North Korea test-fires its long-range missile and could Canada get high-speed rail?

North Korea test-fires an upgraded, long-range missile; at least 95 people have died and many remain missing in Spain’s flash-floods; vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are both in the pivotal battleground states of Nevada and Arizona; and could Canada get its first high-speed rail service soon? Plus: an election special edition of ‘The Global Countdown’ with Fernando Augusto Pacheco. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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