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Britain and Canada have deep ties in defence, climate and culture sectors, but Starmer's visit comes amid strained trade negotiations.

Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel into Saturday morning, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran's nuclear program and its armed forces.

Iran retaliated to Israeli strikes by firing waves of ballistic missiles into the country, where explosions lit the night skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and shook buildings.

Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran's nuclear and military structure on Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to attack key facilities and kill top generals and scientists — a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon.

Investigators will look at witness interviews, airport conditions and the airplane itself in trying to determine the cause of the Air India plane crash.

Fears of a wider Middle East conflict sent oil prices higher and global stock markets lower on Friday morning, following Israel's overnight attacks on Iran.

'When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran,' survivor Viswash Kumar Ramesh said after escaping the crash.

The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel when it fell in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday.

In its first response, Iran fired more than 100 drones at Israel, with both Iraq and Jordan confirming they had flown over their airspace.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court's ruling that had ordered control of the troops should be returned to the state.

Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.

The Air India plane crash was the first such incident for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but air industry experts say they're not concerned due to the safety standards of the aircraft.

U.S. President Donald Trump previously warned that Israel or America could carry out airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations failed.

Among those driven abroad or displaced by war and violence, the numbers of internally displaced people jumped by more than nine per cent to 73.5 million at the end of last year.

The vote was the most serious challenge to Netanyahu’s government since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, the trigger for the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Most days, Edwin Ciara positions himself on a median at the entrance to the Home Depot parking lot along Wilshire Avenue in Los Angeles and waits for a contractor who might give him a few hours of work.

Days away from the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is asking for some of the patience and hospitality residents always show when large events come to Alberta.

The U.S. State Department said it has ordered the departure of all non-essential personnel from its embassies in Baghdad, Bahrain and Kuwait following a review.

Police say 17 officers were injured during a second night of violence in the town of Ballymena, which began after two teenagers were arrested for an alleged sexual assault.

A new report is shedding light on why birth rates are falling around the world and suggests it's not from people choosing to have fewer children.

Despite enormous criticism from abroad, Israel appears to believe its war strategy in Gaza is slowly working thanks in part to the efforts of the mysterious new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The meetings appeared to focus on finding a way to resolve disputes over mineral and technology exports that had shaken a fragile truce on trade reached in Geneva last month.

In the last minutes of daylight on Tuesday night in downtown Los Angeles, a police helicopter circled overhead and warned a crowd of people along Temple Street they were gathered in an unlawful assembly and would be arrested if they did not leave.

The CEO of Cenovus Energy said the economies of Canada and the U.S. are inextricably linked, despite President Trump's claims the U.S. doesn't need to import anything from Canada.

The Secretary General of OPEC told the Global Energy Show in Calgary that energy demand is expected to increase by 24 per cent by the year 2050.

Citing 'trade barriers,' the World Bank downgraded the global economic growth forecast to 2.3 per cent this year from 2.8 in 2024, with the U.S. expanding 1.4 per cent.

Mohamed Hijazi squirms as his father unwraps a bandage for him. He cries and kicks his feet, but his dad manages to eventually place the bandage over his eye. 

Greta Thunberg accused Israel of 'kidnapping us in international waters.'

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he expects trade talks to continue all day, but added discussions between the U.S. and China were "going well."

As wildfires burn from northwest Ontario to British Columbia, Canada is getting help from firefighters in Australia with a 96-personnel-strong contingent deployed.

On an unseasonably chilly but sunny day, March 20, 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson stood on the porch of his Texas ranch and read a telegram he had just sent to Alabama Gov. George Wallace.

The ban targeting mainly African and Middle Eastern countries kicked in Monday with no immediate signs of chaos, but some travellers with valid visa said they faced extra scrutiny.

It is not yet known if bin Salman has accepted the invitation. He did not attend last year's G7 summit in Italy despite being invited there as well.

9News' Lauren Tomasi was struck with a rubber bullet as she reported live near the front line of the protests surrounding Los Angeles's metropolitan detention centre.

Ukraine is short-handed on the front line against its bigger enemy and needs further military support from its Western partners, especially air defences.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to call on member countries on Monday to increase their missile and air defences by 400 per cent.

Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd.

The Democratic Center party released a statement calling it "an unacceptable act of violence."

Soon after becoming pope, Leo pledged to work for unity and peace.

Israel says it will block an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza, citing enforcement of its naval blockade amid ongoing conflict.

Germany's ambassador to Canada sat down with The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson for an exclusive interview, and discussed new partnership goals between Canada and the EU.

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized 2,000 California National Guard troops — despite the governor's objections — to the Los Angeles area, where protests on Saturday led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators.

Fifty-five hostages remain in Gaza. Israel says more than half are dead.

Canada is expecting to welcome leaders of the other liberal democracies that make up the G7: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and the European Union.

The first wave on Ukraine's second-largest city was a large Russian drone-and-missile attack in the early hours.

A survey in early May found 52 per cent of respondents feel that "it is no longer safe for all Canadians travelling to the United States."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has "operated clans" in Gaza in a video published on social media Thursday after an opposition leader accused him of arming Palestinian militias in order to bolster opposition to Hamas. 

The director general of the European Space Agency said economic uncertainty and global conflict are pushing Europe's space sector to reassert links with allies.

The accident happened at a primary school fair in Australia in 2021, on the last day of school before the children went on summer break.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will be attending the upcoming G7 leaders' summit, thanking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for his invitation.