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Man: We build our own legacy. Arena announcer: She scores! ( ) >> Asha: tonight, a parking lot brawl in montréal ends with three people dead, including a 15-year-old. >> It was 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, 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 I 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. 0 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 bombing. And as evan dyreers tells us in this exclusive, the rcmp say that his son may now be under threat. >> Reporter: the bombing of an air india passenger jet with 329 killed. Ripudaman 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 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, the head of indian'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 of a close conspirator of a sikh activist, harlan deal singh nijjar, gunned down in surrey last year. Canada accused india of being responsible. Then there's this man, amar jit singh from the consular from vancouver who helped malik get his name off the black list and 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 they believe that was contracted 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, his son hardeep, has 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 >> Reporter:'S son may be under threat? >> Reporter: no, we don't know specifically why he might be, but 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 india's reconciliation with the malik family may not have actually been genuine with some of the damages that hung over malik senior may have been inherited by his son. But there are some in the community who believe that this is the indian government 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, the town of 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, the beleaguered 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. >> The prime minister before 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 about 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

occupied west bank, praised the move. >> The recognition today of three important european countries is very important for the sake of this -- for the sake of seeking a two-state solution according to the international rule. >> Reporter: the three countries have called on others to follow their lead. A firm "no" from the u.s., restating its commitment to a two-state solution negotiated between the parties. Canada holds a similar position. >> Prime Minister Trudeau:WE oppose efforts by the netanyahu government to reject a two-state solution. We are prepared to recognize a state of palestine at the right time. >> Reporter: spain, norway and ireland say they will formally recognize the palestinian state next week. Norway says that it plans to upgrade its office in the west bank into an embassy. Kris reyes, cbc news, new york. >> Asha: hope for a two-state solution are decades old, and negotiations have started and failed many times. Ellen mauro looks at the many roadblocks to making it work. You can watch that story any time on the "the national's" YouTube page. >>> Staying in the middle east we have a disturbing look of the capture of female israeli soldiers by hamas militants on october 7th. In a moment you will see body cam footage of bloodied women. As sasa petricic explains, the families of hostages desperate for their return, push to have the video made public. >> Reporter: as hamas fighters surged into israel early 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-olds in pyjamas among the first hostages, handcuffed and assaulted. It was all captured by hamas body cam. The edited version now made public by the israeli government, complying with the demands of hostage families. Staring at the women, a fighter says suggestively -- "you are so beautiful." and another is heard saying "they are girls who can get pregnant." amid fighting, they are forced into jeeps, driven to gaza like some 250 israelis taken that day. >>(speaking alternate language). >> Reporter: parents like orli watching her daughter daniela in despair. >> It's one of my biggest fears, you know, as a young woman to be there in their hands. You don't know what they are capable of. >> I am just scared and I am hurting for her. And I'm frustrated. >> Reporter: that same frustration has sparked ongoing protests by hostage families, demanding a serious fire deal with hamas to release the remaining hostages. Like the one that saw 105 returned six months ago. They hope that israel's war cabinet will be spurred into action by the videos released. >> We have to use this weapon against our government so they will see it and they will start pushing themselves to do something to 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. Sasa petricic, cbc news, toronto. >> Asha: another woman is accusing rapper and music mogul sean diddy combs of assault. A former model has filed a lawsuit saying that combs sexually assaulted her back in 2003. She claims that he gave her alcohol and marijuana and then forced her to perform sex acts. Earlier this week, combs issued a video apology in response to a different incident -- a recording of him attacking cassie, his former girlfriend.

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>>> The cost of olive oil is way up across the country. Prices are soaring, and some shoppers are thinking twice before they buy. Erin collins looks at what is driving the increase and how long it could last. >> Reporter: dubbed liquid gold by some, the price of olive oil is surging on shelves across canada. But that spike is no deterrent for some. >> I'm going to pay the price because I'd rather have the quality. >> Reporter: still, rising olive oil prices have other shoppers thinking twice. >> It's almost getting to the point where, you know, if it gets worse, then you just won't buy it anymore. >> Reporter: drought in europe devastating olive crops, driving the uptick in prices. >> Retail prices in canada on average have gone up 25%, 26% since january. >> Reporter: and experts say that climate change means high prices could be here to stay. >> I think that it already is considered as a luxury item at the grocery store. It certainly is a luxury vegetable oil. >> Reporter: that dry weather in southern europe impacting olive crops there -- >> We only produce about 25% of the olive oil that we normally produce. >> Reporter: and business at this alberta-based company that produces olive oil in greece. >> A challenge because it's more expensive to produce it. We now have to invest a great deal of capital and also a challenge to sell it to customers. >> Reporter: back at the market a warning that the prices could go up again in the fall. >> They're predicting around a 45%, almost 50% increase. >> Reporter: and some advice for those facing olive oil sticker shock. >> So if people are struggling with the increase in the prices of olive oil, is there anything that they can do? >> There's a couple of options, they can either purchase an olive oil that is maybe not extra virgin olive oil, or they can opt for a blend of one like this right here, a mixture of sunflower oil and olive oil. >> Reporter: like all gold -- cheaper when it is diluted. Erin collins, cbc news, calgary. >> Asha: an ontario healthcare centre is dropping thousands of patients, leaving them with no family doctor and few options. >> Reporter: what are you going to do? >> Can I know very honest -- I don't know. >> Asha: why doctors say that they had no choice. >> I know that without care -- [indiscernible] >> Asha: india's prime minister vies for an historic third term. Why his enduring power has come at a cost. >> There's the freedom of expression. >> Asha: "the national" breaks down the stories shaping our world next. ( ) >> Announcer: Breaking news that shapes your world. With localCBC Radio Onelive to connect us closer to home. It's news you can trust, delivered when you want, where you want, on theCBC Newsapp. Download for free. Ladies and gentlemen, out there, it's a beast, its hunger for adventure insatiable. Behold the Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness! (Mixed gasps) ( ) Inu Nagamu is one of Canada's largest Indigenous and alcohol-free music festival. In the heart of the Cote Nord region in Mani-Utenam, Inu Nagamu Festival proudly celebrates its 40th edition to the rhythm of Indigenous artists from near and far, in addition to presenting world-class performances in a family-friendly atmosphere. We look forward to see you in Mani-Utenam from July 30th to August 4th, 2024. Okay, and root beer to drink? No. [gasping] What? He didn't get root beer? I'm getting frozen root beer. Oh! Try frozen a&w root beer with sweet cream. Woman: My grandson can choose to be anything he wants to be. Which reminds me: I've got a few choices to make of my own. Welcome to Seniors Choice. How can I help? Hi, I'd like a quick quote, please. If you're a Canadian Resident aged 50-80, you can choose the right amount of coverage for you and your family up to $250,000. That kind of money would help a lot. You can choose to apply over the phone now in just minutes, with no medicals or blood tests, just a few health and lifestyle questions. Wow. That easy? Depending on the coverage you choose, it would be as little as $14.88 a month. That's just 49 cents a day. That's less than I thought. And that money could help my family cover my funeral costs, support my husband's retirement planning or even pay off the loans. I'll do it. Seniors Choice are the #1 Direct Choice for Canadians over 50. To get a free, no-obligation quote, call one of our trusted insurance advisors today at 1-844-834-2722.

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