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drones launched from within its

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territory, retaliation over an airstrike

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that killed top Iranian commanders.

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Welcome to your world tonight. I'm Stephanie

1:00

Skenderas. Also on the

1:02

podcast Chaos and Fear in an

1:04

Australian shopping centre, six people killed

1:07

in a mass stabbing attack, a

1:09

baby left fighting for life and...

1:12

Misinformation and disinformation is exponentially growing,

1:14

right? Anyone can

1:17

make a post and spread it

1:19

to millions of people. Approaching social

1:21

media with skepticism and scrutiny, the

1:23

new programs teaching teens to navigate

1:25

online spaces. This

1:28

is the news of the world. This is the

1:30

news of the world. This is the news of

1:32

the world. Dozens

1:35

of Iranian drones and missiles are

1:37

expected to enter Israeli airspace in

1:39

a matter of hours. This

1:42

marks the first time Iran has

1:44

launched a full-scale military assault on

1:46

Israel. Iran-backed Hezbollah says it

1:48

has also launched rockets targeting

1:51

the Israeli military. The IDF says

1:53

dozens of its combat planes are

1:55

airborne and ready. Sasha

1:58

Petrasik has the latest. This

2:00

is a severe and dangerous escalation.

2:03

Military spokesman Daniel Hagari says

2:05

Israel's defense forces will do

2:07

everything they can to prevent

2:09

the attacks from reaching Israeli

2:11

territory. Iran's Revolutionary Guards

2:14

say dozens of drones and

2:16

missiles are on their way

2:18

to strike specific Israeli targets.

2:20

It's not clear yet how

2:22

serious Iran's move is, but

2:24

Israeli cities are preparing. Minerals

2:27

and public events have been canceled, and

2:29

Israelis are being told to prepare to

2:32

shelter. In the event

2:34

drones make it through the country's

2:36

sophisticated defenses, Hagari says

2:38

Israel will respond.

2:40

Iran, we bear the

2:42

consequences for choosing to

2:44

escalate the situation. U.S. President

2:46

Joe Biden is meeting with

2:48

national security advisors. He's already

2:51

pledged American backing for Israel's

2:53

defense. We will support Israel,

2:55

we will help defend Israel,

2:57

and Iran will not succeed. It's

3:00

unclear what form that support will

3:02

take. Tehran launched the barrage of

3:04

drones after its consulate in Syria

3:07

was the target of an airstrike

3:09

last week, reportedly launched by Israel

3:11

to kill top Iranian military commanders.

3:15

Experts like Suzanne Maloney from the

3:17

Brookings Institute say the next few

3:19

hours could mark a turning point

3:21

in the conflict. If Iran and

3:24

Israel escalate to an extent that

3:26

we have a direct conflict between

3:28

the two, the United States will

3:30

inevitably be pulled in. These attacks

3:32

come as tension in the region

3:34

is already high, not only in

3:36

Gaza, but in the occupied West

3:38

Bank. Violence

3:42

flared as armed Israeli settlers

3:44

stormed Palestinian villages, triggered by

3:47

the disappearance of a 14-year-old

3:49

Israeli while tending sheep on

3:51

Friday. He was later

3:54

found dead by Israeli security

3:56

forces. Hours,

4:00

settlers burned houses, cars

4:02

and barns, setting off

4:04

fireballs and fighting with

4:06

Palestinians. The Israeli military

4:08

did not intervene. Farmers

4:11

ran for their lives as a villager. They

4:16

went after my neighbor, beating him

4:18

until his skull was fractured, he

4:20

says. Then they stole

4:22

his sheep. Another

4:25

Palestinian man was killed. His body

4:27

carried through the streets during a

4:29

funeral today in the northern West

4:32

Bank. It's unclear whether

4:34

he was shot by Israeli soldiers

4:36

or settlers. Mourners are

4:38

calling for retribution here. But

4:41

for the moment, Israel has a

4:43

much bigger threat on the horizon.

4:46

Sasha Petrasic, CBC News,

4:48

Washington. Now according to

4:50

news service Reuters, the U.S.

4:52

military has shot down some

4:54

of Iran's drones headed towards

4:56

Israel, citing two unnamed U.S.

4:58

officials. And in a post

5:01

on X, Iran's mission to the U.N.

5:03

says the United States must, quote, stay

5:05

away, saying this is a conflict between

5:08

Iran and Israel. We'll

5:10

bring in now freelance reporter Rebecca

5:12

Collard, who spent years covering the

5:14

Middle East for her analysis of

5:16

this breaking news. Rebecca, we know

5:18

Israel has extensive air defense

5:20

systems. So how prepared is Israel

5:22

for this sort of attack and how destructive

5:25

could it be? Yeah,

5:27

Stephanie, I think that's a great question. As you said,

5:29

Israel has very advanced air defense systems

5:32

because, of course, you know,

5:34

they have been attacked by Gaza and some

5:36

neighboring countries so often over

5:38

the last few years. And so,

5:40

you know, it has multiple layers of air defense

5:42

systems that can shoot down rockets,

5:44

missiles, drones, all kinds of things. And

5:47

the other thing I would say is that, of course, we

5:49

have kind of known that this attack is coming

5:51

for several days, for maybe for 10 days.

5:53

There has been warnings both

5:56

from the U.S. and from Israel

5:58

and even from, you know, other foreign

6:00

states like Canada sending out warnings to their

6:02

citizens that are in Israel and neighboring countries

6:04

saying, you know, we're expecting some sort of

6:07

attack. So Israel has also had the benefit

6:09

of knowing that some sort of attack was

6:11

coming. We saw them clothing

6:13

schools, taking up their preparations also for

6:15

this. The Israeli army

6:17

spokesperson, you know, was on TV

6:19

just this evening as we heard the news

6:23

about these drones coming, instructing

6:25

Israelis that if they hear sirens,

6:27

that they should go to shelters right

6:30

away, telling people to stay calm, telling

6:32

people not to spread disinformation. So from,

6:34

you know, that standpoint, Israel, of course, has a

6:37

very strong air defense system and they also have, you

6:39

know, a very strong military. We know that there are

6:42

planes, Israeli military planes in the air

6:44

preparing to shoot down these drones. So

6:47

from that perspective, they are

6:49

quite prepared. How significant is

6:51

it, do you think, that Iran is

6:54

launching these drones from its own territory,

6:56

claiming full responsibility for this and

6:58

not using its proxies in the

7:00

region? Yeah, I would say, you know,

7:02

Stephanie, that is the most significant aspect of this attack.

7:05

And because, of course, this is retaliation

7:07

for an attack which Israel did not

7:09

claim, but was most

7:11

likely carried out by Israel on an

7:13

Iranian consulate in Damascus just more than

7:16

10 days ago now. And

7:18

what is really different this time is that they

7:20

are attacking from their own territory. So since October

7:22

we have seen, of course, almost

7:24

daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah, which

7:27

is a militant group that is allied,

7:29

of course, with Iran across

7:31

the border between Israel and southern Lebanon.

7:34

We, of course, have seen the Houthi

7:36

rebels who are also allied with Iran

7:38

carrying out attacks on the Red Sea

7:40

shipping and also trying to send drones

7:43

and other projectiles towards Israel. And

7:45

of course, there has also been numerous attacks

7:47

on U.S. targets both in Syria and Iraq.

7:50

And what is very different this time is that

7:52

Iran is doing this from its own territory. And

7:55

when, you know, back to your question about how

7:57

destructive this could be, the capability of Hezbollah

7:59

to be destroyed. by sending rockets

8:01

or missiles directly over the border towards Israel

8:03

is much higher than the sort of drones

8:06

that we're now seeing or we now believe

8:08

are in the air towards Israel. So I

8:10

think the most important thing about this attack

8:12

is really that it is a symbolic attack

8:14

from Iran saying we are retaliating against Israel

8:17

and we are going to strike Israel directly

8:19

from our own territory. And

8:21

where do you think this goes from here in

8:23

the hours and days ahead? Do you think this

8:25

leads to further escalation? Yeah, I mean

8:28

I think there's a couple of big questions going

8:30

forward. The first thing is, you know, we're hearing

8:32

from Iranian officials that there are drones now on

8:34

their way to Israel and of course it's important

8:36

to mention as well that

8:38

these drones were expecting to take several

8:41

hours to actually reach Israel. So

8:43

whether or not these drones are

8:45

the substance of the attack or whether

8:47

these drones are just the start of

8:49

a wave of a multi-pronged attack is

8:51

going to be really important to how

8:53

this plays out over the next days

8:55

and over the next weeks. And we

8:58

have heard some indications from Iranian officials that

9:00

this will be a multi-pronged attack, that there

9:02

will be missiles involved in this as

9:04

well because of course these drones that

9:06

are being sent are not the most

9:08

destructive of Iran's military hardware.

9:11

The way that the US responds is really

9:13

also going to have a major role in

9:15

whether or not this remains a conflict

9:17

between Israel and Iran or whether this

9:19

really takes on a regional dimension. Okay,

9:21

thanks so much Rebecca. You're

9:23

welcome. Rebecca Collard in Berlin. Police

9:26

in Sydney, Australia are investigating after

9:28

a stabbing rampage at a shopping

9:31

center left six people plus the

9:33

attacker dead. One of the

9:35

dead is a mother who was trying

9:37

to protect her nine-month-old baby. The baby

9:39

was taken to hospital, one of eight

9:41

people who were injured. Witnesses report seeing

9:43

a man with a large knife slashing

9:46

people at random. Philip Lee Shannock has

9:48

the latest. Witnesses

9:51

described the chaos inside Westfield Center.

9:53

The mall not far from Bondi

9:55

Beach in Sydney was packed with

9:57

weekend shopping. A

10:00

woman says she saw a man armed with

10:02

a knife randomly slashing at people. I saw

10:04

a woman lying on the floor. You

10:06

don't clap to people. Police

10:09

say the attack began mid-afternoon. Video

10:11

from eyewitnesses show a man in a green and

10:13

black t-shirt calmly approaching shoppers

10:15

and attacking them. Another

10:18

shows a bystander confronting the man on

10:20

an escalator. Vernon Michaels says

10:22

he watched from inside a store. We

10:24

saw the guy come up the escalators with

10:27

a big black knife in his hand. Just

10:30

really calmly, he was just walking like he was having

10:32

an ice cream in the park. Videos

10:34

also show a woman police officer running

10:37

to the scene up a ramp to an

10:39

upper floor in the mall. Jason Dixon

10:41

says he followed her. There he was, he just

10:43

came in and just started floating towards us. He

10:46

put it down and

10:48

then she shot him. She didn't shoot

10:50

him. Well, he would have

10:53

kept going. He was on the rampage. He was on the

10:55

rampage. Then she walked over and gave him

10:57

CPR. And

10:59

it had a nice big blade on him. She

11:02

took the knife away. Police say

11:04

the senior officer happened to be at the

11:06

mall. The man was pronounced dead at the

11:08

scene. She is certainly a hero. Australian

11:11

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there

11:13

are no other outstanding suspects. It

11:16

would appear that

11:19

this person has acted

11:21

alone. The motives

11:24

are not known yet. Speculation

11:27

on that would not be helpful.

11:31

The identities of the victims have not been

11:33

released, but family and friends of Ash Good

11:35

say the 38-year-old and her

11:38

9-month-old baby daughter were attacked. Ash

11:40

died in hospital, but her baby survived

11:42

and is being treated for stab wounds.

11:45

Philip Lee Shenak, CBC News, Toronto.

11:49

In Myanmar, rebels have attacked Junta forces

11:51

with drones at a bridge near the

11:54

border with Thailand. Those

11:56

forces had retreated to the bridge after

11:58

losing control of a nearby military. base

12:00

earlier this week. The border town

12:02

is a major trade route between

12:04

the two countries and provides a

12:06

key source of revenue for Myanmar's

12:08

cash-strapped military. The ongoing civil

12:10

war has led to thousands of people

12:13

crossing into Thailand. Thailand's foreign minister says

12:15

the country is prepared to welcome 100,000

12:17

refugees. We

12:21

also have shelters prepared for an influx of Myanmar

12:23

nationals fleeing the war and taking refuge in Thailand.

12:25

There are 123 places near the border ready to

12:27

take people in. He

12:30

added, any fighters trying to flee

12:32

into Thailand will only be allowed

12:34

to cross if they disarm and

12:36

enter as civilians. Still

12:42

ahead on the podcast, the Women's

12:44

World Hockey Championship is underway and

12:46

Team Canada is vying for a

12:48

rematch against Team USA. We've got

12:50

all the action from New York coming up and we're ready

12:52

to unite. Millions

13:00

of Canadians use TikTok every day,

13:03

most of them teens and young

13:05

adults, and they're not just sharing

13:07

memes, they're talking about news and

13:09

world events. To help

13:11

those users sort truth from falsehoods,

13:13

a group of Canadian teens has

13:15

been recruited as fact checkers. Deanna

13:18

Sumanak-Johnson reports. One time I heard

13:20

news about a drink concert happening.

13:22

He writes for his school newspaper,

13:24

but even Samir Firdousi once fell

13:26

for a social media post about

13:29

his favourite rapper that was just too

13:31

good to be true. So immediately

13:33

last time I found the TikTok post

13:35

about it and it turned out to

13:37

be fake. But with new fact-checking skills

13:39

he learned while attending a workshop run

13:41

by the media literacy company MediaSmarts, that's

13:44

not likely to happen anymore. Because

13:46

we've all or have grown up through the

13:48

rise of social media, you know, misinformation

13:51

and disinformation is exponentially growing,

13:53

right? Anyone can make

13:56

a post and spread it to millions

13:58

of people and that being paid. fake

14:00

news, right? And they can do

14:02

it faster than ever. So, you know,

14:04

I've kind of observed this, you know, that

14:06

kind of sparked my interest for chasing the

14:09

truth. Samir is one

14:12

of a few Canadian teenagers chosen

14:14

to join an elite international squad

14:16

of teens making TikTok videos to

14:19

teach other teens about misinformation and

14:21

disinformation online. They tackle everything

14:23

from a video of a cat

14:25

that makes an interviewer laugh hysterically.

14:27

This is not legit. It

14:30

looks like people are just inserting their own

14:32

cast into this template to get a laugh.

14:34

Two more damaging untruths like the myths that

14:36

dead and wounded Palestinians in Gaza are

14:39

crisis actors. These conspiracy theories are entirely

14:41

false, but that hasn't stopped them from

14:43

spreading. These sorts of claims have spread

14:45

about other tragedies as well, including the

14:48

bombing of the Boston Marathon, the

14:50

shooting of US Congresswoman Gabby Gifford, and

14:53

the wars in Ukraine and Syria. MediaSmarts

14:55

executive director Catherine Hill says there's

14:57

particular power that comes from teens

14:59

reaching other teens. They're speaking the

15:01

same language. There, you know, tend

15:03

to be consuming the same kinds

15:05

of media and on the same

15:07

platforms. And so there's a credibility

15:09

factor that's really important. But learning

15:11

that what's on their screen is

15:13

not always truthful, can be a

15:15

bitter pill for some students to

15:17

swallow, says Laura McCarran. The New

15:19

Brunswick high school teacher uses videos

15:22

from the education group Civics to

15:24

help students learn to separate facts

15:26

from fiction. I don't see that

15:28

moment of glowing happiness when they

15:30

learn this. It's definitely more a

15:32

source of frustration. But what I

15:34

do appreciate and love with the

15:36

students when we talk about this

15:38

is that afterwards that

15:40

they're heavily engaged in conversation

15:43

about what is reliable and what

15:45

is not. One of her students,

15:47

16 year old Declan DeWolfe, can

15:49

now spot some telltale signs that

15:51

an online post might be suspect.

15:53

Just something that would be kind of

15:55

hard to verify and is really easy to

15:57

get excited about. That's usually the formula. It's

16:00

something that's almost plausible. It's

16:03

a conversation Samir Ferdusi hopes to

16:05

contribute to as he hatches plans

16:07

for his TikTok posts, becoming

16:09

an influencer who can influence other

16:12

teens to think critically about what

16:14

they're consuming. Diana Sumonak-Johnson,

16:16

CBC News, Toronto. Croatians

16:19

will elect a new government next

16:21

Wednesday, and the country's president has

16:23

shaken up the campaign. Zoran

16:26

Milanovic is running to unseat

16:28

the Prime Minister in defiance

16:30

of a constitutional court ban,

16:32

a move that has outraged

16:34

the current PM, Andrei Plankovic,

16:36

and his governing HDZ party.

16:39

freelance reporter Guy Delaunay has more.

16:41

I think we're on the right track

16:44

and this is what we are going

16:46

to explain to our citizens. Andrei Plankovic

16:48

stands by his government's record, but he's

16:50

worried that message is being swamped by

16:52

the wild card in the election race.

16:54

President Zoran Milanovic, the head of state,

16:56

is campaigning for the sintelec social democrats

16:58

despite a court ban. It's an anti-constitutional

17:01

behaviour. Is it damaging for Croatia to

17:04

have this sort of competition between the

17:06

president and the prime minister? Well, it's

17:08

bizarre, but I'm trying to sort of

17:11

minimise the negative effects of this unconstitutional

17:15

act that were

17:17

committed by the president. Croatia's parliamentary

17:19

elections tend to be predictable. The

17:21

ruling HDZ has broad support and

17:23

wins most of the time. But

17:25

Zoran Milanovic has become the country's

17:27

most popular politician since he became

17:30

president four years ago. So announcing

17:32

that he'd be the social democrats

17:34

candidate for prime minister meant all

17:36

bets were off. Elections were kind

17:38

of already decided before that move.

17:42

It was obvious that the ruling party said they would

17:44

be in position to make another

17:47

new coalition quite easily. Eshimiya Matzhan

17:49

is a political analyst and consultant.

17:51

People don't support him as the

17:53

president, but what they

17:55

approve him is the way he talks.

17:57

And the way Zoran Milanovic talks tends

17:59

to be... blunt and to the

18:01

point. A good example is his reaction

18:03

to the Constitutional Court's ruling that he

18:06

can't be part of the parliamentary campaign

18:08

unless he steps down as president. Milanovic

18:10

accuses the judges of doing the government's

18:13

bidding. That

18:16

gangster clique has taken the court hostage.

18:19

Such peasants are also illiterate.

18:21

Therefore, it's a problem, because

18:23

the decision is illiterate. Rieka

18:26

Prada! Viva

18:28

vie! The court ruling

18:30

hasn't done from the opposition's enthusiasm. The

18:32

poll numbers are up, with messages about

18:34

corruption and the high cost of living

18:37

hitting home. But there's still the concern

18:39

of how a Milanovic-led government would behave.

18:41

His populist outbursts insult

18:43

not just the government, but people

18:45

in neighbouring Bosnia. He's also praised

18:47

Russia and spoken out against military

18:50

aid to Ukraine. Reaching out towards

18:52

the right is actually tactics. Sandra

18:54

Bencic is the leading candidate of

18:57

the Green Left Mojamo Party. He's

18:59

taking the issue

19:01

of security and army. He's

19:04

taking the issue of kraut in

19:06

Bosnia-Herzegovina. He's taking all these,

19:08

you know, I'm saying really,

19:10

mythical places. That creates

19:13

a jiz-it strategy in

19:15

Russia. So

19:18

the candidate who isn't a candidate

19:20

remains the one to watch. And

19:23

as president, Zoran Milanovic will also

19:25

have a major role to play

19:27

in the formation of Croatia's next

19:29

government. Whichever way you look at

19:31

it, in this election, he's very

19:33

much taking centre stage. Guy Delaunay

19:35

for CBC News, Zagreb. Team

19:51

Canada is looking for a rematch against

19:53

Team USA in the Women's World Hockey

19:55

Championship. The Americans have advanced to the

19:58

final after the World Cup. The

20:00

defeating Finland this afternoon, but the Canadian

20:02

still have one more challenge or in

20:04

the way Team Check. Yeah, Freelance sports

20:07

reporter at Climb and is that the

20:09

tournament in Utica, New York. so had

20:11

Before we talk about tomorrow's final, let's

20:14

talk about tonight's match up House Canada

20:16

looking against Sec? Yeah. Well.

20:18

There's no doubt about Canada being a

20:20

big favorite going into this game with

20:22

actually never lost to check yet in

20:24

this tournaments history and they played in

20:26

the preliminary rounds at this event and

20:28

Canada one part quite comfortably at five,

20:31

the nothing. But. I would

20:33

say that check here is a team

20:35

on the rise. They're coached by Canadian

20:37

legend Carla Mcleod. And. They've been

20:39

getting better and better. Some really young

20:41

talents. They. Were bronze medalist last year.

20:43

I think we haven't seen their best and

20:45

I think Canada will see their best the

20:48

time. So. While I expect

20:50

Kansas A when. I. Don't think it's

20:52

necessarily going to be super easy, so is

20:54

to be a pretty entertaining game. The checks

20:56

are going to give it everything they've got

20:58

and cameras can be ready and at the

21:00

end of the day. Sure I said canada

21:02

get through but to be tested. This

21:05

is also the first Women's World Championship

21:07

since the launch of their P W

21:09

H L the Professional Women's Hockey League

21:11

earlier this year. How has that changed?

21:13

the dynamic. Always makes all

21:15

the difference in the world. Of

21:17

I think I'd audience about two ways.

21:19

on the ice and off the ice.

21:22

If I start with off the I. I.

21:24

Remember at the last few of these events.

21:26

Where. The players are coming out to meet

21:28

with the media and all the questions about

21:30

Lax about lack of a professional league. Divisions

21:32

within the women's game. All kinds of issues

21:35

and it really put it down or on

21:37

it. it was gonna like this was the

21:39

one refuge they had where they could place

21:41

best than death and try to put off

21:43

all that behind him as best they could.

21:46

Now hear you talk the players. Everybody's

21:48

happy of who's involved in the new

21:50

per women's Professional hockey League or the

21:53

entire roster is practically of Canada. the

21:55

Us are made up of those players.

21:58

And they are just as here. Basically

22:00

to promote the women's game. Ah, it's on

22:02

a total war right now. And.

22:05

You can just see it and then on the ice.

22:07

It makes such a big difference to these players. Because.

22:09

They don't come in here coal having

22:11

not played for a long time. best

22:14

on that paki. These I mean you're

22:16

having had great competition in the professional

22:18

league. So if it takes the level

22:20

of the game and it takes it

22:23

to a much higher level so it's

22:25

faster and it's much more physical, it

22:27

really is taking the international game to

22:29

a whole new place. So everything about

22:32

this event is different now because of

22:34

women's Professional hockey taking off. Now

22:37

if the Canadians win tonight, they'll say see

22:39

us women for the fourth year in a

22:41

row, the Americans one the last time around.

22:43

How to things look this year. As

22:45

was interesting, Stephanie is not just the

22:47

fourth year in a row, it's actually

22:50

every single year the tournaments that been

22:52

held since Ninety Nine Thousand, one time

22:54

when Canada was upset by Finland in

22:56

the semi finals. So these two teams

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they always need in the final and

23:01

they always deliver. It's one of the

23:03

great rivalry in sport. Ah, usually you're

23:05

looking at you know, one goal game

23:08

and over fucking in their preliminary round

23:10

match Up here it was a scoreless.

23:12

They had to go into overtime and

23:14

Americans. One one nothing but I

23:17

think the Canadians are so motivated.

23:20

To get to the final and to

23:22

beat the United States because last year

23:24

when the Americans one it was in

23:26

Brampton ont Canadian minds. Canada was in

23:28

control of the game and the Americans

23:30

had this amazing third period. The really

23:32

just take the life out of the

23:34

building. Well here we are twelve months

23:36

later in Canada. really wants to do

23:38

the same thing here because of this

23:40

events. I have to tell you are

23:42

in the United States. Here in Utica.

23:44

it has been supported really strongly. The

23:46

United States has been selling out all

23:48

their games. or this event has

23:50

the set in attendance record for for any

23:52

women's world championship that hasn't played in nine

23:55

states so they're expecting nothing but goals and

23:57

tam the can really ruin the party so

23:59

i It could be a pretty exciting gold

24:01

medal game. Canada can get by

24:03

Czechia and take on the United States

24:05

one more time. Oh, we'll have to see how it

24:07

goes. Thanks so much, Ed. Thanks, Stephanie.

24:10

Freelance sports reporter Ed Kliman in Utica,

24:13

New York. Taking

24:15

it slowly, I'm

24:19

afraid to be lonely. It's

24:22

possible you may not have heard of

24:24

Noah Khan. It probably means you're not

24:27

on TikTok, totally fair. The

24:29

27-year-old from a small Vermont

24:31

town has been selling out

24:33

major stadiums in Canada and

24:35

abroad, including Montreal's Bell Centre

24:37

tonight, Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre,

24:40

and three shows at Toronto's

24:42

Scotia Bank Arena. His

24:44

rise to fame started with this 2017 song, Hurt

24:46

Somebody. Hold

24:48

me close and I won't

24:51

be, cause it hurts when you

24:53

hurt somebody. His

24:56

pandemic-era single, Stick Season, became huge

24:59

on TikTok last year and picked

25:01

up a cool 16

25:03

million views on YouTube. I

25:06

am terrified of weather, cause I

25:08

see it when it rains. Talk

25:10

to me in a trance, cause there's COVID

25:12

on the plains and up. Socials

25:15

aside, Khan's also received a nod for

25:18

Best New Artist at this year's Grammys.

25:21

He's also open about his struggles

25:23

with depression and anxiety, donating a

25:25

portion of ticket sales to his

25:27

mental health initiative. And

25:29

at last week's Toronto show, he brought up

25:31

a special local guest who's also spoken

25:33

about the importance of mental health. He's a

25:36

wonderful person. Can you sit right here? It's

25:39

my job. His name is John Mendez. Sit over there. I'm

25:41

sorry. I'm

25:44

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

25:47

sorry. Noah Khan's tour continues

25:49

until September with stops at Madison

25:51

Square Gardens, Fenway Park, and the

25:53

O2. So here's some of

25:56

his latest single, Forever, on your

25:58

world tonight, this Saturday, April I'm

26:00

Stephanie Skanderas. Thanks for

26:02

listening.