5 things you need to know this morning: Nov. 28, 2024

Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.

Five things you need to know

1. iPhones could be on Canada's 'hit lists' for retaliatory tariffs on US goods: analyst

Canada has its own "hit lists" of US products it could target as revenge for Donald Trump's pledge to put a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports, according to a trade expert. Analysts have pointed to potential tariffs on agricultural products and even iPhones as a way to get Americans panicking due to Trump's threats.

How Canada can hit the U.S. where it hurts in fight against Trump's tariffs https://t.co/5tcgOJccAC

— Maggie Maske (@MaggieMaske) November 28, 2024

2. Australia bans under-16s from using social media

Australia has approved some of the Western world's strictest social media rules, including a blanket ban on children aged under 16 using the technology. Companies that violate the new rules could be fined as much as US$32.5 million.

BREAKING: Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children under 16, which will soon become a world-first law https://t.co/6SpKUGw8a3

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 28, 2024

3. Canada's property and violent crime rates now higher than US's, study claims

Canada has higher violent and property crime rates than the United States on a per-capita basis, according to a new study. The Fraser Institute's latest study explains: "After decades of declining crime rates in both Canada and the United States, the period since 2014 has seen some increases in both violent and property crime rates in Canada."

Comparing Recent Crime Trends in Canada and the United States: An Introduction https://t.co/WuRwE7GMjA

— gene syvenky (@ubbergenius) November 28, 2024

4. Zuckerberg dines with Trump as billionaires' relationship continues to thaw

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence. It marks a potential shift in the two billionaires' relationship, which was pushed to its limits by Zuckerberg's decision to ban Trump from Facebook and Instagram in 2021.

Mark Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss incoming administration: ‘Grateful for the invitation’ https://t.co/mGSYYsEn6Q pic.twitter.com/qu5f9EaUxk

— New York Post (@nypost) November 28, 2024

5. More than a dozen people crossed from Canada into US in run-up to Trump threat: report

In more Donald Trump news, it has been revealed that, in the days before the US president-elect threatened a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, 16 people were caught crossing illegally into the US from Canada. Those detained said they were from India, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala, according to US officials.

On a Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into New York. https://t.co/cFMXRAUZVK

— CBC News (@CBCNews) November 28, 2024