US President Donald Trump set an August 1 deadline for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sign a new trade deal. Negotiations have reached a serious impasse, and there’s no resolution in sight, with the president signing a late night executive order on Thursday increasing tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent.

Carney said Canada will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN in September as he accused Israel of failing to 'prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza'