Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Newsletter Cover

6 stories · 3 min read

Swipe left to begin →
Span

Connect the islands with bridges! Each number tells you how many bridges connect to that island.

Tap between two islands to add a bridge. Tap again for a double bridge. Bridges cant cross, and all islands must connect.

2
4
2
2
4
5
1
2
4
4
4
4
Tap between islands to add bridges
Context

Lebanon wants talks, Hezbollah still has veto power.

1/2

Lebanon says it is open to direct talks with Israel, but only after a ceasefire, and BBC on April 13 makes the real obstacle plain: Hezbollah still holds the guns Beirut does not control. So the government is negotiating while the actor with the most coercive power can still overrule the premise.