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Trudeau's resignation
Voters reject Maga's darling after Trump's attack

Donald Trump's attack has turned Canadian politics upside down and sparked a wave of anger and patriotism. It undermines the Trump-inspired and right-wing conservative Pierre Poilievre, who has had to change his slogan from "Canada is broken" to "Canada first," reports the Financial Times.

At the same time, the attack gives air to the Liberal Party, which is considered to stand up to Trump. Pierre Poilievre - who is liked by Maga and supported by Elon Musk and Joe Rogan - has long had a huge lead in public opinion. But in a recent opinion poll from Ipsos, they are leading the right-wing conservatives for the first time in four years.

The Liberals are choosing a new party leader after Justin Trudeau's resignation on March 9, and the favorite right now seems to be Mark Carney, former governor of the central banks of both Britain and Canada.

The upcoming parliamentary election must be held by October at the latest.

Middle East crisis Gaza war
Internal investigation: October 7 was a “total failure”

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have now completed an internal investigation into the October 7, 2023 attack and the conclusions are crystal clear, an anonymous military official told AFP:

– October 7 was a total failure, the IDF failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians, the official said.

The IDF is considered to have misjudged and underestimated Hamas, writes AP. The border protection against Gaza is described in the investigation as “minimal”, writes Sky News.

In a summary of the investigation that AFP has seen, it is stated that “around 5,000 terrorists” infiltrated Israel during the attack and that they came in three waves.

Democratic criticism of Hungary
Hungary wants to ban the Pride parade in Budapest

The annual Pride parade in Budapest can be stopped. The Hungarian government is proposing a constitutional amendment to protect “children’s health,” Reuters reports.

“The conflict between the right to assembly and children’s right to healthy development needs to be clarified,” said Gergely Gulyas, chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Órban.

According to Gulyas, the Hungarian government has never supported the parade, but the “room for maneuver” has grown since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Pride organizers say they still plan to hold Budapest Pride this summer.

“The government’s task should not be to further restrict the fundamental freedoms of the Hungarian people,” they said in a statement.

The Terrorist Threat to Sweden
Planned to Enter the Riksdag and Shoot as Many as Possible – Sentenced

Two Afghan men with IS connections planned to enter the Swedish Riksdag building and shoot as many as possible. Now they are being sentenced to prison for the terror plans in a German court.

The older of the men, a 30-year-old, is being sentenced to five years and six months in prison for the terror plans and for membership in the terrorist organization IS, according to SR Ekot. He confessed during the trial and then claimed that he had been brainwashed into committing the act. The younger man, a 23-year-old, is being sentenced to four years and two months in prison.

According to the indictment, the men mapped the area around the Riksdag on the Internet. They also tried to get hold of weapons, which they failed to do. The assassination plans are said to have been motivated by the Koran burnings in Sweden, and according to the prosecutor, were far-fetched.

The men were arrested in Gera, Germany, in March 2024 in connection with an operation by the German police task force.

Crypto market
The largest crypto heist of all time – North Korean hackers stole $1.5 billion

North Korean hackers stole $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency last week according to the FBI. It is described as the largest crypto heist of all time, writes CNN.

The hackers got their hands on the money during a single robbery and in just a few minutes they stole a significant portion of North Korea's reported annual GDP.

- We have never seen anything on this scale before. The ability of these illegal financial networks to absorb such enormous sums of money so quickly is deeply worrying, says Nick Carlsen, a former FBI intelligence analyst.

North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars from banks and cryptocurrency companies in recent years, according to reports from the UN and private companies.

About half of North Korea's missile program has been funded by similar digital heists, a White House official claimed in 2023.