The Current for July 23, 2019
Today on The Current: The public face of the U.K. is set to change dramatically as Boris Johnson will become the next prime minister. Next, we speak to an Australian author who is writing 365 children's stories, one each day for his daughter. Then we continue our One Bullet series on the impact of gun violence in Canada with a look back at a dramatic hostage situation outside Toronto's Union Station in 2004.
Today on The Current:
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The public face of the United Kingdom is set to change dramatically as Boris Johnson has been elected leader of the Conservative Party and will become the next prime minister by default. The former London mayor will replace Theresa May on Wednesday. We take a deeper look at Johnson who has pledged to solve the Brexit crisis where his predecessor failed.
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Matt Zurbo isn't the first person to write a story, or even a book, after being inspired by the birth of a first child. But the award-winning children's author and novelist based in Tasmania, Australia, is going several hundred steps further: he's resolved to write one story a day, every day for an entire year.
- We continue our One Bullet series on the impact of gun violence in Canada with a look back at a dramatic hostage situation outside Toronto's Union Station in 2004. Sgt. Tom Sharkey gave the order for a sniper to shoot the hostage-taker who tried to kill his estranged wife. Fifteen years later, he says it was the "only solution."