We look at the peace that has settled over Khartoum, the ruined capital. War rages on elsewhere, and a slim chance at a settlement rests largely with the belligerents’ foreign patrons. We ask why President Donald Trump has picked a fight over a new bridge between Canada and America. And remembering Betye Saar, who provided profound second lives for discarded objects. 

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Guests and host:

• Tom Gardner, Africa correspondent
• Annie Crabill, senior digital editor
• Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
• Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

• Sudan war, proxy war, geopolitics 
• Canada-America relations, Gordie Howe Bridge
• Betye Saar, art

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