Global National: Dec. 29

Russia launched 122 missiles and a score of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 20 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the war. After the last Canadian believed to be taken by Hamas was confirmed dead, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre wants Canada to investigate Hamas’ actions in the Oct. 7 attack and issue dozens of sanctions. A B.C. trucking company has had its entire fleet pulled off the roads, after yet another one of its trucks slammed into a metro Vancouver overpass. As former U.S. president Donald Trump suffered another setback in his quest to return to the White House, could other states soon follow suit in the footsteps of Maine and Colorado by removing him from the ballot? Several MPs have made their intentions clear that they will not seek another term, and Global News spoke with some of them to see how they feel politics has changed. And finally, what has artificial intelligence’s impact been over the past year, and how could the technology shape our future?