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1. Israel issues new evacuation orders for Rafah amid expanding offensive in packed city

   

   Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defiance of growing pressure amid the war from the U.S. and others.

2. WATCH | Fact-checking claims about who's behind pro-Palestinian student protests

   

   Some have claimed that outsiders are backing pro-Palestinian student protests at campuses across the U.S. and Canada. CBC’s Ben Makuch fact-checks those claims to find out what’s really happening.

3. Canada's relations with Russia have slid to a post-Soviet low, ambassador says

   

   Canada's top envoy in Moscow says relations with Russia are likely as bad as they've ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president.

4. Canada abstains from UN assembly vote backing Palestinian bid for membership

   

   The UN General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to grant new 'rights and privileges' to Palestinian representatives and called on the Security Council to favourably reconsider their request to have a Palestinian state become the 194th member of the United Nations.

5. Flooding kills more than 300 in Afghanistan, UN agency says

   

   Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday.