Hosts Nil Köksal and Chris Howden take you on a trip around the world with CBC Radio's As It Happens. Hear from the people at the centre of the stories of the day — from the urgent to the utterly strange.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 85 days 19 hours 17 minutes
Stephen Ledrew, Tatyana Felgenhaur, MSF Rohingya, NFLD Police and more
Tucker-ed out. Stephen LeDrew was paid to speak his mind on the Toronto cable station CP24 - but after he went on Fox to speak his mind with Tucker Carlson, he's not getting paid anymore - because he's fired.
Stephen Ledrew, Tatyana Felgenhaur, MSF Rohingya, NFLD Police and more
Tucker-ed out. Stephen LeDrew was paid to speak his mind on the Toronto cable station CP24 - but after he went on Fox to speak his mind with Tucker Carlson, he's not getting paid anymore - because he's fired.
Ontario Helicopter Crash, Saskatchewan Plane Crash, Homeless Robot, Delilah Saunders, Net Neutrality, PEI Newsmaker, Polar Bear Hunt and more
Two different crashes, two different outcomes. All 25 passengers survive when a plane goes down in Northern Saskatchewan -- but a helicopter crash in Southern Ontario kills four.
Alabama: Black Women Vote, Norway FM, Huge Penguin, NK Prison System, Slavery College, House of Commons Poem and more
Arc of Jones. Democrat Doug Jones defeats Republican Roy Moore to become the new Senator from Alabama -- and the state owes its un-Moore-ing to one key group of voters: black women.
Gillibrand Tweets, Labrador Mayor, Pacifier Dog, Cat Person, NB Thrush, No Fly List and more.
Offender-in-chief. On Twitter, Donald Trump viciously attacks Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand -- but our guest says all the name-calling has backfired, and improved the Senator's name recognition
Site C, Alabama Vote, Penny Rounding, Jerusalem: Tzipi Livni, Climate Pollution, Polar Bear Folo
Damming with faint praise, or loud criticism. Over the strenuous objections of environmentalists, Indigenous leaders, and landowners, the BC government announces that the Site C hydroelectric dam will go ahead.
Jerusalem Watcher, Polar Bear Video, Sam Seder, Eclipse Damage Study, Potted Meat and more
Everyone saw this coming -- but no one knows where it ends. After U.S. President Trump officially names Jerusalem the capital of Israel, there's a predictable explosion of violence -- but our guests can't predict what's next.
Syria Child Deaths, County Clerk, Trip Advisor Shed, Irish Shipwreck, AFN MMIWG Vote and more
Pain by numbers. A new study estimates that 17,000 children have been killed in the war in Syria; that's a quarter of all civilians killed -- and our guest fears the true number could be much higher.
Jerusalem Announcement, Borutski Sentence, California Wildfire, Plus-Size Marathoner, Brexit Critic and more
Donald Trump called it "very fresh thinking". It's not: more than one president has proposed naming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the past -- it's just that the current one has brashly gone ahead and done it.
IOC: Russia, Irish Border, Academic Harassment, Bears Ears, NS Book Event, Victoria Cross Auction and more
Casting the "nyet" wide. The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at next year's Games -- but our guest, a Russian sports reporter, says that, when it comes to denying wrongdoing, the Kremlin will stay on track.