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in store for you! >> Announcer: your watching global bc, this is global news morning. >> Life there reaa point of the game anymore kind of thing thing... >>sonia: soccer shocker. The *messi* situation - as tomorrows whitecaps-miami game - is left with some big no shows. Goodning I'm sonia sunger and thanks so much for joining us, . >> Jason: and I'm jason pires. We begin with breaking news on the situation in the middle east - a u-n court has ruled that israel must halt its military operations in the city of rafah. >> Sonia: the international court of stice made the ruling this morning, citing the death toll and humanitarian suffering in gaza. It rachets up international pressure ast israel to rein in its war on hamas, as three countries announced this week they would recognize the state of palestine. The country insists it has the right to defend itself after the devaing attack last october. Despite the legally binding order, the court has no way of enforcing it. (**jp**) >> Jason: a judge is expecte hand down a sentence to notorious sex offender randall hopley this morning for breaching his supeion order last year. >> Tyler: for charles utside vancouver police headquarters this morning. Troy, hopley was missing for over a wee november. >> Troy: yes,, good morning and yes, last november probably went awol for 10 days cutting off his ankle tor and fleeing his halfway house. A canada wide arrest wnt was issued-- on november 14th, hopley was arrested byoff-duty officer outside a police station. Hopley told police he was not expecting the weather to be so cold and that he would not have turned himself in if it had been summer. Last month the 58 year old pled guilty to charges related to breaching his long-term supervision order, including not bein the presence of children under 16 yeard. Hopley is known for abducting athree year old boy from a home in sparwood back in 2011.ccording to the parole board he has been diag pedophilia, borderline intellectual functioning and a personality disorder. >> Sonia: so troy, what is the crown asking for in sentencing? >> The crown is seeking a combined 4 year sentence with no enhanceddit given for time already spent in custody while the defence is arguing for a t have all those updates as they come today here on global bc. That will come 9:30 A.M. >> Jason: well, troy charles reporting, thanks, troy. Soccer fans and bc are reeling this morning from the news lionel messi will not playagainst the whitecaps tomorrow. In fact - he didnt' even make the trip. >> Yes, it's is pointed that's why most one brought their tickets and that's what the cell out on saturday. >>if youre going to announce thesayers are playing and then two days before the game starts thyere not playing and these fans are trying to sell thesckets and theyre not going to sell them for anywhere near the money tplayed for it. More than "50-thousand" fans were expected at a sold out b-c place -- to see the soccer superstar play. In a statement -- the whitecaps say "messi" -- will *not* make the trip to vancouver -- they don't say why not. "messi" to cancel -- it is for the ross family from salmon arm. They spent almost 3-thousand dollars for a hotel and tickets -- to make their son's dream come true. >>we paid an inflated cost specifically to go see messi and his team mates, they only here every couple years so its a rare event." >>you look online and you look at the ticket prices for our same seats for a whips game for the next game and its 10 times difference, that hurts you ow. >>jason: the whitecaps say theyo control over their opponent's line up. Their goodwill gesture to fans -- so far -- is "50 per cent" off "food anink" at tomorrows game. Cybercriminals have leaked hundreds of gigabytes of information from the recent london drugs ransomattack online global news has viewed some of the information, and can crm it includes medical and human resource files of employees.london drugs says it's taking all available steps to mitigate any impacts, incng notifying all current employees whose information could be potentially impacted. Cybersecurity experts all agree, that the for the company. >>companies do hold very sense information about their employees. In the past for example, we have seen salary information en up online.

details of disciplinary records, performance reviews. >>the criminals aren't committing much identity fraud with this data because there is so much data, that your info has little value to them, itust meant as a tool for extortion. >>jason: russian-based ransomware group "lockbit" has claimed responsibility for the attack. It demanded "25-million-dollars" by thursday, which london drugs refused to pay. The b-c supreme cohas stopped the city of surrey from halting its transition to a municipal police force. Public safety minister mike farnworth says the surrey police service will become the city's police of jurisdiction on november 29th. The province has set aside $150-million dollars to help with the transition. Farnworth says hsn't yet spoken with mayor brenda locke -- was elected in 2022 after campaigning on the promise to stop the transn to a municipal force -- and keep the r-c-m-p. >>the court did confirmed it is more expensive for us to transition to the sps when compared to the maintaining the rcmp, both by transition costs and annual incremental costs. >>there's been a lot of work underway with the rcmp and the surrey police service, and what would really help things along is for the city of surrey to be at the table, working in collaboration with all the parties involved. >>sonia: locke did not say whether the city would app the ruling. The longtime mayor of sun peaks is stepping down -- following an a-l-s diagnosis. (**vo* "al raine" says he was dosed with a rare form of the disease so known as "lou gehrigs" - about a month ago. The 82-year-old says he's not suffering - but his speech and ability to swallow have been impacted. Raine has led the mountain resort municipality since 20-10 - and is the husband of former olympian and senator "nancy green". Critics are accusing vancouver city planners of protecting the shaughnessy neighbourhood from more housing. (**vo**o hear a report on allowing multiplexes in the "first shaughness - which is a heritage conservation zone. The report follows provinicial to permit grr density - even in protected areas. The proposed changes would mirror those requirements - with the exception of protectedheritage properties. One housing advocate says much more could be done to denisfy e neighbourhood. >>were minutes away from town the largest job centre in the province and broadway ich is the second largest job centre in the province, people want to live closer to their jobs, and yet th that city staff allow to be buit here is large maga mansions.>>were in a housing criss and we all have to do our part to accommodate new neighbos and tats going to city. >>sonia: meiszner says council will consider the report next week. >>jason: the edmonton oilers and dallas stars with a marathon game thursday to kick off the western conference final. -oilers up 201 late in the 3rd... Point shot doesn't get through... Jason robertson also stopped... But tyler seguin is there for the rebound... Tie game...:40 to 01:02 ] -we go to double overtime... :32 seconds into it... Ryan nugent-hopkins steals the puck for edmonton... Evan bouchard centers.. And connor mcdavid buries the game winner...oiler take game one... >> Sonia: all right, and why E.G. goes nuts. >> Kin: yes, I kinda thought, awkward rate, it's acanadian team and you know how badly are the os. >> Sonia: I wahe cup to come to can bend you got to cheer them on. >> Steph: exactly, exactly. That's exciting and so we are here on west coast in bc and we have to learn to appreciate the rain that's the weekend and esally with fire season coming very quickly so here we are overall and hear some of the rain we are seeing this morning that will linger throughout the day and we do have some heavy downpour days coming our way and thenooler days only 14 degrees for daytime high and we should get 19 last year we were ther and sunset at 902 breaks right around the late afternoon and early evening hours so we got some rain today and how m mm was showing out at about 54 victoria for whistler campbell river at 4. Port hardy is looking like it's lawful for himer on today

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