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Large plumes of smoke could be seen over Alberta and in British Columbia on Sunday (May 12), as out-of-control fires raged across Western Canada. Chris Dignam reports.

Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in South Korea to his 6-year-old daughter in Texas, but the call turned bloody when his Russian girlfriend pulled out a knife, said his wife, Megan. This report produced by Chris Dignam.

A massive fire that broke out on Saturday (May 11) night in a shopping center in Warsaw almost completely destroyed the place, authorities said.

Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing over 300 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said on Sunday, as villagers buried their dead and aid agencies warned of widening havoc. Rachel Judah has more.

Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday (May 12), after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments, killing and wounding dozens, the enclave's Hamas-run health officials said. Ilan Rubens reports. This video contains graphic images.

Catalans began voting on Sunday (May 12) in a regional election which offers the choice of an exiled separatist politician who led a breakaway push in 2017, or an anti-independence government led by the Socialist Party.

Several people were killed in the Russian city of Belgorod on Sunday (May 12), when a whole section of a multi-storey apartment block collapsed after a Ukrainian missile strike, Russian officials said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

Palestinians displaced for a second time attempted to set up tents in Deir al-Balah as Israel presses ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah. Among those who left Rafah, Zeinab al-Kahloot, sat on the ground in a camp in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza as she tried to stitch her worn out tent.

A U.S. government agency that monitors solar activity said on Saturday (May 11) that the biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades would continue through Sunday. This report produced by Chris Dignam.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among a group of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrating near the venue for the Eurovision final in Malmo on Saturday (May 11).

Five people were killed and nine wounded in three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes on the Russian border provinces of Belgorod and Kursk, and the city of Donetsk, which Russia claims to have annexed, local officials said on Saturday (May 11). This report produced by Chris Dignam.

Protesters chanted "'Eurovision united by genocide" in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday (May 11) to voice their discontent against Israel's participation in the Eurovision song contest.

Hundreds of people rushed to see the northern lights in Vancouver on Saturday (May 11) with increased visibility triggered by a geomagnetic storm.

Israel called on Saturday (May 11) for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza's southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah. Ilan Rubens reports.

Mourners buried loved ones who died in the devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan which the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday (May 11) have now taken more than 150 lives. Mourner Gulbudeen says he lost five members of his family to the floods.

Families in Deir al-Balah bid farewell to more than 21 of their loved ones on Saturday (May 11) who were killed during Israeli airstrikes on areas in Central Gaza overnight. “It is not fair that this is happening to them,” said Khitam al-Khatib, a bereaved woman who lost several family members. This video contains graphic images.

A report by the Biden administration on whether Israel’s use of U.S. supplied weapons violated international humanitarian law is “self-contradictory” and full of gaps two former State Department officials told Reuters on Friday (May 10). Ryan Chang has the details. This video contains graphic images.

A U.S. government agency that monitors solar activity warned on Saturday (May 11) radio, GPS and satellite communications could be affected over the weekend as the result of an extreme solar flare.

The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, were seen lighting up the sky in Nottingham, England and Switzerland.

Hundreds of Mexican women looking for their missing children rally in Mexico City on Friday (May 10) for a Mother's Day protest to pressure authorities to do more to find their loved ones.

During U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Palo Alto, California, on Friday (May 10), both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators filled the streets.

Uruguay is trying to cope with the ravages of heavy rains that have battered the nation and displaced more than two thousand people.

Less than three months out from the Olympic Games in Paris, some Brazilian athletes are giving up their dreams to help victims of the severe floods. Rower Piedro Tuchtenhagen, who was due to compete in the qualifying phase for the Games, said he and Evaldo Becker decided to "focus our energies here in Rio Grande do Sul, our state, to help our families and friends."

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Giant blue-grey sei whales that vanished from Argentina's Patagonian coast a century ago due to hunting are starting to flourish once again, demonstrating how species can recover when measures to protect them are put in place. Kristy Kilburn reports.