Trudeau's difficult choices as Canada's crisis deepens

Hello. After nine years in power, Canada's Justin Trudeau finds himself at a crossroad. Nadine Yousif looks at the ways the prime minister could handle the country's deepening political crisis. In Idlib, Hugo Bachega finds out what life was like under the Islamist rebel group that's positioning itself to rule Syria. And finally, a caver is freed after 75 hours stuck underground.

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What Justin Trudeau might do next

Trudeau has been leader of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2013 and prime minister since 2015. Credit: Reuters

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is navigating rough waters. His approval ratings have been plummeting and his party has recently suffered a series of special election losses. The resignation of his once close ally, finance minister Chrystia Freeland, compounded those problems this week. Behind the fallout was the threat of tariffs on Canadian goods from US President-elect Donald Trump, who wants stricter controls along the countries' shared border. Canada has promised to implement sweeping new security measures that appear to address Trump's concerns. A federal election is due by October at latest. How long before the vote depends on which path Trudeau takes next.

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And finally... in Italy

More than 150 volunteers have taken part in an operation led by the Alpine Rescue corps to save a caver who got stuck while exploring an uncharted area of a cave system on Saturday afternoon. This was the second time in 17 months that Ottavia Piana has had to be rescued from the area - and likely the last too, as she told her doctors that she never wanted to set foot in the cave again. Watch the moment her stretcher was brought out at about 3am (2am GMT) on Wednesday.