The EconomistJune 29th 2019 The world this week 92 Israelis nor the Palestinians
attended a conference in Bah-
rain showcasing the plan.
Mr Trump imposed new sanc-
tions on Iran’sleadership. This
came after he ordered and then
called off air strikes on military
installations in the country in
response to Iran’s downing of
an American spy drone. Ali
Khamenei, Iran’s supreme
leader, said the sanctions
marked the “permanent clo-
sure of the path of diplomacy”.The chief ofEthiopia’sarmy
and the president of the Am-
hara region were killed alongwithseveralotherpeoplein
twoincidentsinwhatthe
governmentcalledanattempt-
edcoup.Thegovernment
blamedtheheadofsecurityin
Amharafortheattacks.Hewas
subsequentlykilledbythe
army.Zimbabwereintroducedits
currency,theZimbabwedollar,
amida deepeningeconomic
crisis.It hadabandonedthe
notesin 2009 aftertheirvalue
wasdestroyedbyhyperinfla-
tionandinsteadadopted
Americandollars.Thefinance
ministersaidthemovewould
givethecentralbankmore
flexibility.Back, with a vengeance?
Robert Muelleragreed to
testify at an open session to
Congress on July 17th. Evidence
from the man who investigated
Russian influence in the
Trump campaign will make it
the most eagerly awaited con-
gressional hearing in years.RepublicansinOregon’sstate
Senaterefusedtoshowupfor
work,thusdenyinga quorum
fora voteona billthatwould
introducea carboncap-and-
tradesystem.TheDemocratic
governoraskedstatetroopers
tofindtheabsconders.A photographofa fatherfrom
Guatemalaandhis23-month-
olddaughterwhoboth
drownedtryingtocrosstheRio
GrandeintensifiedAmerica’s
debateonillegalimmigra-
tion. Reportsalsoemergedof
300 childrenbeingheldin
squalidconditionsata border
station.TheHouseofRepre-
sentativesandtheSenate
passedcompetingpackageson
aidforthebordertocopewith
thesurgeofmigrants.Border crisis
Mexicosent 15,000 troops to
its border with the United
States. It is the largest deploy-
ment to control migration that
Mexico has ever undertaken.Donald Trump has demanded
that Mexico do more to stop
illegal immigration, mainly by
Central Americans, or face
export tariffs. Mexico had
already sent 2,000 national
guardsmen to help police its
southern border.At least three people were
killed in protests against
Honduras’spresident, Juan
Orlando Hernández. Doctors
and teachers are demonstrat-
ing against plans to restructure
the ministries of education
and health, which they say will
lead to privatisation.Authorities in Spain arrested a
Braziliansergeant who flew in
on a presidential plane car-
rying 39kg of cocaine. The
aircraft was on its way to the
g20 summit in Japan. Brazil’s
president, Jair Bolsonaro, who
was travelling on another
aircraft, normally extols the
armed forces. In this case he
demanded “severe punish-
ment” for the smuggler.