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Canada has become the second country, after Uruguay, to legalise recreational cannabis. Vik Adhopia, a reporter at CBC in Toronto tells us what it's been like today. Also in the programme, with the US midterm elections less than three weeks away, our regular economic commentator, Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute, tells us how the economy is likely to play a significant role in the vote. A $14b dollar deal to build a massive dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo has just been signed. We hear about the implications. As European leaders gather to discuss the latest round of Brexit negotiations, Sir Vince Cable, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats in the UK parliament gives us his take on the deadlocked talks. Plus animal print sales have led to a 30% jump in profits for one retailer, fashion editor at a british newspaper, Amber Grafland tells us more.

(Picture: Customers queue outside a cannabis shop in Newfoundland. Picture credit: Reuters.)