Two Canadians tried for spying in China are on their way back to Canada

Ex diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were accused of espionage in 2018, after Canadian police arrested Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou on a US warrant. She left Canada earlier today after a deal with US prosecutors. The detentions sparked years of diplomatic tensions.

Also on the programme, we ask can anything be done to even up the global disparities in covid vaccination rates? And could the global shortage of natural gas have been predicted, or prevented? This week's panellists are Azadeh Moaveni, the International Crisis Group’s Gender Project Director and Shashank Joshi, defence editor at the Economist magazine.

(Picture Michael Kovrig on the left and Michael Spavor on the right. Credit: AFP)