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| Hello. In his victory speech, Canada's next PM Mark Carney has vowed to stand up to US President Trump and told his supporters: "Canada will never, ever be part of the United States". After an Australian couple spoke of their "traumatic" experience sat next to a corpse on a plane, we speak to cabin crew about what happens when a passenger dies mid-flight. And a Scottish grandmother has spoken of her shock after an AI fail turned a message from a garage into an X-rated text. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Mark Carney to be next Canadian PM and vows to win trade war with Trump |
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| | After winning, Mark Carney told his supporters he won't let Donald Trump "succeed" in a trade war. Credit: Reuters | Mark Carney - the former governor of both the Bank of England and Bank of Canada - will become Canada's next PM, after winning the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader. Carney, who has never previously held elected office, will be sworn in as PM in the coming days. The 59-year-old spent much of his victory speech attacking US President Donald Trump over the tariffs he's imposed on Canadian goods and his calls to make the country the 51st US state. Carney told his supporters: "In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win." But, as our senior North America correspondent John Sudworth writes, he will need to find a way to reset relations with the US. |
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| | | From banker to PM-designate: Mark Carney will need all his experience handling global economic crises as the country faces a trade war launched by US President Donald Trump, write Ben King and Robin Levinson King. Canadian politics changed: In the wake of President Trump’s threats against Canada, the Liberal Party has surged in the polls. What looked likely to be a nailed on win for the Conservatives in the upcoming general election, now appears much closer to call, Nadine Yousif reports from Toronto. Bourbon out, patriotism in: Canadians are facing Trump's tariffs and the threat of them head on. | |
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| Terror as Alawite families killed in their homes | Syria's interim leader has called for unity, as violence and revenge killings continued in areas loyal to the ousted president. | Read more > |
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| NK hackers cash millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack | Since the heist, it's been a cat-and-mouse game to track and block the hackers from converting the crypto into usable cash. | What happened > |
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| Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza - minister | It comes a week after Israel cut off aid supplies, as it seeks to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages. | More on this > |
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| Police chief convicted for torture video found dead | Police officers wrapped plastic bags around the head of a drug suspect during an interrogation, leading to their death. | Read more > |
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| Explosive-laden Sydney caravan plot was hoax | It contained enough explosives to produce a 40m-wide blast, along with an antisemitic note and a list of synagogues. | Background to this > |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | 'We go from dinner service to dealing with a corpse' |
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| | | Planes have limited space, making it a challenge to find a suitable spot to place the body. Credit: Getty Images | If a passenger dies on a flight, cabin crew have to think fast. "We go from service to lifesaving to mortician, dealing with dead bodies and then doing crowd control," one cabin manager tells the BBC. "We're having to calculate: 'OK, we still need to serve 300 people dinner and we have to deal with this'." Airline workers have told the BBC about what happens if there's a medical emergency or a death on board, and what the protocol is for dealing with it. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Sustainable period items | From a huge range of reusable options, which are the most sustainable and safe? | |
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And finally... in Scotland | A grandmother in Scotland got quite the surprise after an Apple AI fail meant that a message from a garage inviting her to an event contained a reference to a sex act and an insult. As you can see, there was quite a discrepancy between the voice message left by the garage, and how it was transcribed by AI. Luckily Louise Littlejohn, 66, saw the funny side, telling BBC News: “Initially I was shocked - astonished - but then I thought that is so funny. The text was obviously quite inappropriate.” | |
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US Politics Unspun newsletter | No noise. No agenda. Just expert analysis of the issues that matter most, from North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher. | |
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