Episode Details

The U.S. continues to relentlessly launch air strikes on Iran, which is also retaliating despite losing key members of its regime. Redmond Shannon looks at how the violence is showing no signs of slowing down, the growing death toll, and how the consequences of the war are piling up. U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration keep sending mixed signals on what they're truly trying to achieve in their war on Iran. Jackson Proskow looks at the contradictory messages, and why politics could be what ultimately ends the conflict. Hope is fading for regime change in Iran after Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was named his father's successor. As Jeff Semple reports, Mojtaba is expected to keep Iran under a hardline theocracy. Seán O'Shea reports on the search for suspects after shots were fired early this morning at the U.S. consulate in Toronto. Heidi Petracek explains why Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is apologizing, something politicians rarely do. Plus: a poignant, posthumous honour. Heather Yourex-West explains how the University of Calgary is fulfilling one student's dream to be a doctor.

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