Global National: Feb. 11

Police in Manitoba are investigating the suspicious deaths of five people in the town of Carmen, including three children. A young couple in Gaza is particularly anxious about Israel’s planned offensive in Rafah. Why the couple, who is expecting their second child, is pinning their hopes on Canada to find them a safe place to give birth. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) say they’ve uncovered Hamas tunnels under the now-abandoned Gaza headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA). It comes after Israel accused some of the organization’s staff members of taking part in the Oct. 7 attacks. Plus, unseasonably warm weather is creating problems for an important system of ice roads in Canada – and it’s prompted First Nations communities in Manitoba and Ontario to declare a state of emergency. And finally, how to make meat alternatives — plant-based foods — more tasty. For some, the answer leads back to animals.