As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, July 11, 2016

Part One

New UK PM
Theresa May is set to take over as Prime Minister of the UK — and all that's on her agenda is splitting from the EU, and reuniting the divided Conservative Party. 

Saved prison guard
Local police are deeply grateful when inmates at a Texas jail stage a brazen escape — because they did it to save the life of a guard who collapsed.  

Plague of moths 
For our guest, yesterday's Euro 2016 soccer final was just the backdrop to the main event: the invasion of the stadium by thousands of tiny moths. 

Part Two

South Sudan violence
The precarious truce in South Sudan has collapsed — and as the fighting continues, a researcher in Juba tells us people are running out of hope for a lasting peace. 

Wrong human trafficker
A man accused of running a multi-million-dollar human trafficking ring goes on trial in Italy — but our guest says the authorities got the wrong guy.