire agreement in Gaza might not go ahead.
Hamas had not, as promised, given the names of the Israeli hostages it would release.
So Israel kept up its airstrikes.
But then the names came, as did, for only the second time in 15 months, something that could be called a truce.
Three Israeli hostages were released and reunited with their families in the west bank.
Ninety Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails and were met with cheers.
Long displaced Gaza residents returned home, mostly to ruins where communities once stood.
Still, they celebrate it.