As It Happens: The Tuesday Edition
Part One
Pakistan Afghan refugees
As the Taliban cements its grip on Afghanistan, refugees are looking to Pakistan for a way out — but Pakistan's incoming High Commissioner to Ottawa says there's only so much his country can do.
Election: Indigenous rights
A young First Nations writer says it's always frustrating when federal leaders make lofty promises to Indigenous communities and don't follow through — and this election campaign is no different.
Duck talking recording
A Dutch researcher is convinced he's unearthed a decades-old recording of a duck speaking English — and we'll share the sound of that single fowl phrase.
Part Two
Brazil pro-government protests
An opposition politician in Brazil says President Bolsonaro's calls for his supporters to demonstrate in the streets aren't just undemocratic — they may be the first step in an attempt to install himself as a dictator.
Belarus activists convicted
A court in Belarus sentences the pro-democracy politician Maria Kolesnikova to 11 years in prison for trying to undermine the country's dictatorship. Her sister hopes she'll be out long before that.
Part Three
Election: NDP candidate
With the polls showing the major parties in a tight two-way race, we turn to the NDP's Edmonton-Strathcona candidate to ask what they'd do if voters give them a power boost.
Emissions concerts research
After they were approached by the British band Massive Attack, researchers at the University of Manchester drum up a plan to cut down the carbon footprint of live performance — without pulling the plug on the party.