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Neelofur Mansuri is a first-generation Afghan Canadian and a law student. She is actively involved in creating awareness on issues in Afghanistan with local Canadian youth and talks about what she is hearing from friends and family back in Afghanistan and the helplessness of watching from afar.
Canadian technology company BlackBerry is working with Amazon on a platform for connected vehicles. The partnership comes as BlackBerry is hoping to turn a profit from its efforts on software innovation.
Wildfires are spreading thick smoke across the coast of B.C. at the same time as the province gets hit with the third heat wave of the summer. Health officials are warning that the risk from smoke and heat is more dangerous than the risk of COVID-19, so people should not hesitate to go to cooling centres and check up on their neighbours.
CBC News senior defence writer Murray Brewster and Asma Faizi, president of the Afghan Women’s Organization, join Ginella Massa to discuss the collapse of Afghanistan and the Taliban resurgence.
The Taliban have captured another three provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Friday, bringing the total to 18 of 34 provincial capitals. They now control more than two-thirds of the country, resulting in tens of thousands of families fleeing provinces in hope of finding safety in Kabul and elsewhere.