SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Tuesday, 7 October 2025 - Updated at 1235 hrs EDT

Canadian News

BBC News
Carney under pressure at White House talks

CBC News
The Pacific Ocean is overheated, making fall feel like summer

BBC News
Canadian marine park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales

CBC News
Welcome to the dog days of fall, as high temperatures shatter records

CBC News
WestJet again hikes checked-bag fee

CBC News
Government to table new border bill amid privacy concerns over C-2: sources

Reuters News Agency
Medium-, heavy-duty trucks to face 25% tariff as of Nov. 1

CBC News
Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to be sentenced today

CBC News
Fraud is a known problem in Canada's crypto ATM industry

CBC News
Phillipino construction workers overwhelmed after new work permits issued by IRCC

Radio-Canada
Doug Ford menace de retirer le Crown Royal et la vodka Smirnoff de la LCBO

Radio-Canada
Trump annonce des droits de douane de 25 % sur les camions importés

Radio-Canada
Rencontre Carney-Trump : l’industrie de l’acier retient son souffle - Plus

Radio-Canada
Le Canada s’inspire du Royaume-Uni pour « moderniser » son approche budgétaire

Canadian Commentary

VAdm Ron Lloyd (Ret’d) | Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Nine Actionable Decisions for the Prime Minister to Best Posture Defence

Peter Jones | The Globe and Mail
Canada and Greenland can forge a new relationship

Preston Manning | The Globe and Mail
To get through to Trump on his tariff policy, we have to get through to his base

David M. Shribman | The Globe and Mail
Poll on U.S. political division points to irreconcilable differences

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
Qatar discovers cash can wash away blood

International News

The Washington Post
Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging

The Guardian
Pam Bondi faces questions on Epstein files and National Guard in tense hearing - More

CBC News
Pressure is building on Donald Trump as tariffs bite deeper into American manufacturing

NBC News
FAA reports staffing issues at airports as government shutdown continues

NBC News
Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction

Reuters News Agency
Trump signals he's open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, says Diddy has already asked for one

Politico
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act

NBC News
Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes

The Wall Street Journal
Gold Prices Top $4,000 for First Time

MSNBC News
Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm

Time Magazine
Chicago’s Mayor Moves to Establish ‘ICE-Free Zones’ as Trump’s Crackdown Intensifies

NBC News
Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago - More

The Daily Mail
ICE rolls Portland protester away on flatbed cart, as Trump says city is 'burning to the ground'

ABC News
Medical helicopter crashes on California freeway - More - More

The Daily Beast
Monica Crowley Drools Over ‘Muscular’ Trump Bringing ‘Real Masculinity’ to America

BBC News
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Reuters News Agency
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to three scientists for quantum mechanical tunnelling

Politico
Trump hasn’t moved on from wanting Greenland forever, Danish PM warns

The Guardian
Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts

The Guardian
Jaguar Land Rover launches phased restart at factories after cyber-attack

BBC News
'Fatberg' weighing 100 tonnes removed from west London sewer - More

The Guardian
Macron should announce early election, says former PM

The Associated Press
Ukraine claims drone strikes on Russian ammo plant, oil terminal and weapons depot

The Guardian
Trump says he would want to know Kyiv’s plans for Tomahawk missiles before supplying them

CBC News
Monitors say Sudan's civil war is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world

The Guardian
ICC convicts former Janjaweed commander for war crimes in Darfur

The Guardian
Eswatini confirms arrival of 10 more people as part of US deportation deal

BBC News
Army general named as Madagascar PM to quell Gen Z protests

BBC News
Satellite imagery shows destruction in Gaza after two years of war

BBC News
One question dominates conversations in Gaza: 'When will the war end?'

CBC News
How Israel tries to control the narrative around Gaza - More

CBC News
Gaza peace plan still being negotiated - More

CBC News
India's shrimp farmers reeling from U.S. tariffs

Reuters News Agency
If Trump convinces China to abandon force against Taiwan he deserves Nobel prize, Taiwan president says

CBS News
Chinese jets intercept CP-140 Aurora tracking North Korean ships

BBC News
North Korean hackers increasingly targeting wealthy crypto holders

The Guardian
Brazil’s president asks US to scrap tariffs in ‘friendly’ call with Trump

The Guardian
Venezuela on edge over regime change whispers

CBS News
Hurricane Priscilla strengthens into Category 2 storm off Mexico's west coast

The Associated Press
Today in History: 7 October - More

This Day in Aviation
7 October

Agence France-Presse
La Maison Blanche annonce l'envoi de 300 gardes nationaux à Chicago

Agence France-Presse
Une juge bloque le déploiement de la Garde nationale à Portland

Agence France-Presse
Le bitcoin franchit un nouveau record à plus de 125.000 dollars

Agence France-Presse
La chute du dollar depuis l’investiture de Donald Trump expliquée en trois infographies

Agence France-Presse
Angleterre : un incendie devant une mosquée qualifié de « crime de haine » par la police

Agence France-Presse
Survols de drones en Allemagne : le ministre de la Défense appelle au calme

Le Figaro
« Fasciste » : la statue de Jean-Paul II vandalisée en marge d’une manifestation pro-Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Grèce : un mort et 17 migrants secourus après que leur embarcation a coulé

Agence France-Presse
Géorgie : après les manifestations électorales, le PM promet des représailles contre l'opposition - Plus

Le Figaro
Flottille pour Gaza : des proches de Greta Thunberg affirment qu’elle est maltraitée pendant sa détention en Israël

RFI
Benyamin Netanyahu dit espérer ramener tous les otages « dans les jours à venir »

RFI
Gaza : négociations en Égypte pour discuter du plan Trump, l'enclave toujours bombardée

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : le Hamas veut un accord et commencer « immédiatement » l’échange de prisonniers

Agence France-Presse
L'Iran estime que la coopération avec l'AIEA « n'est plus pertinente »

Agence France-Presse
Inde : plus de 20 morts dans un glissement de terrain dans le Nord-Est

Agence France-Presse
Népal : des inondations et des glissements de terrain font au moins 42 morts

International Commentary

Kayla Epstein | BBC News
Why is Trump trying to deploy the National Guard to US cities?

Jeremy Bowen | BBC News
Two years on, will Israel and Hamas seize the chance to end the war?

Steve Benen | MSNBC News
As his FBI tenure goes from bad to worse, Kash Patel abandons the pretense of seriousness

Shaul Magid | The Guardian
The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
The administration’s politicization of the civil service

Malcolm Ferguson | The New Republic
If This Is Why He Hates ICE Protests, Stephen Miller Must Have Amnesia

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