Global National: May 20

Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s top criminal court, is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Defence Minister Yoav Gallant; Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza; Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif; and Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s Qatar-based political leader. What those five men are accused of, the reaction, and what difference their arrests could make for the war in Gaza. The bodies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and six others have been recovered from a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan. The mourning underway in Iran, why some people are celebrating the deaths, and what’s next for the country’s government. Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the collision between a speedboat and a fishing boat that killed three people. What the speedboat’s owner posted on social media prior to the tragedy. Also: turning the tables. What happened when a savvy senior turned the tables on a scammer and decided to play along. Plus: what happens now that Red Lobster has filed for bankruptcy protection? And Ed Dwight, who almost became America’s first Black astronaut during the 1960s, has finally reached space for the first time. Heidi Petracek explains how Dwight lost the opportunity, how he was able to shatter a record 63 years later, and what this trip means to him.