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The World This Weekend with Martina Fitzgerald

The World This Weekend wraps up the day's events and looks to the week ahead, bringing Canadians the latest developments in key stories.

Tune in on Saturday and Sunday evenings for compelling reports, thought provoking interviews, and fascinating feature-length segments.

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The World This Weekend is a comprehensive half-hour news and information program.

It wraps up the day's events on Saturdays and Sundays, bringing Canadians the latest developments on the key stories at home and around the world.

Journalists report not only what's happening, but why it's happening, providing context and analysis, along with feature-length documentaries.

World Headlines

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile into waters off western Japan
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile that landed in Japan's maritime economic zone Monday, officials say.
Trump slams media reports of Kushner's Russia contacts as 'fabricated lies' video audio
As Democrats on Sunday demanded to hear directly from top White House adviser Jared Kushner over his reported communications with Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump railed against administration leaks in a flurry of tweets.
Updated Philippine forces make gains in city under siege
Philippine forces control most of a southern city where militants linked to ISIS launched a bloody siege nearly a week ago, authorities say.
4 hostages kidnapped from Canadian mining company in Congo are released
A French man and three Congolese men have been released after being kidnapped in March from a Canadian mining company in eastern Congo in March, Congo's government says.
Greatly expanded passenger laptop ban being considered in U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says he's considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States.
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