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World Service,16 Sep 2026,49 mins

EU backs plan for Canada to become 'associate member'

Newshour

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The European Commission president has announced proposals for Canada to become an associate EU member as the country's rift with the United States deepens. Also on the programme: The US federal reserve's just put up interest rates for the first time in three years; are the warnings about AI posing an existential threat a deliberate distraction? And we'll confront the really big issues with the owner of the pizzeria just voted the best in the world. (Photo: European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President, Roberta Matsola welcome Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Credit; EPA/Shutterstock).

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