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I'm Artina Fitzgerald, two air Canada pilots are dead killed in a collision

at New York's LaGuardia airport.

Dozens of other people are injured.

Nine remain in hospital.

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Stop drug one, stop.

That is air traffic control trying to get a fire truck to stop just before it collided

with the plane.

The ground vehicle was responding to another incident when it crossed the runway.

The air Canada Jazz flight from Montreal had just landed last night and was moving at about

40 kilometers an hour when they collided.

Here's more from air traffic control.

That wasn't good to walk.

Yeah, I know here I tried to reach out to my stop and we were dealing with an emergency

earlier.

I'm not.

Not many did the best you could.

Images from the scene show the aircraft tilted back on its tail.

The nose appears to be sheared off.

Jack Cabot was on the flight.

We went down for a regular landing.

We came in pretty hard.

We immediately hit something and it was just chaos in there.

Everybody was talking down to everybody screaming.

We didn't have any directions because the pilot's cabin had been kind of destroyed.

So somebody said let's get the emergency exit and get the door and that's all jump out.

72 passengers and four crew members were on board the air Canada flight.

LaGuardia airport is closed with investigators working to determine the cause of the collision.

This incident is heightening concerns about air travel safety in the US and the pressure

being put on air traffic controllers.

The CBC's Willie Lowry joins me from Washington.

Willie air traffic controllers are not included in the current US government shutdown but they

were affected by the shutdown this past October.

Remind us what happened.

Last fall's government shutdown really exposed a stress point in the transportation industry

here in the US.

The country is short more than 3,000 air traffic controllers and has struggled to hire and

train new ones as many age out.

And just last month the US Transportation Department Office of Inspector General opened

a probe into what it calls the high failure rates among air traffic controller trainees.

Many of those who are on the job are working mandatory overtime and often six days a week.

The FAA has quite onerous requirements.

First time applicants must be under 31 years of age and are required to go to training

at the Federal Aviation Administration's Academy in Oklahoma City and then required to

do another two to three years of on the job training.

According to the FAA only 10% of applicants meet all the requirements necessary.

The mandatory age of retirement is 56.

Though because of the shortage that number has been pushed to 61 in some cases.

The FAA has been trying to boost the number of controllers but it's a long process.

The CBC's Willie Lowry in Washington thank you Willie.

My pleasure.

It seems US President Donald Trump is backing down from his 48 hour deadline for Iran.

We're doing a five day period we'll see how that goes and if it goes well we're going

to end up with settling this otherwise we'll just keep bombing our little hearts out.

That is Trump speaking in Palm Beach Florida this morning as he gets set to board Air Force

1.

Over the weekend Trump threatened to obliterate Iran's energy infrastructure if it did

not allow the full passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran in turn threatened to hit back at power plants across the Gulf and completely shut

down the vital shipping passageway.

The CBC's Sasha Petrusik is in Jerusalem.

Sasha what are we now hearing from Donald Trump?

Well he had a couple of statements to make today.

He said that there have been talks between the United States and Iran over the last couple

of days and he describes them as being very good and productive and even holds out hope

for the total resolution of hostilities in the Middle East.

Those are his words.

Now he says that he has instructed the Department of War to put off any further military

strikes especially those strikes against power plants and energy infrastructure.

Those are the ones he has threatened to go into effect as soon as perhaps tonight and

that instead those will be put off for five days as the talks continue so you know this

is really interesting because Trump has been sending out very mixed signals saying at

times that this war could be winding down soon and threatening escalation at other times.

And this statement today seems to push the needle back toward compromise though it's

not quite clear.

And there's all of this back and forth Sasha what is happening with oil prices because

of that?

Well the industry doesn't seem to be responding to this quite yet up until this statement

as things seem to be getting worse and the oil prices have been going the wrong way as

high as $113 US a barrel and stock markets have also been going down in Asia and Japan, Hong

Kong, China all over the place as people looked at this situation and really didn't see

any kind of solution.

That is the CBC's Sasha Petrusek in Jerusalem.

Thanks for this Sasha.

My pleasure.

Every year thousands of people choose to give up their US citizenship.

Tax lawyers who help American Canadians renounce their citizenship say they're seeing increased

interest.

As Julie Irton reports opposition to US President Trump is just one factor.

Every week protesters gather outside the US Embassy in Ottawa.

They rally against US President Donald Trump and his administration's actions.

It's a fascist imperialist regime.

Ella Heider waves a homemade sign.

She's actually American, but Canada is home and she's now considering renouncing her

US citizenship.

I align more with Canadian values, I'd be fine with not having an American citizenship.

We have steadily seen increases of individuals giving up their US citizenship each year.

Alex Marino is an American tax lawyer in Calgary.

Let's pay his firm $10,000 to $15,000 to help them renounce.

He says Trump is definitely a factor, but so are American taxes.

The US and Eritrea are the only countries in the world that tax based on citizenship

rather than residency.

But there are long waiting lists to renounce at the US Embassy or Consulates in Canada.

We help and we'll send anywhere from about 30 to 50 Canadians a month abroad for a quicker

interview to renounce.

If you're interested in a renunciation vacation, we can get it done in two to three months.

Jackie Lyons grew up on Long Island.

She gave up her US passport in 2023.

It was the right decision and my family, all in the USA, supported me.

For Ella Heider, giving up the right to vote in US elections is still holding her back.

Yeah, I have to weigh all that.

Julie Irton, CDC News, Ottawa.

The Supreme Court of Canada is beginning four days of hearings on Quebec's secularism

law.

The province has invoked the notwithstanding clause to protect Bill 21.

That is the 2019 law barring some public sector employees from wearing religious symbols

at work.

Quebec argues it is necessary to maintain the province's secular neutrality.

Critics argue it violates freedom of religion and equality rights.

The court's decision is expected to have significant charter implications for all of Canada.

Canada is still considering a social media ban for children and young teens.

Parents and educators say more needs to be done to protect young people from online harm.

And many are looking to Australia.

Three months ago, it banned anyone under age 16 from accessing social media.

The CBC's Deanna Suminak Johnson looked into how that's working out.

It really didn't do anything.

The social media ban was a bit of a non-event for our family.

Kid Gotham is a Sydney mom of three boys who says what kids consume online should be the

parents responsibility, not the government.

We instead have policed our kids, parented our kids online always.

Her two eldest boys had no trouble tricking the age verification on social media platforms

and staying online.

While some Aussies hold that view, University of Sydney researcher Timothy Koski says it

doesn't mean the ban is failing.

If you look at the way the policy was crafted, it's not saying I want to make sure that

that teen is off social media.

It's saying I want to make sure that the social media platforms are held accountable for

when teens are able to get on it.

He says whether the ban is really working or not will be seen in longer term, looking

at metrics like teen eating disorder rates or concentration in the classroom.

In watching that Aussie experiment, Canadians who say we need some sort of restrictions here,

including Vancouver mom and founder of Parent Network Unplugged Canada, Jenny Perez.

So we have waited enough.

This shouldn't be debate or anymore.

When asked Prime Minister Mark Carney said that a possible age restriction on social media

using Canada merits a parliamentary debate, but internationally the momentum is growing.

Indonesia's under 16 restrictions are kicking in this week and France's are just waiting

for Senate approval, Deanna Summonack Johnson, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is Soledis National and International News from World Report.

I'm Martina Fitzgerald.

This is CBC News.