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in his 70s is a commanding presence on social media. And even when he feels that he is falling behind he finds a way to catch up. Like recently when modi cozied up to india's young social media influencers, handing out awards and getting a hero's welcome. >> Join your hands together for the influencers of the influencers, the honourable narendra modi. [applause] >> Reporter: an every man, but also a strong man. ( ) take kashmir, india's only muslim majority state. In 2019 after he handedly won a second term, modi stripped the region of its special autonomy, bringing it directly under new delhi's control. A move that many in the country applauded. Thousands of police descended on the region when modi visited for the first time since that change this past march. He told the crowds kashmir was finally at peace and could now breathe freely. Human rights groups though say that there's systematic repression in the state. >> Freedom of expression is at risk. They don't get what they used to get. >> Reporter: and the kashmir situation is just a piece of the main pillar of modi's decade long tenure as india's prime minister to promote a muscular hindu nationalism. Some say at the expense of the country's minorities, muslims in particular. On full display with another key promise of his right-wing party delivered, an ornate new hindu temple devoted to the lord god rahm, built on the ruins of a mosque destroyed by a hindu nationalist mob in 1992. It is where many believe that a temple once stood, and where rahm is said to be born. The inauguration was a pre-election move. >> They do this house-to-house. >> Reporter: says the political analyst -- >> Jut reach to the hindu nationalist sentiment, you know, that we will take care of hindus. We are the hindu party. We are your party. >> Reporter: that's what worries many about what anticipated third term for modi could mean -- more authoritarian practises, with few checks on his power and possibly more religious discrimination. And with modi already leaning into rhetoric more overtly than before. He's called muslims infiltrators at a rally and framing them as outsiders who don't belong. >>(speaking alternate language). >> Reporter: modi claims his political opponents would take the wealth of hindus and give it to muslims. That's part and parcel of a new india, some analysts say, with the leader narendra modi who is emboldened on the global stage, a pow broker, wooed by many who want to be india's friend, leaving many here with a sense that nobody would say anything as things get darker in india. >> Asha: cbc news south asian correspondent salimah shivji. She's the host of a new four-part podcast series all about the phenomenon that is narendra modi. It is called "modi's india: understood," you can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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-Get back up! Boom! -Don't eavesdrop. -i can't shut my ears off. Well then shut your mouth off. Announcer: Canada's Ultimate Challenge. Watch free onCBC Gem. ( ) >> Asha: tonight, a parking lot brawl in montréal ends with three people dead, including a 15-year-old. >> It was very -- very sad seeing. >> Asha: as witnesses describe how the chaos unfolded and a father shares the last words spoke to his son. >>> What's behind the skyrocketing cost of olive oil? >> It's almost getting to the point where, you know, if it gets worse you just won't buy it anymore. >> Asha: why those prices could be here to stay. >>> And in one city, 10,000 people are about to lose their family doctor. >> Nobody realizes how helpless you actually feel. >> Asha: we break down a life-or-death crisis. >> These are people that you know. These are people that I love. ( ) >> Announcer: from cbc news, this is "the national" with asha tomlinson. ( ) >> Asha: thank you for joining us. Adrienne is on assignment. >>> Police in montréal are searching for multiple suspects tonight after a brawl outside of an apartment building left three people dead. It happened in a parking lot in the early evening. The victims are between the ages of 15 and 25. Police say that they all knew each other. Jennifer yoon now with how witnesses described what unfolded and the father of one of the men killed who shares his final message to his son. >> Reporter: jean-marie célestin told his son "be careful," as he left the house on tuesday afternoon. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: "don't forget that you have a 2-year-old daughter," he remembers saying. Those were some of the last words that he spoke to ulrick peterson célestin. The 25-year-old among three people killed in a stabbing in front of a montréal apartment building. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: three different parents left with the pain, he said. 23-year-old alexandre vatamanu was one of the other men killed. As was a 15-year-old boy. Angélique langevin was a classmate and she came to the scene to lay flowers. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: "he was a good guy, a very nice guy," she said. This is a very residential area. There's a police station about a block away and there's a popular park nearby and residents say that it's normally safe, but now many, especially witnesses from that building, say that they're in shock. >> All of a sudden I heard the noise of people screaming and some objects falling on the ground or hitting the cars and people are running. So I came outside on the balcony and I saw two people or bodies lying on the ground next to this car. Both of them very young. It was very -- sad seeing. >> Reporter: this picture was taken by a witness. Police say that more than a dozen people were involved in the fight. >> We have some footage but we're really trying to establish what happened. >> Reporter: investigators say that all three victims knew each other. Adding that there's no connection to gangs or organized crime. Instead, calling this a chance event. >> Crime like this -- that is like this -- it's hard to understand. >> Reporter: police say they have identified a number of suspects. So far though there have been no arrests. Jennifer yoon, cbc news, montréal. >> Asha: interpol says that police forces around the world are identifying hundreds of vehicles every single week that were originally stolen right here in canada. Thomas daigle found one himself for sale in the united arab emirates and he managed to track down the original owner back in toronto. >> Reporter: it was early one morning last june when a chevrolet suburban vanished from this toronto street. Now nearly a year later, cbc news has found it -- advertised online for sale in the united arab emirates. We tracked down the owner. >> Never went there. >> Reporter: and showed him the vehicle identification number, confirming that one was his. What went through your mind? >> I considered the vehicle long gone, but it still comes as quite a surprise to you when you see a picture of it and you find out that it's halfway around the world. >> Reporter: he's hardly alone, with interpol now saying that each week another 200 vehicles stolen from canada are identified by authorities abroad. >> It's a global effort here and it's not just -- not just nationally here, what we're seeing here in ontario and

québec. >> Reporter: since february, the rcmp is sharing more data with global partners, meaning more cars found overseas are showing up in stolen vehicles searches. In fact, interpol says that canada ranks among the top 10 out of 137 countries connected worldwide. >> Canada, obviously, has a problem that is out-sized compared to the size of our country, especially when you put it against the other countries that are part of this interpol investigation. >> Reporter: as for that S.U.V. stolen off the street last year, this is the used car lot near dubai recently found to be selling it. So we called. It was stolen from here in toronto. Does that happen often, you selling stolen vehicles? >> Not yet. >> Reporter: cbc news agreed to identify the owner only by his first name -- richard. Because he fears being targeted again. >> It is clearly an epidemic of car theft. And I would like it never to happen to me again. >> Reporter: he received an insurance payment and that S.U.V. is now listed as sold and gone for good. Thomas daigle, cbc news, toronto. >> Asha: the C.E.O. of singapore airlines is apologising to passengers after a flight encountered extreme turbulence on tuesday. >> We are deeply saddened by this incident and I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families and the loved ones of the deceased. >> Asha: a 73-year-old british passenger died of a suspected heart attack. 30 others were injured when the plane hit turbulence over the indian ocean. The flight from london to singapore was forced to make an emergency landing in thailand. >>> Cbc news has uncovered new information about a possible connection between the indian government and the killing of a man once accused of the air india bombing. And as evan dyer tells us in this exclusive, the rcmp say that his son may now be under threat. >> Reporter: the bombing of an air india's passenger jet, canada's worst ever mass murder, with 329 killed. Ripudaman singh malik was accused of being one of the conspirators. But prosecutors failed to make their case, and malik was acquitted. Years later malik was shot and killed outside of his office in surrey. Now cbc news has learned that the rcmp is investigating whether the indian government was behind that shooting, and has warned his son his life could be under threat. By 2018, india's narendra modi government seemed ready to forgive malik. He was able to get a passport and visit india and even go on tv there, where his brother thanked the head of india's foreign intelligence service for making the trip happen. He was recently identified as a key figure in a U.S. indictment alleging an indian government plot to kill a close collaborator of hardeep singh nijjar, the sikh activist who was also gunned down in surrey last year. Canada accused india of being responsible. Then there's this man, amar jit singh of india's consulate in vancouver, who helped malik get his name off the black list and befriended him and then appears in malik's phone, next to three calls to malik the night before his murder and then to an exchange of whatsapp messages in the very early morning, about four hours before malik was shot by two men who investigators believe that were contract killers. In malik's agenda a cryptic entry right at the hour that he died. Amar jit -- lunch. At the school that he ran in surrey, malik's son hardeep, also a businessman, had stepped into his father's shoes as a board member. Last week he received a warning that police are required to give when they have solid intelligence of a threat against someone's life. >> At this point given what has happened with some of the murders and the assassinations that have taken place and how easy it is to find a gun for hire, I would tell them to take this very, very seriously and to look at possibly relocating for a period of time. >> Asha: evan, do we know why ripudaman singh malik's son may be under threat? >> Reporter: no, we don't know specifically why he might be, but what we do know generally is that in most cases these warning letters are issued when a wiretap or a confidential informant tips police off to an actual plan or an actual conspiracy. And it strongly suggests also that the indian government's reconciliation with the malik family may not have actually been genuine with some of the dangers that hung over malik senior may have been inherited by his son. But there are some in the community who believe that this is really just the indian government generally trying to sow distrust and confusion among the sikh community in canada. >> Asha: evan dyer in ottawa, thank you.

>>> Officials in the U.S. are confirming tonight that at least four people were killed, dozens more injured after yesterday's series of tornadoes touched down in iowa. >> Whoa. >> Wow, that's a tornado, guys. >> Asha: the twisters moved in fast, catching some off-guard. >> I tried to run into the house and got hit with some debris and it dropped me. So I just curled up behind the house and then the whole garage came down on top of me. >> Asha: the town of greenfield, home to about 2,000 people, took a direct hit. Home after home completely destroyed. >> I heard like a train -- a train, and one of the basement windows came in and I heard it and I knew that it was hitting. I prayed for god to keep us safe. >> Asha: iowa's governor has declared an emergency in 15 counties. All aimed at returning some sense of normalcy for those who have lost everything. >>> U.S. authorities say that a second person in that country has been diagnosed with bird flu linked to dairy cows. The farm worker in michigan had mild symptoms and has since recovered. Health officials in the state say that the risk to the public remains low. Last month, the U.S. reported the first documented case of the virus spreading from cows to a human. >>> The U.K. will go to the polls this summer after the prime minister surprised many and triggered a snap election for july 4th. And as briar stewart tells us, that decision comes with a big risk for his ruling party. >> Reporter: on the soggy streets of london, it hardly feels like summer is around the corner. But a surprise summer election is just six weeks away. Rishi sunak, britain's beleaguered conservative prime minister took a gamble, calling an election several months earlier than expected. >> Now is a moment for britain to choose its future. >> Reporter: in the pouring rain and speaking over blaring music from protesters, he pointed to economic data -- hoping that it will give his struggling party a lift. >> This morning it was confirmed that inflation is back to normal. This means that the pressure on prices are relieved and the mortgage rates will come down. >> Reporter: but polls suggest that the tories are trailing the labour party which has held a lead of around 20 points since late 2021. That's why the decision to call an early vote is baffling to some political observers. >> Maybe he's just had enough of the sniping, not only from the labour party but members from his own party who thinks, okay, let's just roll the dice. >> Reporter: sunak has been prime minister since october 2022, a tumultuous year for the tories. He replaced liz truss who had been in office for less than 50 days. She took over from boris johnson -- >> We did it! We pulled it off, didn't we? >> Reporter: who was elected in 2019 in a landslide victory but stepped down after a series of scandals. >> Hasta la vista, baby. >> Reporter: the U.K. hasn't had a labour government in 14 years. >> And together we can stop the chaos, we can turn the page, we can start to rebuild britain. >> Reporter: the cost of living, along with healthcare and illegal migration will likely feature heavily in the campaign. >> I think that it's time to have change in this country. I think that we're ready for that. >> He was a prime minister by default. We didn't actually vote for him, did we? >> Reporter: parliament will be dissolved next week. The vote will around the same time that the first flights deporting illegal asylum seekers to rwanda are expected to take off. It's a contentious plan that the sunak government has been determined to push through. The labour party says that they will scrap it if it is elected. Briar stewart, cbc news, london. >> Asha: israel is condemning a move by three european nations to formally to recognize the palestinian state. Ireland, norway and spain say that their aim is for a lasting peace. Kris reyes shows us the reaction tonight. >> Reporter: on the divisive issue of palestinian statehood, it is the most coordinated statement ever to come from western europe. With spain, ireland, norway making this declaration -- >> Today we recognize the state of palestine. [applause] >> Reporter: in the spanish parliament it was met with a standing ovation. With no clear end in sight to the devastation in gaza, the norwegian prime minister said -- >>(speaking alternate language). >> Reporter: "peace in the middle east requires a palestinian state." >>(speaking alternate language). >> Reporter: in response to the announcement, israel recalled its ambassadors from the three countries and issued a forceful rebuke. >>(speaking alternate language). >> Reporter: "the intention of several european countries to recognize a palestinian state is a reward for terrorism," said prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >>(speaking alternate language). >> Reporter: but both hamas, which controls gaza, and the palestinian authority, which controls part of the israeli

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