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.
Ecuador was once one of the most tranquil countries in Latin America.
Now it's increasingly violent.
Our correspondent meets the attorney General who's trying to turn its fortunes around.
And it seems pretty intuitive that artificial intelligence would be good at beating human games.
But because AIs can play through a match up so many times so quickly,
it turns out they're also great at helping game developers hone their creations.
First up, though, another week, another deluge of headlines from the White House.
On Monday,
Donald Trump announced a pause in military aid to Ukraine
after his Oval Office spat with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Yesterday morning,
tariffs as high as 25% were imposed on goods entering America from Mexico and Canada.
United States launched a trade war against.
Canada, their closest partner and ally.
Their closest friend, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, retaliated in kind.