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1. A Moroccan soccer player dreamed of Europe — but died on her way to Ceuta

   

   Jamila Afelom found the body of her daughter Fatin Ben Homar Azizi in a hospital, after Fatin had tried to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by swimming from Morocco in late July.

2. Trump upended last year’s federal election. Will he do the same to the Quebec campaign?

   

   Donald Trump’s tariff threats and rhetoric about making Canada the 51st state reshaped the federal election, especially in Quebec. As the provincial election campaign gets underway, could the U.S. president play that outsized role once again?

3. 24 Canadians among hundreds missing after flash floods kill more than 160 in Nepal, Tibet

   

   Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 160 people and left hundreds of tourists — including 24 Canadians — workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt.

4. Trump's top trade negotiator disputes Canadian assertion that U.S. made last-minute demands

   

   The Trump administration's top trade negotiator on Wednesday disputed Ottawa's assertion that last-minute demands from the U.S. derailed a trade deal between the two countries, saying Canadian negotiators' concerns about the deal's "implementation" led Ottawa to pull the plug.

5. Where Trump’s trade war with Canada could backfire | About That

   

   Avneet Dhillon explains how Canada is targeting imports from specific U.S. states with its dollar-for-dollar retaliation against President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariffs, and how the counter-tariffs could have an impact in key battleground states ahead of the midterm elections. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)