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handling of the war in gaza and its apparent defines of an order from the U.N. world court after an overnight air strike in the southern city of rafah that claimed dozens of lives in a camp for displaced people. In just the last few minutes, officials from the hamas controlled gaza health ministry raised the number of dead to 45. >> This man is grieving the loss of a brother and other family members. He is one of many who have been taking bodies to the cemetery today, and these are new pictures in to us this morning of the destruction from the air strike, embers still shoulder around people trying to salvage what they can. Sarah coates is reporting from tel aviv today. >> According to the hamas-run gaza health ministry and also doctors on the ground, this strike is an israeli-designated safe zone in the northwestern part of rafah. Now, extremely disturbing images are coming through of people pulling charred bodies from what appears to be a large karener, with people on the ground saying that this is where many displaced people were sheltering, now, a paramedic has just come out to tell asp that this is one of the deadliest attacks since the beginning of the war. We've also heard from israel's military prosecutor who is describing this incident as very grave. Now, the idf has come out to release a statement saying idf aircraft struck a hamas compound in which significant terrorists were operating, saying that the strike was carried out against legitimate targets under international law through the use of precise munition and on the basis of precise intelligence. Now, the military says it eliminated a hamas chief of staff from the west bank, also another official from that area, with the idf acknowledging that several civilians have been injured, saying the incident is now under review. Now, the U.N. palestinian aid agency unrwa has posted on x, we haven't established communications with our colleagues on the ground saying we are extremely concerned for their well-being, no place is safe, no one is safe. Also heard from the eu's foreign policy chief josep borrell, both sides respect the ruling by the international court of justice. >> This is really the limit. How international community can make implement a war can enforce [indiscernible] not international court of justice. >> So that word from josep borrell as you say, sarah. Now, the air strike we're talking about on this camp followed hours after hamas launched a big rocket attack on tel aviv where you are. First time there in months, and yet despite all of this renewed military action, there is hope that talks on a new fire and hostage release may start again this week. What do we know about that right now? >> Certainly a lot of hope, heather, but really in saying not much optimism. We do remember that the sticking point remains and that is the end to the war. Hamas wants a full comprehensive cease-fire. Israel says that that simply will not happen. Now, we've also heard from the qataris, the qataris are of course a key mediator in these hostage negotiations coming out to say that this strike on rafah could hinder the potential negotiation which is could kick off, as you said, this week. You also mentioned this large rocket attack on central israel yesterday. It was less than there hours ago, air raid sirens ringing out here in tel aviv for the first time in four months really causing a lot of panic, a lot of confusion right across the city. People ran to shelter. A lot of these missiles were intercepted by the iron dome missile defence system although one directly hit a home just north of where I am standing, very important to mention that hamas has come out to claim this barrage of rockets and all of them did come from rafah, heather. >> Sarah coates from tel aviv. >> Thousands of people from fort nelson and the nearby fort nelson first nation have the go-ahead to return home today. That means more than 4700 people who had to evacuate over two weeks ago, because of the parker lake wildfire, they can go back to their community as of 8 A.M. local, and matter ann is leading the countdown this morning. >> Those roadblocks will be removed outside of that community and residents eager, many of them, anyway to, return home and get back to their homes. But they are being told to be patient right now. Officials there in nortel nelson

saying that it will take some time for the community, even local businesses to fully rebound. Residents returning home are also being told to bring key things with them. Not only top up your fuel, but also be equipped with several davis food and other essentials you may need. It's been since about may 10th when residents were first told to leave their loams because of that evacuation order for not only fort nelson but also the fort nelson, many of those residents went south to fort st. John as the parker lake fire got closer to the community. Now, once they do return later this morning, they will see some damage. In fort nelson, 10 properties were destroyed, including four homes that were completely destroyed. At the fort nelson first nation, no properties were destroyed, but some areas of cultural significance were destroyed in the area of snake river. So residents preparing for that. But they also know that they have a lot of work ahead of them. >> Reorganized the trailer, you know. We left in a hurry. The trailer was sort of ready to go. Reorganize, clean the trailer, reorganize, clean the house. And actually, on our family list is we're going to be repacking the trailer because I -- I have a feeling that we're going to be sent out again this summer. It's so dry up there and there's so much forest around us that it wouldn't take much if we got told to leave again. >> Water, sewage, electricity, back up and running for residents once they return but medical services is coming back in phases so if you have any specialized health care needs, maybe consider delaying your return because in person emergency care right now still being sent out to other communities. A transportation bus heather of residents who are returning it they needed help, that's expected to return to fort nelson tomorrow. >> Tomorrow, okay, these are all things we will talk to the mayor about in just a few minutes but the evacuation order continues, so that man and his trailer he's smart to keep it the ready. >> He's ready to go just in case because that's what the evacuation alert is. It is safe for you to return home but you then have to be ready to go at a moment's notice and that means having that emergency pack ready to go for at least the flex 72 hours. And it's because of the area fires, not just parker lake firefighter, but the battery creek fire that's been burning since last year. There is the message from the mayor of fort nelson. >> We will be putting on an evacuation alert because there are still some fires out there, the conditions around the region are still extremely dry and we'll need to be thinking about the potential for another fire over this long season that we've got coming. We're expecting thunder and lightning storms which of course can create their own fires, never mind the holdover fires that are out there. >> Meanwhile, the bc wildfire service says the conditions do remain dry, and, heather, they are saying that it is quite volatile wildfire conditions right now, not only today but the coming days the frown these evacuees bittersweet. They are back but they may have to new year's eve a moment's notice. >> Okay, we'll talk to the mayor in an hour's time, rob fraser joining us from fort nelson later this morning on cbc morning live. >> Also in our news this morning, tens of millions of people on the U.S. east coast are under an extreme weather warning and threat this morning after a weekend of deadly storms in the midwest. Officials say four children are among 18 dead across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. Hundreds of others are injured. At least 11 tornadoes were reported on sunday alone, and the wider storm system hit communities with damaging winds, heavy rain and hail. >> Grabbed my dog. We headed for there, and it just -- it was just unbelievable the sound of all of the destruction going on around us. >> More than 640,000 homes and businesses across 13 states were reported without power late last night. Extreme heat forecast for today could send the temperature up to 45° in houston and austin, texas. Severe storms are now forecast for the U.S. east coast, south from new england. >> And there is a catastrophic update to a landslide disaster in papa new guinea to share with you this morning. New images in to us from the south africa nation. Officials say tons of earth and debris buried a remote mountain village on friday and it hit around 3:00 o'clock in the morning when of course most of the people living in that village were asleep. Dominic valitis is in london today. He's been covering the story through the weekend. And I know, dom, when you were first reporting on it, the number of dead was in the hundreds, but there is really a horrifying update this morning.

>> There is, indeed, heather. The figures vary, the united nations thinks nearly 700 people were killed in friday's landslide. Government officials in papa new guinea, though, are saying more than 2,000 people have lost their lives. So there's a wide variation at the moment. It reflects the fact, heather, that this has all happened in a remote part of papa new guinea where it is gift to get a population -- indeed the last credible census was back in 2000. But either way you cut it, hundreds hadn't hundreds of people were killed in this iceland slide. Here's a local resident. Take a listen. [speaking alternate language] [speaking alternate language] >>> Well, you heard it there, heather, 18 of her family members feared dead as a result of this land rocket attack slide which crashed through 6 villages in the early hours of friday morning. Many people in those communities would have been sleeping at the time. 72 hours have now passed since. Residents on the ground are still using spades, sticks, even their bare hands to try and shift through the deep debris in an attempt to reach any survivors, but so far all they found are 7 dead bodies. There is a wider rescue and recovery effort going on here but it's facing significant challenges. Tribal warfare in the area has forced rescue aid workers to travel in armed convoys and return to the provincial capital every night. It's just not safe for them. And even when they can get to the site, the conditions are extremely dangerous. Here's someone from the U.N. international organization for migration. >> The problem is if it's so deep, it's very difficult to recover bodies from underneath the heavy debris. And are the land is still sliding. Rocks are continuing to fall. >> The disaster response, heather, is being handled by papa new guinea's mornings authorities. The international community, though, is also now responding. Australia has announced an initial $2.5 million aid package and is sending experts to help with the rescue and recovery operation. And today, china too said it would be providing assistance, heather. >> What a story, dominic, thank you so much for the very latest, dominic valitis. Here's what else you should know as you start your monday morning. Another royal portrait is raising eyebrows. This vision of the princess of wales is generating as much talk as the official port trail of king charles we were telling but the other day. And today on commotion, elamin abdelmahmoud is going to look into the controversies, that's on cbc radio and the cbc listen app later this morning. Is this anti-aging craze as sustainable as they say? Marine collagen is a billion dollars business, also considered an alternative to beef based supplements, what does that mean for all of the fish? Read about this morning on our website and on the cbc news app. In case you missed it, two of australia's weirder animals now have an equally strange cousin. Scientists have discovered a new prehistoric egg-laying mammal and they are calling it the akidnapus, a cross between a platypus and an akidna, it's like a whole new civilization existed 100 million years ago. Now, a near photo finish in indy.

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topics, and they were able to also include questions on adhd. So when you look at the current survey which was sent out for -- in 2022 and then you compare that to 2016 and compare it to the one that was done before, that you have been seeing this increase in prevalence of adhd. And at least some of that can be attributed to the fact that people are more aware of it, people are getting more diagnosis for it. We are seeing more adhd being diagnosed in adults and in girls which was -- tended not to be the thing in the past. But there is a worry that this rise in adhd is occurring part and parcel with an increase in other mental health disorders in children because there is a lot of comorbidity or co-existence of having adhd plus something else, so adhd plus depression plus anxiety, something of that kind. >> Looking at that, quite right I think to raise the increasingly awareness, researchers pointed to that, increasing awareness therefore people increasing -- seeking information and seeking medical attention and diagnosis as a result. But whether you say that whole aspect of comorbidity and things, the impact of the pandemic, the researchers really honed in on the impact of covid19 and the development of children during the pandemic years, Dr. Labos, I thought that was interesting. Can you tell us a little bit who are? >> Right. With the census having been done in 2022 during when covid19 was still in full swing in many parts of western canada, you can seizely see how the stress and anxiety of all of that would have been contributory, how the death of family members would have been contributory, so it's going to be interesting to see what happens with the next census. Do we see a leveling off, do we see a decrease or do we see a continued increase? It's unclear how much covid19 played a role in all of this but I think it's easy to understand how it could have because there were a lot of things going on, there were a lot of additional sources of stress for parents and families and so it's not hard to see how it would have played a role, and that's despite the fact that a lot of people lost access to their medical care. There was a lot of disruption in the health care system. So despite the fact that people maybe had less contact with their pediatricians and family doctors, there was still an increase in adhd diagnosis by a physician. So that was even more concerning potentially. >> You mentioned boys versus girls, it used to be that boys were diagnosed with adhd much more frequently than girls. What has this new study found in terms of presentation and symptoms, any differences, any changes? >> Well, the big change is that that gender gap is narrowing. And, you know, does this reflect a change in biology or does it just reflect the fact that we are now looking for adhd in girls, whereas before it tended to be ignored or tended to be attributed to something else. I suspect the latter we'll see, that's not entirely clear why a change of biology would have happened, but I think we are recognizing that there are many atypical forms of adhd. The biggest example would be adults. It used to be extremely rare to diagnose adhd to adults and now you see it all of the time. I get referred patients with adult adhd because physicians are concerned about medication causing cardiac damage, but there is this whole population now that are now living with adhd, getting treated for adhd that a generation ago would have been completely ignored. >> So interesting. It's american research, but Dr. Labos was telling me as we were coming on the air, you can certainly look for a canadian parallel. So thank you and so many people interested in this. There are lots of resources. Camh has really good resources, there's a website chad.org that one of the members of our team was directing me to, Dr. Labos, in terms of the myths and misunderstandings and you mentioned that this is not just a disorder of childhood, it's not a real disorder, that's one of the misunderstandings, that's chadd.org and channel h as well. Dr. Labos, thank you very much and I will see you soon. >> My pleasure, take care. [ ] [ ] [rock] go hard go wild Woman: And the crowd goes wild! you fear the blood the sweat the tears We fight the best we can. Man: We build our own legacy. Arena announcer: She scores! Let's go for a skate, and a little chat. Because retirement today is not what it used to be. The good news is we're living longer and more active lives, but planning for that longevitycan come with some challenges. Thankfully as a Canadian homeowner aged 55 and better, you have options.

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