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Thousands are stranded by floods and mudslides in British Columbia in Canada – Chris Walker of CBC Radio One, who flew over the affected area on Thursday, joins us. In New York, Sotheby’s auctions a rare copy of the US Constitution, but a crowdfunding project has raised over $45m in cryptocurrency in an attempt to bring it into public ownership. We speak to one of the members behind the project, and to Matt Binder of Mashable. Elsewhere in the US, the House of Representatives looks set to vote on President Biden’s Build Back Better Bill later on Thursday- we bring you the latest. Fergus Nicholl looks at gold smuggling in Mali, and the Â鶹Éç’s Sameer Hashmi is in Dubai speaking to the boss of the Etihad airline. Throughout the programme we’re joined by Peter Ryan, ABC’s Senior Business Correspondent in Sydney, and by Alison van Diggelen of freshdialogues.com in California.

Picture: A man paddles a canoe through floods in Canada Credit: Reuters