‘We’re going to stand up to Trump,’ says Mark Carney in second Canadian election debate

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PM focuses on threat from across the border as most polls show his Liberals leading Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party in tight race

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, faced sustained attacks from his Conservative rival at an election debate on Thursday but the Liberal leader sought to focus attention on what he calls Canada’s top threat: Donald Trump, the US president.

Most opinion polls show Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party trailing Carney’s Liberals ahead of the 28 April vote for Canada’s federal government.

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US airstrikes on Houthi oil port in Yemen reportedly kill dozens

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Death toll, if confirmed, would make strikes on Ras Isa port one of the deadliest in month-long US campaign

US airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 33 people and wounded 80 others, Houthi-run media said early on Friday, which if confirmed would mark one of the deadliest days of a campaign launched under US President Trump that has involved hundreds of strikes since 15 March.

The strikes hit the Ras Isa oil port and were intended to deprive the rebels of “illegal revenue that has funded Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for over 10 years”, the US military’s Central Command said.

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Six Massachusetts hospital workers on same floor report getting brain tumors

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Newton-Wellesley hospital president says all six tumors benign as ‘rigorous ongoing investigation’ conducted

The number of staff members who have developed brain tumors while working on the same floor of a Boston-area hospital has increased to at least six, according to the facility’s leadership.

A recent statement attributed to the president of Mass General Brigham’s Newton-Wellesley hospital, Ellen Moloney, said the newly reported tumor was benign, as were five previously documented ones. The statement maintained that investigators had not turned up any evidence of environmental risks at the hospital, though their work remained ongoing.

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‘Level of violence unheard of’: police suspect body in burnt-out car in Sydney was allegedly kidnapped woman

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Woman’s two sons in hospital with one in induced coma, as police say they ‘strongly believe’ kidnapping was targeted

Police fear a body in a burnt-out car in Sydney’s south overnight is that of a Bankstown woman allegedly abducted from a home on Thursday, in what they have called a “horrendous” crime of “unprecedented” violence.

Emergency services attended a residential street in Beverly Hills at about 11.30pm on Thursday night, after reports of a car fire.

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UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stage – AP News

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  1. UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stage  AP News
  2. UN nuclear watchdog says it should be involved in Iran, US nuclear talks  Reuters
  3. IAEA chief on Tehran visit: Iran, US ‘don’t have much time’ to reach nuclear deal  The Times of Israel
  4. Rafael Grossi, IAEA director: 'Without us, any agreement on Iran is just a piece of paper'  Le Monde.fr
  5. Iran–US nuclear talks at 'crucial stage', says IAEA  Euronews.com
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Where things stand in the Canadian election, with 10 days until polls close – Politico

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  1. Where things stand in the Canadian election, with 10 days until polls close  Politico
  2. Canada elections: who are the key players and what is at stake?  The Guardian
  3. Race Tightens as Campaign Moves Into Critical Debate Week  ipsos.com
  4. Everything you need to know about the election in Canada  Reuters
  5. Canada Election 2025: How 'Bogeyman' Trump could decide the election  Times of India
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Maryland senator meets Kilmar Ábrego García in El Salvador amid battle over US return

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Chris Van Hollen posts photo on X but does not provide update on status of man wrongly deported from US

The Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen met in El Salvador with Kilmar Ábrego García, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.

Van Hollen posted a photo of the meeting on X, saying he also called Ábrego García’s wife “to pass along his message of love”.

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U.S. Toughens Demands on Syria’s New Islamist-Led Leadership – WSJ

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  1. U.S. Toughens Demands on Syria’s New Islamist-Led Leadership  WSJ
  2. Should Syria get sanctions relief?  Politico
  3. US sets conditions for normalization with Damascus: Report  Hürriyet Daily News
  4. US conditions Syria sanctions waiver on counterterrorism efforts - report  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Politico: Two US Departments weigh plans to easing economic sanctions on Syria – Syrian Arab News Agency  الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء
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Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel’s food blockade, aid groups say – AP News

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  1. Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel’s food blockade, aid groups say  AP News
  2. Children in Gaza survive on ‘less than a meal a day’: Aid groups  Al Jazeera
  3. Aid groups describe dire conditions in Gaza as Israel says there is no shortage of aid  NBC News
  4. Israeli Army Warns It's About to Hit the Walls of Reality in Gaza. Will Netanyahu Listen?  Haaretz
  5. Gaza has become a “mass grave” for Palestinians and those helping them  Doctors Without Borders - USA
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Israel-Gaza war: Hamas formally rejects latest ceasefire offer – BBC

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  1. Israel-Gaza war: Hamas formally rejects latest ceasefire offer  BBC
  2. Hamas rejects ceasefire offer as far-right Israeli lawmakers call for escalation in Gaza  CNN
  3. Hamas Sets Conditions to Free Hostages and End War  Newsweek
  4. Hamas rejects Israeli hostage-truce proposal, dismisses Netanyahu’s ‘partial deals’  The Times of Israel
  5. Fire breaks out near Beit Shemesh, firefighters at the scene  The Jerusalem Post
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