A fast-moving wildfire known as the Bald Range fire is burning out of control in British Columbia, Canada. It has spread across more than 36 sq miles (95 sq km), or more than 25,000 acres, and forced the evacuation of about 18,000 people. Officials said the fire expanded by more than 2,000 acres in about an hour at one point. A state of emergency has been declared.
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Sky News – World Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the European Union's proposal for Canada to become the bloc's first "associate member" in a speech to the European Parliament on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened "very serious tariffs" or a trade halt if the EU proceeds, but Carney defended closer Canada-EU ties.
Witnesses say an Israeli "double-tap" strike in northern Gaza City killed 15-year-old Mohammad Abdul Zinati and a medic who had rushed to help a wounded man on Salah Khalaf Street. The teenager was reportedly walking home from school when he stopped at a supermarket where classmates had gathered.
A U.N. fact-finding mission on Iran said it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States carried out two military strikes on a school and a sports facility in Iran in February, killing civilians, and that the attacks constituted war crimes. The mission also accused Iran of crimes against humanity.
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