Global National: Nov. 29

An agent of the Indian government directed one of its citizens to hire a hitman to assassinate a Sikh activist living in New York, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. That activist is believed to be Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who has both Canadian and American citizenship. How investigators say the suspected murder-for-hire plot was thwarted, and the link to the June murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, as claims grow the Indian government is trying to silence and kill vocal dissidents. With the pause in Hamas and Israel’s fighting in the Gaza Strip nearing its end, talks to extend that deal are coming down to the wire. What both sides are saying, and what the World Health Organization says the suspension has accomplished. While Israel’s military says it has detained 2,000 suspects in the West Bank as part of a counterterrorism operation against Hamas, many of those people are being held without charges. What some of the detainees say they’ve endured, and one theory about why there appears to be a recent increase in the number of arrests. Dawna Friesen speaks with Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy about whether Israel can save all the hostages and also eliminate Hamas, and why he believes Jerusalem has “no endgame right now” towards peace. Back in Canada, the federal government and Google have struck a deal over Canada’s contentious Online News Act. How much the tech giant is agreeing to pay news agencies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s popularity is plummeting, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News. Why insiders say Trudeau doesn’t want to quit right now. And she’s known as the “mama of housekeeping” in Fredericton. Meet Nancy Pedersen, who’s finally seeing her five decades of hard work recognized.