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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to call snap national election

Mark Carney is expected to call a national election for 28 April as US trade disputes continue,

Canada's new Prime Minister, Mark Carney could call a national election as early as this Sunday as the country faces a trade war with the US. President Trump has promised to impose a range of tariffs from 2 April in addition to the 25% tariffs the US has already imposed on Canada's steel and aluminium. Carney is expected to announce the election date as April 28.

Also in the programme: Israel's Supreme Court has blocked Prime Minister's Netanyahu's plan to fire Shin Bet head, Ronen Bar. Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli National Security Advisor and Major General in the army, shares his thoughts.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and Lewis Halsey, a Professor of Environmental Physiology at the University of Roehampton.

(Picture: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in a press conference, Ontario, Canada March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Blair Gable)

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  • Sat 22 Mar 2025 08:06GMT