Plus: The founder and former captain of Afghanistan’s women's soccer team says it's past time FIFA let them back on the pitch. 

Also: One of the filmmakers of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land is beaten and detained in the West Bank...and an activist there tells us about witnessing the moments before his arrest. 

Plus: A shark in New Zealand had an octopus on its head. That’s it. That’s the story.  

Also: We take a closer look at anti-government protests in Turkey, and Toronto food blogger Aashim Aggarwal is using the current tensions between the U.S. and Canada as a way to highlight examples of Canadian cuisine. He defends the donair and Hawaiian pizza.

Plus: As Heathrow Airport goes down, a British teacher scrambles to bring students home from Spain. 

Also: A journalist in Khartoum tells us what the army's retaking of the presidential palace could mean for the deadly civil war in Sudan that's approaching the two year mark. 

Plus: A conversation with the man who listed his Washington DC townhouse…with the help of a perfectly scaled LEGO recreation.  

Also: Kenneth Stern helped craft an internationally recognized definition of antisemitism. Now he’s concerned with how it’s being applied.

Plus: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on earth after nine months. A former astronaut takes us inside that kind of extended stay.

Also: Vermont Senator Peter Welch on how tariffs and uncertainty are hurting his state.

Plus: Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan joins Queen and Herbie Hancock at this year’s prestigious Polar Music Prize.

Also: As Mark Carney begins his time as Prime Minister - the Conservative shadow minister for ethics Michael Barrett says he's being anything but transparent about his financial holdings.

Plus: Satirical news site The Beaverton celebrates 15 years during a fertile and fraught time for news satire. 

Also: A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act -- including flights that had already left the country. But those planes did not turn back -- and Washington is unapologetic. Georgetown law professor David Super weighs in. 

Plus: An Indiana dad says he's grateful his daughter is alive after she spent nearly a week trapped and badly injured in her car. 

Also: A Saskatoon fire fighter fears burnout as he and his colleagues respond to 15 to 20 overdose calls a day; and animal lovers in Michigan try to solve the mystery of a snowy owl that’s inexplicably bright orange.

Plus: New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman on Donatella Versace’s remarkable tenure as chief creative officer at the iconic fashion house. 

Also: Canada’s labour minister Steven MacKinnon promises protections for workers; Yukoners mourn the loss of a beloved community hub to fire; and Christians and Muslims alike celebrate the conversion of a St. John’s church into a much-needed mosque.

Plus: A Columbia professor says the detention of student activist Mahmoud Khalil sets a terrifying precedent — and educators have a duty to speak out.

Also: A Ukrainian government advisor anxiously awaits Russia's response to a U.S. brokered ceasefire; a friend remembers South African anti-apartheid playwright Athol Fugard; and Saturn solidifies its status as the Moon King of our solar system.