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Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Israelis are mourning on the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre, which was led by Islamist terror group Hamas in 2023. About 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were slaughtered in southern Israel during the atrocity, prompting retaliation from the victim nation that continues to this day. In a statement released this morning, Mark Carney condemned the attacks in Canada's name, adding: "Canada has committed more than $400 million in assistance to the West Bank and Gaza, and we support the sustained, large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid into the region."
Israelis mark October 7 anniversary at the Nova music festival site https://t.co/zbg5oQbVkr
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 7, 2025
Today's the day: Mark Carney is set to appear in front of the cameras in the White House for another sit-down with President Donald Trump. Carney had previously said Canada and the US would agree a new trading arrangement in the summer, but missed his own deadline by several months. The meeting comes just days after Trump repeated his desire to see Canada become part of the United States. Carney, meanwhile, mocked the president's knowledge of economics in an interview with The Economist set to be released later this week.
On Tuesday @MarkJCarney, Canada’s prime minister, will meet Donald Trump at the White House. In an interview in Ottawa last week, I asked him what America’s president was like to deal with. Watch the full interview on Thursday at 7pm London time: https://t.co/eCAirNXlnu pic.twitter.com/JOIBxU5B8m
— Zanny Minton Beddoes (@zannymb) October 6, 2025
A think tank reckons the world used more renewable energy than coal this year for the first time in history. Ember highlighted China's rapid expansion of renewables and the US and EU's expansion of fossil fuels, though in reality China is still the country responsible for the most CO2 emissions in the world by a very large margin.
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
— Dave Jones (@CleanPowerDave) October 7, 2025
Renewables was up in the first half of the year, and coal had a small fall...🧵 pic.twitter.com/bjzj2oG2S9
Two of the organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa are finally set to learn what their punishment will be after being found guilty of mischief. The Crown has requested that Tamara Lich and Chris Barber be jailed for seven and eight years, respectively.
Freedom Convoy leaders Lich, Barber to be sentenced for mischief https://t.co/QnmsixW0vr pic.twitter.com/DB5HOIBTiI
— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) October 7, 2025
Chinese electric car giant BYD has announced that the UK has become its biggest market outside of China, with sales surging 880 per cent year-over-year in September. The UK, unlike Canada and the EU, refused to follow the US's lead in applying tariffs on Chinese EVs, making the market attractive to China's exporters.
🔺 Chinese electric carmaker’s UK sales rocket tenfold
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 6, 2025
BYD sold 11,271 cars in Britain last month, up from 1,150 just a year earlier, according to new data.
The figures show BYD overtaking popular brands including Mini, Land Rover, Tesla and Renault while also putting it within… pic.twitter.com/4f2Hh7BVnS