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Canada's foreign affairs minister said Wednesday that Ottawa is "evaluating" its relationship with Israel in the wake of that country's attack in Qatar — but wouldn't expand on what that evaluation entails.
"We are evaluating the relationship with Israel. Of course, the attack yesterday on Qatar was one that was unacceptable. It was a violation of Qatari airspace. There were deaths on the ground at a time when Qatar was trying to facilitate peace," Anita Anand told reporters at the Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton.
"There are many moving pieces in the Middle East right now. And at the rock bottom, Canada's position is that we need to work for peace in the Middle East and we need to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza."
Anand made the comments when asked about European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announcing plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza.
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The gunshot that killed conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk at a Utah university campus seems poised to reverberate across the U.S. in ways that could make Donald Trump's America even more polarized.
Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and a key force in building support among younger voters for Trump and his MAGA movement, was shot dead Wednesday afternoon.
In a video posted that evening, the U.S. president called Kirk "a martyr for truth and freedom" and said he was "filled with grief and anger" over the killing.
"It's long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree, day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible," Trump said from the Oval Office.
Had he continued in that vein, Trump could have played the role of unifier-in-chief. However, he went on to condemn only the left's rhetoric, singled out political violence against Republicans and vowed a crackdown.
"For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals," said Trump.
Federal authorities in the United States continued to search on Thursday for a person of interest in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist and close ally to the president.
The FBI released photos of a person of interest in the death of Kirk, 31, asking the public to contact investigators with any tips on Thursday as the manhunt stretched into its second day. The bureau also offered an award of up to $100,000 US for information that leads to the identification or arrest of the person who shot Kirk.
Kirk, who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot around 12:20 p.m. local time in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday in what the state governor called a political assassination, though a suspect has not been formally identified.
Hunt continues for person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting death
