Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking heat for engaging with Saudi Arabia, defending his pragmatic approach — arguing "engagement is not endorsement." While some point to recent social changes in the kingdom, human rights advocates are challenging the shift in strategy.
And: The fragile US-Iran ceasefire is in tatters following a massive new wave of retaliatory airstrikes, including reports of hits near an Iranian nuclear power plant. Amid the crowds gathered for the Ayatollah’s funeral are explicit death threats against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Also: Nearly 2,000 people in the U.S. have been sickened by a parasitic infection. Cyclosporiasis is breaking the wrong kind of records, and cuts to food testing and monitoring may be contributing.
Plus: Two wildfires are growing rapidly in B.C., thousands still out of their flooded homes in Ottawa, Bonnie Tyler dies at 75, and more.
