About this episode

The episode discusses recent global events including the escalation of the Canada-US trade war and conflicts in the Middle East.

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords. In this week’s news: the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms last month was tied for the hottest ever recorded (0:52); the Houthis/Ansar Allah take the port city of Mokha (1:45); the U.S. and Iran exchange ship attacks as oil prices rise (5:25); the IAEA refers Iran to the United Nations (7:32); Trump predicts an end to the Iran war immediately after the midterms (8:59); 12 countries ban products made in Israeli settlements (10:52); a new report alleges that Netanyahu ignored October 7 warnings and a chance to recover hostages (13:49); the IDF takes a strategic ridge in Lebanon, then escalates strikes (18:30); an arbitration court rules against India on the Indus Waters Treaty (20:49); new claims of famine emerge in Sudan’s Darfur region (23:05); the Nigerian government and Boko Haram maintain a ceasefire (24:59); the Trump administration phases out U.S. support for anti-AIDS programs in Namibia (27:21); American envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visit Russia and Ukraine (29:22); Ukraine tries to close Russian airspace (31:20); and in a trade war update…

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison

Topics covered

• Canada-US Trade War
• Middle East Conflicts
• Climate Change
• International Relations
• Economic Sanctions
• Humanitarian Issues

Keywords

• trade war
• Canada
• US
• Houthis
• Netanyahu
• Iran
• climate change
• Mokha
• Boko Haram
• famine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, Boko Haram

Places: Mokha, Iran, United Nations, Israel, Lebanon, India, Sudan, Namibia, Russia, Ukraine

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