Program presents reports & commentaries on the major news items in 1980, with host Tom Gould. 1. WORLD POLITICS. Report features: the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; the American hostages in Iran & the failure of the American commando squad rescue mission; elections in the U.S.; & the Solidarity movement in Poland. Shots of summer Olympics in Moscow; U.S. Defence Secretary, Harold Brown; Afghan political leader Babrak Karmal; Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev; the exiled Shah of Iran; Yugoslavian leader, Josip Tito; U.S. politicians Henry Kissinger & John Rhodes; British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher with Carter; Progressive Conservatives, Joe Clark, Flora MacDonald, & John Crosbie; German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt; Canadian Ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor with the 6 American hostages who escaped from Iran; Ronald & Nancy Reagan, & George Bush & wife Barbara on the election campaign; the Shah of Iran's funeral procession; Iran/Iraq war scenes; solidarity leader, Lech Walesa; Soviet troops invading Poland. Excerpts from: Carter's State of the Union Address; Clark's comments on developments in the Persian Gulf & the invasion of Afghanistan; Carter's phone call to the Canadian government re rescue of Americans in Iran; Cyrus Vance's resignation statement as U.S. Secretary of State; Ted Kennedy's speech in which he quits the Democratic primary leadership race. 2. CANADA 1980. Report focuses on federal/provincial relations; the oil & gas pricing negotiations between Ottawa & Alberta; the federal elections; the Québec referendum on sovereignty association; the Western Canada concept; & the Constitution. Includes shots of: Trudeau, Clark, & Broadbent on the campaign trail; Trudeau's federal cabinet being sworn in, including Jean Chrétien, Allan MacEachen, Mark McGuigan & Robert Kaplan; Québec Premier René Lévesque on the campaign trail & in the National Assembly;~Quebec Liberal, Claude Ryan meeting with Trudeau; "Les Yvettes", a rally of Quebec housewives making a political stand; Trudeau delivering speech before cheering crowds in Quebec on the issue of separatism; Alberta oil minister, Merv Leech emerging from a meeting with Lalonde on the oil & gas pricing issue; Premiers, Peckford (Nfld.), Lougheed (Alta.) Blakeney (Man.), Bennett (B.C.), & Prime Minister Trudeau, at the first ministers' conference on the constitution; James McGrath from St. John East Nfld. in the House of Commons; House of Commons Speaker, Jeanne Sauvé; Finance Minister, Allan MacEachen, delivering the budget speech; the conference rally for the Western Canada Concept; public service strikes; Ont. Premier Bill Davis & Ontario politician, Larry Grossman. Includes clips of House of Commons proceedings in which conservatives storm the Speaker's throne of Deputy Speaker Lloyd Francis; comments by Elmer Knudson of the West-Federation Association; & of proceedings of the Canadian Jewish Congress. 3. PEOPLE & EVENTS. Report on outstanding personalities of 1980 focuses on: Polish Solidarity leader, Lech Walesa & his challenge to the Soviet system; Terry Fox & his "marathon of hope" to raise funds for cancer research; English singer/songwriter, John Lennon; two young Canadians, Gary Saberly & Ken Langley & their record-breaking drive around the world. Major events covered include: the mission of unmanned spacecraft, Voyageur 1; Soviet intervention in Poland; earthquake in Southern Italy; & the volcanic eruption of Mount St.Helens in Washington State.