World Report March 20: Friday's top stories in 10 minutes
Mar 20, 2026
Asha Tomlinson, CBC Marketplace reporter on telecom customer service woes. Julia Wong, CBC legal reporter on extradition and historic abuse allegations. Ioana Romeliotis, investigative journalist probing online extremism and platform monetization. Crystal Gumansing, Jerusalem correspondent on Israel-Iran exchanges and local impacts. They discuss airstrikes on Tehran, a platform profiting from hate groups, an extradition fight, and telecom service design.
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Israel Strikes Tehran During Nowruz
- Israel launched early morning strikes on Tehran during Nowruz, framing targets as regime infrastructure rather than oil or gas facilities.
- Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran's missile and nuclear capacity was crippled while sirens and incoming missiles prompted widespread air-defence responses.
Entropy Monetizes Extremist Voices
- Entropy, launched in Calgary in 2019, marketed itself as a free-speech alternative and processed over $3 million in transactions two years after launch.
- The platform hosted groups like the Goyim Defense League and took a 15% cut while enabling fundraising for banned extremists.
87-Year-Old Fights Extradition Over Historic Abuse
- An 87-year-old retired Alberta teacher, Peter Murray, faces extradition to Scotland accused of abusing 17 students at Catholic boarding schools in the 1960s and 70s.
- Murray denies the charges and his lawyer says age and fairness concerns factor into appealing the extradition decision to Canada's Justice Minister.