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- -[crowd cheers] Announcer:News you can trust,when you want,where you want. Download the freeCBC Newsapp. [ ] >> Heather: good morning. It is thursday, may 23rd. I'm heather hiscox. This morning another troubling story exposes the accessibility issues facing passengers with disabilities. >>> A passenger who use as wheelchair records her experience getting off an air canada plane in costa rica. >> That's really, like, a lot of anxiety to have people touching your body that they don't know you. They don't understand how your body works and how you need to be lifted. >> Heather: her story coming out just weeks after air canada promised to do better to accommodate passengers with disabilities. >>> The wnba bounces into canada. The league is set to announce the start of its toronto franchise later this morning. What we know about where the club will play and who will be in charge. >>> And a cbc news exclusive. Investigators probe a possible link between the indian government and the killing of the man acquitted in the air india bombing. Plus, rcmp warn the man's son, that his life may now be in danger. >>> Also ahead this morning, it's the first full day of campaigning in the united kingdom after british prime minister rishi sunak called a snap election and surprised almost everyone yesterday. We'll look at the huge challenges sunak faces as he and his embattled conservatives try to hang on to power. Plus ... >>> Good morning. Coming up, we'll look at some of the severe weather we saw in part of the country yesterday and discuss where the is he he veer weather might be taking it aim later today. >> Heather: thank you, matt. We're going to begin on this thursday morning with another upsetting incident involving an airline passenger with disabilities. A toronto woman, who uses a wheelchair, is speaking out about what she says is unsafe treatment by air canada. She says she did everything needed to let the airline know her needs in advance, but it still wasn't enough. This latest incident happening the very same week the industry promised to do better at the first air accessibility summit. Cbc news has reported extensively on the issue. Greg ross leads off our coverage this morning. >> Reporter: this video posted on tory lacy's tik tok account was recorded on the tarmac at a costa rican airport. Lace yrg clearly appears uncomfortable as workers carry her off the plane. >> As you can imagine, it's really, like, a lot of anxiety to have people touching your body that they don't know you. They don't understand how your body works and how you knee he to be lifted. >> Reporter: she is confined to a wheelchair. She says the air canada staff were helpful and she doesn't blame them at all. But she says she did make arrangements with the airline before embarking op a trip to costa rica earlier this month. >> This trip was booked for month and months. I have a file with the air canada medical desk, so I have all the paperwork filled out by my doctor. We talked to them many times to book my ticket, to book my caregiver's ticket, to let them know that I had a disability and that I would need help getting on and off the plane. And that I could not navigate stairs at all. >> Reporter: she says the situation wasn't necessary because the airport does have jet bridges to get passengers on and off planes. >> Several of the other aircraft around us were pulled up to a jet bridge, so this wasn't a lack of the airport noting having jet bridges. Just our particular aircraft was not pulled up to one. >> Reporter: in a statement to cbc news, a representative for air canada said, the costa rica airport was not able to make an aircraft bridge available, requiring us to use an alternative method of having customers get on and off the plane using air stairs. We have procedures for customers with disabilities to safely embark and disembark aircraft in such cases, and in this instance, all protocols were followed. >> The reality is that air travel today is so vastly inaccessible to people with disabilities. >> Reporter: the founder and ceo of access now, a platform that shares accessibility information with places all over the world would. Air canada does bear some responsibility here, they say. >> Just like any other passenger who books a ticket with an airline, you expect that airline to take care of you. To treat you respectfully. To have a good experience, and to not have to sacrifice your dignity.

if you're a passenger with a disability, the experience is often dehumanizing. >> Reporter: air canada says it will be reviewing airport procedures, including at smaller foreign stations to find ways to provide more consistent service. Greg ross, cbc news, toronto. >> Heather: greg, thank you. And again, as I was mentioning, the incident that you're hearing about there, it actually happened that very week of the air accessibility summit. It happened at the very same time, and there's a piece up on that on our website this morning. You can read more about what the airline industry has pledged to do to improve access and more on the pattern of disturbing incidents cbc news has reported on that help lead to the changes. So that's up on the website this morning, or on the cbc news app. >>> Next, to a story that cbc sports first broke earlier this month. The wnba is set to announce officially this morning that it is coming to canada. It a long rumoured, hotly anticipated expansion into toronto, and marianne has a look ahead to the announcement we expect this morning. Gonna happen on our watch today, marianne. >> Marianne: definitely so. We're counting down, heather. Kilmer sport says they have an important announcement today. We're looking ahead to 9 A.M. eastern when we're expecting to get more details on this expansion team coming to toronto. As you mentioned this is something cbc sports first reported on may 10th. We first broke this story saying this team would be coming to toronto. This is because of kism -- because of kilmer sports inc. Fans and players of course will be wondering how soon we could see this happen. Well, you'll be looking ahead to 2026. That's when the team is expected to play a source also told cbc sports that the team would play at coca-cola coliseum, at exhibition place in toronto, which can seat up to 8,000 fans. That's great news because we know record crowds have been coming out to watch wnba teams. Our sports reporter also said that former raps vp would have a role on the team. She would be named president of toronto's new wnba team. We are again waiting for confirmation question of that once the news conference gets underway and that's at 9 A.M. eastern. >> Heather: as I was listening, looking at the picture seeing stars like caitlin clark because the wnba season is underway for this year, this is the first expansion of the league outside the united states. The timing couldn't be better. Not just for women's basketball but women's sport in general, marianne. >> Marianne: yeah, it an exciting time if you're keeping a close eye on how well canada's women athlete are doing. And to see the fans in basketball, soccer coming here to canada through the canadian soccer league, also hockey, the pwhl, record crowds watching that as well. But specific to the wnba, the caitlin clark she's already had with the crowds, even now with the indiana fever. She drew in the highest viewing for the wnba with her opening game with the fever. That just gives you an idea. And it not just caitlin clark. Also angel reece and others credited with bringing in a 14% increase in the number of people tuning in. So could we see he that excitement here? What will that look like when I comes to those tuning in and the crowds. So much excitement ahead. That's at 9 A.M. eastern. >> Heather: you bet. 9:00 and thank you so much, marianne. We'll be talking more about that through the morning. Live coverage of that wnba announcement at 9 A.M. eastern. And marianne was mentioning sharina ahmed. She's going to be part of our coverage in the 9:00 eastern hour. She heads to that news conference. >> Also this morning in ottawa, the parliamentary committee on public safety is set to hear from cabinet ministers and head of the rcmp on the growing problem of car theft. New interpol data we were reporting to you yesterday as it broke. It shows that canada is emerging as a key source for high value stolen cars. More than 1,500 vehicles that were stolen in canada have now been identified around the world and that's just since the end of february. Cbc news has tracked down one of those stolen cars and thomas daigle has the owner's reaction. >> 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 founded, advertised, online for sale in the united arab emirates. We tracked down the owner. >> I 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 a surprise to you when you see a picture of it and find out it's halfway around the world. >> Reporter: he's hardly alone. With interpol now saying each week another 200 vehicles stolen from canada are identified by authorities abroad. >> It a global effort here. It's not just nationally here what we're seeing in ontario and quebec. >> Reporter: since february the rcmp is sharing more data with global partners. Meaning more cars are showing up in stolen vehicle searchs. In fact, interpol says canada ranks amongst the top 10 out of 137 countries connected worldwide. >> Canada obviously has a problem that is outsized, compared to the size of our country can, especially when you put it against all the other countries part of this interpol investigation. >> Reporter: as for that suv 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? [indiscernible] cbc news agreed to identify the owner only by his first name, ripered, because he fears being targeted again. >> This is clearly an epidemic of car theft. It's likely never to happen to me again. >> Reporter: he received an insurance payment and that suv is now listed as sold and gone for good. Thomas daigle, cbc news, toronto. >> Heather: next a cbc news exclusive. Cbc news has uncovered new information about a possible connection between the indian government and the killing of the man who was accused in the air india bombing. As evan dyer reports, the rcmp has officially warned the man's son now that his own life could be under threat. >> Reporter: the bombing of an air india passenger jet, canada's worst ever mass murder, with 329 killed. Singh malik was accused of being one of the conspirators. The prosecutors failed to make their case and malik was acquitted. Years later malik was shot and killed outside his office in surrey. Now cbc news has learned 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 modi government seemed ready to forgive malik. He was able to get a passport and visit india, 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 also gunned down in surrey last year. Canada has accused india of being responsible. Then there was this man in vancouver who helped malik get his name off the blacklist and be friended him and whose name appears in malik's phone, making three calls to malik the night before his murder and an exchange of whatsapp messages in the very early morning, just before he was shot by two men who investigators believe were contract killers. And in malik's jaenldz, a cryptic entry right at the hour when he died. Amarjit lunch. At the school he ran in surrey, hardeep, also a businessman, has stepped into his father's shoes as a board member. He was warned of a solid threat against his life. >> At this point, given what's happened with some of the murders and 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 look at possibly relocating for a period of time. >> We don't know specifically what prompted this warning to hardeep singhal malik, but generally we're told these letters are issued when a confidential informant or wiretap tips police off to a plan or conspiracy they fear would in the be enough. The reconciliation between the government of india and the malik family may not have been as genuine as the family would have hoped and that some of the dangers that hung over the father may have been inherited by the son. But there are some in the community who have a simple explanation for this and we simply believe this is the government of canada sewing discord and confusion in the canadian sikh community. Evan dyer, cbc news, ottawa. >> Heather: the chinese military has begun two days of large scale unprecedented military drills around taiwan. Encircling the island with naval vessels and military aircraft and staging mock attacks. It a major escalation in the already high tensions between

china and taiwan. This is video provided by the chinese military of preparations for the exercises. China has described them as punishment for what it calls separatist acts by taiwan. Three days ago taiwan's new president was sworn in, president lai. They're calling the drills an irrational provocation. They've dills patched military forces around the island and it air defences and land-based missile systems are tracking targets. China previously held large scale military drills back in 2022, which simulated an economic blockade. That followed and was a direct response to a visit to taiwan by then U.S. house speaker nancy pelosi. >>> To the middle east next. Families of people who are still being held hostage in gaza have released previously withheld footage. And as you'll see in what are very disturbing scenes, they capture the tense moments when hamas militant capture several female israeli soldiers during the october 7th attack. The video, as I mentioned, was with help, but it's been released by the families now in an apparent effort to apply more pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to secure a new ceasefire deal and release the remaining hostages. Here's sasha petrocic. >> Reporter: as had a magazines fighters surged into israel october 7th, they started by attacking a base of so-called spotters. Unarmed female soldiers, their job was to watch the gaza border. Many were among the first victims. Five 19-year-old's in pyjamas among the first hostages. Handcuffed and insulted. It was all captured by hamas body camels. The edited version now made public. Staring at the women, a fighter says suggestively, you are so beautiful. Another is heard saying, they're girls who can get pregnant. Amid fighting, they're forced into jeeps, driven to gaza like some 250 israelis taken that day. Parent like this watching her daughter daniella in despair. >> It's one of my biggest fears that, you know, as a young woman, to be there in those monsters' hands, you don't know what they are capable of. >> You know, I'm just scared. I'm hurting for her. And I'm frustrated. >> Reporter: that same frustration has sparked ongoing protests by hostage families, demanding a ceasefire deal with hamas to release remaining hostages, like one that saw 105 returned six month ago. They hope israel's war cabinet will be spurred to action by the video's release. >> We had to use this weapon against our government so that they will see it, so they will start pushing themselves to do something, going to a deal. >> Reporter: those talks stalled two weeks ago after proposals and counter proposals were rejected by both sides. Since then, a hostage deal reportedly hasn't even been discussed by israel's leadership. Cbc news, toronto. >> Heather: health officials in gaza say 35 palestinians were killed overnight by aerial and ground bombardments. This is new video into us by central gaza. The aftermath of a strike on the refugee camp. The israeli military has recently ramped up attacks in parts of central and northern gaza. Reuters news agency is reporting those attacks have caused a new exodus of hundreds of thousands of palestinians who are fleeing their homes. The israeli military also continues to fight and advance further into the southern city of rafah. The international court of justice says this morning it will rule tomorrow on that request from south africa to order a halt to israel's offensive in rafah.

>>> Well, people in the united kingdom are going to be voting a lot sooner than most had expected. Prime minister rishi sunak has called a snap general election for july 4th, six weeks from now. Here are the front pages. He made the announcement yesterday. British media. Seizing on the optics of his announcement because it was pouring rain. And you can see drowning out or drowning street headlines like that op all the papers. The conservative party has been in power for 14 years now. But opinion polls suggest the labour party could be on track for a big win leading by 20 points in the polling right now. So party leaders on the campaign trail today for the first full day. The king can will officially dissolve parliament. The first time he'll have that duty as monarch. Let bring in julia chapman from london with more on the announcement and the campaign officially underway. Good morning, julia. >> Good morning, heather. That's right. The leaders of britain's main political party are already making their cases to the voting public as they get on to the campaign trail right away. Therapy wasting no time. Prime minister rishi sunak has already begun a tour of the four nations of the united kingdom, and the opposition leader was only told about the election yesterday. He got to work today holding a campaign rally in southeastern evening lands, trying to appeal to the conservative party heartland and convince them to vote for him instead. Both of these main leaders are trying to make their case to the british public to reflect on the last 14 years of conservative party rule. Here's what rishi sunak had to say at his first event. >> People can judge me by my record. I've been prepared time and time fwen to do what I think is right for our country, even when it difficult. That requires the ability to take bold action. It requires an ability to stick to a plan, even when it tough. >> Reporter: and we've been hearing from stormer as well who says the last 14 years have seen the conservative party go around and around in circles. He's been trying to make a case for change while rishi sunak makes the case for continuity. The prime minister talking about what he sees as his main legacies and the legacy of the conservative party. He's pointed to growth in the economy, tough action on migration, the recruitment of mores doctors, as well as an increase in defence spending. While stormer has been criticizing rishi sunak, saying working people are worse off than they were when he took office. Also saying that the younger generations are losing hope. So setting out their campaigns today. >> Heather: and at the end of it, julia, we could see major political change. Voters there haven't had the chance to cast ballot since 2019 for boris johnson, but have been three conservative prime ministers since that time. So what is -- if you put the mood of the british people, what are you hearing in terms of the reaction to this election? >> Reporter: there does seem to be an appetite for change. Many british voters welcoming the fact that the election has been called this early. It didn't have to be held until much later in the year. And people have been responding, saying that it is time to go to the polls. They're ready for a change. And they're going to be casting their ballots on issues like housing, the economy, health care crucially, among other issues. So it up now to the two main party leaders and others, it should be said, to make their cases that they're the right ones to vote for in six weeks time. >> Heather: it going to be an interesting six weeks. Off and running. Julia, thank you very much for this. Julia chapman from our bureau in london. We'll obviously be talking about this a lot more through the morning. In fact, we'll check in with scott lucas. He's an international politics professor. We often chat with him about things U.S. but also U.K. today. We'll talk about this early election gamble as many analysts are putting it in just about 20 minutes here on cbc morning live. Here is what else you should know as you start your thursday morning. Expert are warning people over 65 to be cautious when they ingest cannabis edibles. There's a new study out warning there's been a real rise in hospital visits from cannabis poisoning since legalization. Matt galloway on "the current" looking at this today, looking into the risks, why experts say there could be health benefits to that demographic. But again, risks. Just after 8:30. 8:37 a.m., 9:07 A.M. in newfoundland and labrador on the cbc radio and listen app. Hot docks film festival says it temporarily closing the flabship toronto theatre for three month and laying off staff to address the ongoing financial difficulties.

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