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Canada has become the latest western power to announce plans to recognise a Palestinian state. Ww speak to the French Ambassador to the United Nations to find out why these western powers are moving on recognition now. We also hear from our Gaza correspondent and find out how realistic it would be to estabish a functioning Palestinian state.

President Trump has stepped up his diplomatic assault on the government of Brazil's left- wing President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. He's signed an executive order which brings total tariffs on Brazilian goods to fifty percent. It follows an announcement from the US Treasury imposing financial sanctions on the senior Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes overseeing the criminal case for coup plotting against Brazil's former President, Jair Bolsonaro. We speak to an opposition MP in the country.

The United Nations in Nigeria says it will today run out of money needed to continue supporting over a million people displaced by militants. Boko Haram is considered one of the world鈥檚 deadliest groups - and has killed thousands of people across northern Nigeria, forcing tens of thousands to flee and seek refuge in United Nations camps. But now the World Food Programme says cuts to global aid budgets - including by the US which was the biggest donor - could leave people hungry and force families back into the hands of the insurgents. We have a report from Nigeria.

Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai

(Photo: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference about recognizing Palestinian statehood in Ottawa. Credit: Patrick Doyle/Reuters)