Global National: Aug. 1

For the third time in four months, former U.S. president Donald Trump has been hit with criminal charges. This time, a federal grand jury indicted Trump for conspiring to steal the 2020 presidential election. What’s in the indictment, and why it’s unlikely to affect Trump’s bid for the White House. Hundreds of firefighters from around the globe are in British Columbia to help extinguish the province’s raging wildfires. Neetu Garcha was granted exclusive access to the frontlines of the Ross Moore Lake fire fight, just 10 kilometres away from the town of Kamloops, and explains how American and Mexican crews are sharing their knowledge to help their Canadian comrades. People in Osoyoos, B.C. are happy to be back home after a change in wind helped firefighters stop the nearby Eagle Bluff wildfire from spiralling out of control. How local business owners are showing their gratitude to firefighters. Individual cigarettes in Canada now have health warnings printed on them, in addition to the anti-smoking labelling already on cigarette packages. Will it make a difference? The reaction from smokers, and how advocates are pushing for similar regulations on vaping. And an ambitious team of divers, engineers and car enthusiasts in Australia has successfully driven an old Toyota Land Cruiser, dubbed the “Mudcrab,” along the ocean floor. How the group accomplished the feat, and its hopes of driving into history.