Spanish police say they have dismantled a criminal network that facilitated illegal entry into Canada and the U.K. using forged passports and travel documents.
In a press release by Spain’s National Police, the smuggling operation primarily targeted Yemeni nationals and involved more than 40 migration attempts.
The network allegedly charged each migrant up to C$4,400.
The implosion of a submersible that killed all five aboard trying to visit the wreckage of the Titanic was “preventable” if not for the company’s “failure to follow established engineering protocols,” the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday in a report on the 2023 incident.
The Titan submersible disaster brought international attention to the world of deep-sea tourism, which experts say lacks adequate oversight to ensure safety. The 335-page report follows the Coast Guard’s investigative hearing that lasted two weeks in September.
VANCOUVER — I am a former partner of a national accounting firm and a registered Liberal who has served seven leaders of the Liberal Party, including four prime ministers. I am also a Christian actively involved in not-for-profit entities that “advance religion.”
I strongly oppose the new direction of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, as outlined in the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance report, Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget, which recommends removing “advancement of religion” as a recognized charitable purpose.
Carney’s eyes are cold and dead.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans subpoenaed nearly a dozen former federal officials and politicians — including Bill and Hillary Clinton — as well as records from the Department of Justice on Tuesday amid an expanding probe into the deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The officials — including former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller as well as six ex-US attorneys general — were compelled to testify before the House Oversight Committee.
JUST IN
The House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, requiring their testimony in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. pic.twitter.com/Kc4OTvC2JV
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) August 5, 2025
h/t XC
Where do things stand for Canada after the United States imposed a new, higher tariff last Thursday evening?
In the short run, not much has changed. In the long run, a lot may yet change.
Since the signing of the landmark Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, the relationship has been about ever-lower trade barriers and ever-easier movement of goods and services across the border. It was part of a global trend. Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. is reversing course, hard and fast.
Migrants attempting to land on a beach in Spain were tackled to the ground by locals and tourists before being taken into custody by police.
Footage showed 13 men diving off a boat and swimming to the shore, where they were immediately met with fierce resistance from beachgoers in a tourist town in Andalusia, in the south of the country.
The incident took place at Sotillo beach in Castell de Ferro on Sunday afternoon.
NEW: Locals tackle illegals and pin them down after they rush ashore on a crowded Spanish beach
Around 13 men, believed to be of Moroccan origin, jumped from a boat onto Sotillo Beach in Castell de Ferro, Granada, on Sunday afternoon
Witnesses said some ran along the beach… pic.twitter.com/TO0gvH9OeS
— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) August 5, 2025
Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad on Saturday hailed Canadian, British, and French plans to recognize a Palestinian state as “the fruits of October 7,” crediting Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel with growing Western support for such a state.
“Why are all the countries recognizing a Palestinian state today?” Hamad, a senior member of the Hamas politburo, asked during a Saturday interview on Al Jazeera, according to a translation by the Times of Israel. “Before October 7, did any country dare recognize a Palestinian state?”
A zoo in the northern Danish city of Aalborg is accepting donations in the form of pets to feed its predators.
The zoo issued an online call for people who “have a healthy animal that needs to be given away for various reasons.”
Court Documents reveal Ottawa Police wiretapped Detective Grus and her family
Ottawa Police illegally used terrorism-level emergency powers to wiretap Detective Helen Grus and her family.
The goal was simple: stop Grus from investigating a cluster of infant deaths that tripled the norm.
Court records confirm the illegal wiretap.
On December 29, 2022,… pic.twitter.com/38CzzFbEHQ
— DonaldBest.CA * DO NOT COMPLY (@DonaldBestCA) August 4, 2025
h/t Mauser
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to propose fully reoccupying the Gaza Strip when he meets his security cabinet, Israeli media say.
“The die has been cast. We’re going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip – and defeating Hamas,” local journalists quote a senior official saying.
Responding to reports that the army chief and other military leaders oppose the plan, the unnamed official said: “If that doesn’t work for the chief of staff, he should resign.”
B.C.’s premier and public safety minister are condemning the vandalism of Canada’s oldest surviving synagogue and pledging to support police and the community while an investigation is underway.
The Victoria Police Department was called to the Congregation Emanu-el Synagogue on Saturday around 8 p.m.
This is we are told a “progressive” synagogue.
Don’t believe the crocodile when he promises to eat you last.
Heavy damage and fears of many casualties in a dramatic flood in the town of Uttarkashi, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
May Hashem protect them and may the memories of the victims be a blessing ️ pic.twitter.com/jX5faoegvq
— Cheryl E ️ (@CherylWroteIt) August 5, 2025
See how quickly the debris flow of the flashflood overwhelms the retaining walls put up on the Kheer Ganga rivulet bed. People of Dharali, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand were living with a false sense of security. Horrific footage.pic.twitter.com/nEXAFI09sJ
— Anand Sankar (@kalapian_) August 5, 2025
A migrant staying in a hotel in Greater Manchester has been charged with attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old girl.
Edris Abdelrazig, 30, allegedly tried to abduct the girl in Stockport on July 13, while she was out with her father.
Mr Abdelrazig is a Sudanese national who had been staying in a three-star, £100-a-night hotel, The Sun reported.
Three alleged smugglers and 44 asylum seekers attempting to enter Canada from the U.S. were intercepted in Stanstead, Que., by the RCMP overnight Sunday.
With the help of provincial police, authorities arrested the asylum seekers, who were travelling in a truck, near Haskell Road. Some of them included children. RCMP brought the asylum seekers to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) office in Stanstead, according to CBSA east border district director Miguel Bégin.
… Bégin said most of the migrants were transferred to the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle regional processing centre, where they are being screened for their eligibility for asylum in Canada.
There is no reason for them to be eligible for asylum in Canada.
