On October 3rd, 1980, a bomb was detonated outside a synagogue on Copernic Street in Paris.

Three decades later, French investigators finally identified a suspect in the case.

A Lebanese Canadian sociology professor, living a quiet life on the outskirts of Ottawa, Canada.

Is Hassan Zyab guilty?

Can you introduce yourself? Or is the escapego?

Hassan Diab. From Canada land, this is the Copernic affair. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Ecuador has a national election this weekend and the rise in violent crime is a huge issue for voters.

That has been mostly driven by a massive expansion of the cocaine trade through Ecuador.

I'm Carol Hills.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler.

What's at stake as Ecuadorians go to the polls and the U.S. security contractors on the ground in the

Gaza Strip.

It's a fragile time in Gaza, and these are American contractors, and they may be targeted

as well.

Plus, deportation flights to Latin America are angering U.S. trading partners in the region,

and we look back at a scientific breakthrough from one century ago

that upended our understanding of where early humans come from.

It was important because at the time there hadn't been any early human ancestors at all found

in Africa.

All those stories and more today on The World.

This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Carol Hills. We're starting today in Ecuador, where voters will head to the polls this weekend for general elections.

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