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| | | Hello. As US President Donald Trump strikes a more conciliatory tone on Iran, BBC Persian's Amir Azimi explains how options to end the war narrow the longer the fighting goes on. In Canada, Nadine Yousif reports on the Supreme Court case sparking a debate on religious symbols. And finally, hidden cameras in an English garden capture rarely seen wildlife. | | | | | | |
| TOP OF THE AGENDA | | Options to end Iran war are narrowing | | |  | | For weeks, the US and Israel have insisted that Iran's military capacity has been severely degraded. Credit: Reuters/Getty Images | | President Trump's comments about holding talks with Iran on the "complete and total resolution of hostilities" have caused oil and gas prices to fall immediately. However, Iran's parliament speaker has denied discussions took place, saying "fake news" was being used to "manipulate" the oil markets. Trump's remarks also leave significant unanswered questions, write Bernd Debusmann Jr and Anthony Zurcher. As Amir Azimi observes, there are no signs that the conflict is moving towards an end - if anything, he notes, the escalation continues faster, sharper, and with fewer clear exit points. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | 'Secularism' law heads to top court |  | | Critics of the law says Bill 21 unfairly targets Muslim women. Credit: Eloise Alanna/BBC | | Canada's Supreme Court is holding four days of hearings on a constitutional challenge to Bill 21, a law that bars civil servants such as judges, police officers and teachers from wearing religious symbols at work. Supporters of the bill argue it helps enshrine the separation of church and state, but critics say it is discriminatory. | | | | | | Nadine Yousif, senior Canada reporter | | | | | | Lisa Robicheau describes her life as "stuck between a rock and a hard place". The 41-year-old single mother of two, who wears a hijab, works in Montreal's English-language school system as a contract support worker for students with disabilities - a job she loves and where she is exempt from the current law.
But Robicheau can't help feeling anxious about her future and whether she will be able to continue working in a public school while being visibly Muslim in Quebec. The uncertainty has led her to enroll back in university, hoping to find a different job—or even leave the province. "I've spent the majority of my life here, but it never feels like home," she told the BBC. "I am constantly being treated like an outsider." | | | | | | |
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