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Global National with Dawna Friesen · July 31 · 26 min

WestJet strike notice; World Cup plan backlash; Parker's parents speak

Uncertainty is in the air after WestJet's flight attendants served strike notice. Jacqueline Hansen looks at when the workers could walk off the job, and what this might mean for passengers. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Sarah MacDonald looks at the backlash, and how the proposal is linked to the extended family of U.S. President Donald Trump. With the U.S. and Iran having reignited their war, Jackson Proskow looks at what both sides could do next as other Middle Eastern countries continue to be dragged deeper into the conflict, and where Trump's approval rating now sits. Heather Yourex-West shares the emotional message from the heartbroken parents of Parker, the 11-year-old Calgary boy found dead yesterday after he vanished on July 16. Redmond Shannon reports on Russia's bombardment of Ukraine overnight, and how the attack killed an entire family. Mike Armstrong explains what's making the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo even worse. Plus, Nadia Comăneci changed gymnastics when she just 14. Dawna explains why the history-making athlete is back in Montreal, 50 years after her Olympic triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Uncertainty is in the air after WestJet's flight attendants served strike notice. Jacqueline Hansen looks at when the workers could walk off the job, and what this might mean for passengers.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Sarah MacDonald looks at the backlash, and how the proposal is linked to the extended family of U.S. President Donald Trump.

With the U.S. and Iran having reignited their war, Jackson Proskow looks at what both sides could do next as other Middle Eastern countries continue to be dragged deeper into the conflict, and where Trump's approval rating now sits.

Heather Yourex-West shares the emotional message from the heartbroken parents of Parker, the 11-year-old Calgary boy found dead yesterday after he vanished on July 16.

Redmond Shannon reports on Russia's bombardment of Ukraine overnight, and how the attack killed an entire family.

Mike Armstrong explains what's making the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo even worse.

Plus, Nadia Comăneci changed gymnastics when she just 14. Dawna explains why the history-making athlete is back in Montreal, 50 years after her Olympic triumph.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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