Saturday's top stories in 10 minutes

Canadian Medical Association warns quality of health care may not improve, unless Ottawa tracks how new money is spent. Watchdog says Israel launched missiles at northern Syria, killing 18 people. Russian President Vladimir Putin denies request for interview with former jailed jo ... Show More

Venezuela's opposition leader has gone into exile in Spain.  3 killed in attack near Israel-Jordan border.  A vigil in Wetaskiwin, Alberta for a teen killed by police last week. 

Authorities in Georgia charge the father of the 14-year-old boy accused in Wednesday's deadly high school shooting. McMaster University bans students for joining a pro-Palestinian protest Ontario's ombudsman investigates foster kids being placed in hotels, motels, offices, and tr ... Show More

Many people have been killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv, including a six-year-old boy and his mother. Ukrainian officials say the attacks also brought down an apartment block. It happened despite Donald Trump imposing a new deadline on President Putin to agree to a ceasefire o ... Show More

European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, before he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. He reportedly said his goal for the summit was to obtain a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv ... Show More

After a nearly two-day manhunt, Police have caught the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers. The number of people dying in Israel and Iran is growing as attacks from both sides continue. G7 leaders want to avoid confrontation at this year’s summit. At least five people ... Show More

Gershon Baskin on his experience as a hostage negotiator in the Israel-Palestine conflict Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help ... Show More

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the alleged mastermind behind the October 7 attack that killed 1,200 people, was killed in Gaza during an Israel Defense Force raid. A 52-page report details significant failures by the Secret Service in the July assassination attempt on former Presiden ... Show More

A.M. Edition for July 31. Ismail Haniyeh’s targeted killing in Tehran marks the highest-ranking death of a Hamas political official since the Gaza war began, and comes just hours after an Israeli strike killed a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon. The WSJ’s Jared Malsin says the ... Show More

Iran has launched a wave of missiles at Israel in response to the deaths of a Hezbollah leader and others. The death toll continues to climb in the wake of Hurricane Helene as desperation grows to find the missing. Recent polling gives a snapshot of where both vice-presidential c ... Show More

Three days after President Trump's meeting in Alaska with President Putin, he's due to see President Zelensky in Washington. But this time, the Ukrainian leader will be getting back-up from his heavyweight European allies, who'll also be seeing Mr Trump. We gauge the mood in Russ ... Show More

Striking port workers are set to resume work today, after negotiators reach a tentative agreement. Israel says more missiles were fired into the country this morning, while the WHO is warning that health care is "under attack" in Lebanon. Three former police officers have been ac ... Show More

A "brutal attack." That's how Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelensky described a deadly strike that killed at least 18 people in a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv this weekend. Russian troops continue their advance in the east, stepping up their bombing campaign and leaving a trai ... Show More