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Catch Up with Louise McSharry
News Catch-Up: Elections, Hantavirus, and World Cup Chaos
Season 1, Ep. 445
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This week Carl Kinsella and I had lots of interesting stories to discuss from the results of the UK election to what's happening with our by-election, whether we need to be worried about Hantavirus, an unsurprising report from MSF about Gaza and a primer on why the World Cup is relevant to global news this year.
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