Global National: April 9, 2023 | Israeli-Palestinian tensions heightened over religious weekend

As Easter, Passover and Ramadan coincided together this year, prayers for peace between Israel and Gaza were nowhere near answered, with tensions remaining high all weekend. As Touria Izri reports, that's on top of Israel's growing political turmoil from within.

Tensions grew as China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan with a second day of drills around the island. Beijing called it a "stern warning" after Taiwan's president visited the U.S. As Redmond Shannon reports, drills are expected to continue until Monday, as fears of a much larger conflict loom.

In Canada, Hydro-Quebec says it hopes to reconnect power to the over 100,000 customers left without electricity since last week's ice storm by Monday. But with clean-up efforts still in full force, some outages will not be resolved before Tuesday. Elizabeth Zogalis reports.

In Alberta, the province is now just a few weeks away from an election, and the governing United Conservatives are trying to make their case for staying in power by focusing its attention on crime. But will these political promises make cities safer? Heather Yourex-West takes a look.

It was an historic week in the U.S. that saw former president Donald Trump pleading not guilty to 34 felonies, while a vote to flip a conservative seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court could upend state laws on everything from voting to abortion rights. As Eric Sorensen reports, while Trump still commands much of the spotlight, support may be shrinking for Republicans and Democrats are taking advantage.

Baseball is finally back in Toronto this week, with changes to both the game and new renovations for the Rogers Centre. Mike Drolet talks about it with former Jays manager John Gibbons, a big character in his own right.

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