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1. Are Iranian 'sleeper cells' a threat to Canadians? Here’s what intelligence experts say

   

   Rhetoric around Iranian sleeper cells has spiked since the onset of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Counter-intelligence experts and a former spy tell CBC News that while the regime may not use dormant agents in Canada, the threats of lone wolf attacks and 'criminal proxies' are real.

2. Israel's defence minister says military plans occupy swath of southern Lebanon

   

   Israel will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a "defensive buffer," Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, spelling out for the first time Israel's intent to seize territory amounting to nearly a tenth of Lebanon.

3. Landmark verdict in New Mexico finds Meta violated state child safety laws

   

   A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children's mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law.

4. OpenAI shuts down Sora app amid rising concerns about deepfakes and consent

   

   OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.

5. Record-breaking heat dome growing to cover nearly the entire U.S.

   

   A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States. After breaking March records in 14 states with temperatures as high as 44.4 C, it's now widening and may become the most expansive heat dome ever.