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Canada announces new aid to Lebanon, condemns Israel’s ‘unlawful invasion’

Randeep Sarai, Canada’s secretary of state for international development, condemned what he called Israel’s “unlawful invasion” of Lebanon, saying Beirut should govern its own space and have sovereignty over its lands.

Sarai was visiting Lebanon to announce new humanitarian aid to the crisis-hit country, where the U.N. says some 360,000 people remain displaced due to Israel’s invasion.

“We have been working actively, I think, through diplomatic channels to do whatever possible to stop that and to allow Lebanese communities that are from those areas to be able to move back,” Sarai said in an interview with The Associated Press late Tuesday.

US delays implementing 50% tariffs on goods imported from Canada for three days

“Canada has temporarily dodged 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28-billion worth of goods after U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday he would delay the levies for three days,” reports The Canadian Press.

“Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement after Trump’s post that “substantial progress” has been made and that more work remains.

“While we continue this work, Canada remains focused on building a stronger, more independent, and more competitive economy at home,” PM Carney said.

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Trump now claims the Strait of Hormuz is “new U.S. territory”

Pressure is mounting on U.S. President Trump to reach a peace deal with Iran, as his war of choice on the country is contributing to his lowest approval rating since returning to office in 2025.

Amid those calls to end the war, Trump is again making more bold declarations about who will control the Strait of Hormuz.

Jackson Proskow from Global News reports on how Trump now claims the Strait of Hormuz is “new U.S. territory,” among other claims.

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