Europe's best-selling car last year was the tiny Peugeot 208. The Ford F-150 truck weighs over two tons, twice as much as the live Peugeot. What European autos lacked in cylinders, they made up for in a certain vavavoom.
Europe, America and Asia are all enduring scorching heatwaves, air temperatures are repeatedly breaking records and the health impacts are alarming. But is the worst yet to come? Why risky assets are proving more resilient than investors expected despite war, inflation and the threat of recession (10:10). And Europe says farewell to its symbolic small cars (16:50).
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