U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse after deadline extension fails

This is the morning edition of the One News Page Global Briefing, for Sunday, the twenty-third of August, twenty twenty-six. Here is what matters now.

Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada collapsed on Friday night after a three-day extension failed to produce agreement by a midnight deadline, leaving a new round of American tariffs and Canadian retaliation in prospect. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada walked away from the table to protect its sovereignty, accusing Washington of making unfair last-minute changes to the proposed deal. He told Canadians on Saturday morning that Ottawa would match the U S measures "dollar for dollar". The Trump administration was set to impose fifty percent tariffs on twenty billion dollars worth of Canadian imports, while Canadian counter-tariffs were expected to come into force in response. Both sides had reported progress in recent weeks, but Carney said it had not been enough to meet Canadian objectives.

In Sweden, a seventeen-year-old girl was killed when an eighteen-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at a school in Fagersta, central Sweden, on Friday afternoon, police said. Three other people were wounded, including two boys aged twelve and seventeen who suffered minor injuries. An eighteen-year-old suspect has been detained.

In England, police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough were among seven people killed when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way collided with their marked police car on the A66 near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday. Five young people in the other vehicle also died. The police watchdog has launched an inquiry into the crash.

In the United States, days of powerful storms across northwest Indiana have killed at least seven people, displaced about one thousand and left thousands without electricity approaching a second week. Record rainfall flooded several communities, and full restoration is not expected until next week. Governor Mike Braun has called on the local utility to "match the urgency" of residents in the Gary area.

Also in the U.S., federal officials announced sharp water cuts over the next two years for California, Nevada and Arizona, which rely on the Colorado River. The Trump administration released a two-year operating plan for the lower basin, and the three states are expected to reduce their withdrawals from the increasingly stressed river.

In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Moke is expected to hit the southern Hawaiian islands on Saturday evening, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and a risk of flooding and mudslides, particularly in areas already battered by Hurricane Lala. Forecasters warned that the storm could drop up to fifteen inches of rain as it moves west.

In sport, Concacaf president Victor Montagliani, who is also a F I F A vice-president, has asked F I F A president Gianni Infantino to stay away from a youth football tournament in the Dominican Republic this weekend. The request reflects deepening divisions over Infantino's now-scrapped plans to sell stakes in the World Cup, which have drawn continued criticism.

Elsewhere in sport, Serena Williams will return to the U S Open alongside Carlos Alcaraz after the U S Tennis Association awarded the pair a wild card for the mixed doubles draw at Flushing Meadows. The mixed doubles main draw begins on Tuesday.

In Australia, organisers of the Sydney Marathon have admitted an "unfortunate error" after the finisher's medal was found to depict Munich's stadium rather than a Sydney landmark. Online observers spotted the mistake after the double-sided medal was unveiled.

In U S politics, Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the former Kansas senator and the first woman elected to the U S Senate without having followed a spouse into office, has died at the age of ninety-four. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, said she died of natural causes on Friday.

In Texas, a judge has denied Karmelo Anthony's request for a new trial, leaving in place his murder conviction for the fatal stabbing of classmate Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco in twenty twenty-five. A Collin County jury found Anthony guilty in June, and his lawyers are appealing the case.

In England, a vigil has been held in Shoreham, West Sussex, for a family of four who died after getting into difficulty in the sea. Six-year-old Saja El-Khawas died in hospital on Friday, three days after her parents, Hassan El-Khawas and Zeina Alayn, and her fourteen-year-old sister Sara were killed on Tuesday.

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