Digested week: Struggling bees and the G7’s hot mics may speak volumes

Are we in the opening scenes of a disaster movie? There’s something going on with insects It’s the start of the G7, guaranteeing us a week of either serious commentary or hot mic moments that may, in their way, prove more revealing than all the thousands of words of analysis. Previous summits have delivered a steady flow of off-the-cuff remarks from world leaders, including President Obama, at the G20 in 2011, grousing to the then French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, about Benjamin Netanyahu (“...

By Emma Brockes