Global National: Aug. 29

Israel’s military says it has killed five more militants in the occupied West Bank, while Palestinian authorities say 17 people have died in Israeli raids across the region since Wednesday. How Israel is ramping up its fight against Hamas on multiple fronts. The aftershocks of a political earthquake are being felt across British Columbia, following the decision of Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon to suspend his B.C. United party’s election campaign and instead support its former rival, the B.C. Conservatives. The reaction, and where things may go from here. More than four million people have been forced from their homes in southern Japan, where Typhoon Shanshan made landfall, killing at least four people. It’s since been downgraded to a severe tropical storm. The damage, and where the system is heading next. Plus, the CIA has revealed chilling new details of the foiled terror plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. And NASA’s James Webb telescope has pushed the limits of astronomy since it launched in 2021, and recent images captured almost 1,000 light years away show what experts call ‘rogue’ planets. Heidi Petracek explains what that means, the Canadian innovation that helped with the discovery, and how it could explain an age-old mystery.

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