Carney, Liberals Win in Canada, Gaza Fighting Grinds On

Andrew Sheves Good morning.

🇨🇦** Carney, Liberals Win in Canada**

Carney’s Liberals won a projected 169 seats, short of the 172 needed for a majority, requiring cooperation with other parties as he navigates US trade tariffs and domestic issues. Meanwhile, the previous favorite, conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, lost his Commons seat. Tension with the US remains as the White House controversially commented that the election “does not affect President Trump’s plan to make Canada America’s cherished 51st state,” a scenario Carney told the BBC would “never, ever happen.” More - BBC

🇵🇸** War in Gaza Grinds On**

Comment - Gaza has mostly fallen out of the news headlines, so much so that even significant events — such as the murder and subsequent cover-up of Palestinian medics by the IDF — get little coverage. Al Jazeera maintains a daily news tracker of events in Gaza, and just the summary is a reminder of what’s happening, mostly out of sight in the West. Here’s yesterday’s summary.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held a second day of hearings on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians as a total Israeli blockade on humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip passes 50 days.

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has warned of a “new, unseen level” of humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has said in an annual report that Israel is carrying out a “live-streamed genocide” in Gaza with support from powerful countries such as the United States. The report states that Israel routinely targets civilians and engages in abuses such as torture and enforced disappearances.

Israel released 10 Palestinians from detention into Gaza, including Assaad al-Nassasra, an ambulance driver whose whereabouts were unknown for weeks after Israeli forces opened fire on a group of Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza in late March, killing 15 medics. The released detainees say they were tortured while in Israeli facilities, where such practices are said to be widespread.

A woman was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the village of al-Tira near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces continue to carry out raids.

Al Jazeera’s biases aside, this is a stark reminder that the war in Gaza remains very real and it is primarily Palestinian civilians who are suffering. Al Jazeera’s Live Tracker for today

Europe Stability Ratings and News Summary

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Carpe tomorrow!