Trudeau out, M23 increase hold in Goma and earthquake in Tibet.

Andrew Sheves

Good morning. Three quick headlines

🇨🇦 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped down, proroguing (recessing) Canada’s parliament until March 24th while the Liberal party find a new leader. Canada’s conservatives will want to force a general election, and this leaves Trudeau — who will stay on until a replacement is found — as a lame duck in any negotiations with the incoming Trump administration. [More - CBC]

🇨🇩 M23 rebels have taken control of Masisi, a strategic town in the Eastern Goma district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Goma region is rich in minerals and also increases M23’s terrotorial hold in eastern DRC. [More - Al Jazeera]

🗻 An earthquake hit a remote area of Tibet close to Mount Everest. Initial reports are that almost 100 were killed and 130 injured. [More - BBC]

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