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Global National: June 4, 2024 | Canadian veterans arrive in France to mark WWII's D-Day

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Some Canadian veterans have travelled to Juno Beach to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when the Allied invasion of Normandy turned the tide of the Second World War. Dawna Friesen speaks with Retired Capt. William Wilson about why making the trip was important to him. She also looks back on her recent conversation with Retired Capt. Bill Cameron, who suddenly died last week, about what he experienced during that crucial day in history.

The federal Liberals are refusing to say which politicians allegedly "wittingly" cooperated with foreign interference schemes, including revealing secrets to foreign states, following a damning report from the National Security Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). Mercedes Stephenson reports on the demand for answers.

Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein is looking into the business dealings of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault. It centres on Boissonnault's ties to a lobbyist and a medical supply company embroiled in lawsuits. As Krista Hessey reports, while Boissonnault says he's followed ethics and lobbying rules, newly obtained text messages raise questions about his potential involvement in a business deal a year after he was elected.

Following months of intense political pressure from all sides, U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that would temporarily close America's border with Mexico if too many people try to cross it. Jackson Proskow reports on Biden's goal to restrict the number of asylum seekers, the impact and how progressives are comparing the move to Donald Trump era policies.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is declaring victory after the country's six-week election, but it wasn't a majority win. Redmond Shannon explains whom Modi will need to form government for a third term and how his divisive campaign may have backfired.

Plus, nationalist parties are surging in politics across Europe, including Germany, where polling shows one in five people now supports the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. As Dawna Friesen reports from Berlin, immigration is one of the biggest drivers for those shifting sentiments.

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