‘He will roll over us like a cement truck:’ Doug Ford says Canada must be prepared to match Trump’s 35 per cent #tariff.

Ford made the comment prior to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and other premiers in Huntsville, Ont. on Tuesday morning.

The face-to-face gathering comes with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to impose a higher 35 per cent tariff on many Canadian goods as of Aug. 1.

Most Canadian goods not covered by an existing North American free trade pact currently face a 25 per cent tariff at the U.S. border that took effect earlier this year.

“If President Trump increases tariffs and this is my personal opinion, I don’t speak on behalf of COTF (Council of the Federation), we need to make sure we match tariff-by-tariff and dollar-for-dollar and hit him (Trump) back as hard as we possibly can,” Ford said. “There is one thing President Trump understands. It is strength. He doesn’t understand or appreciate weakness. He will roll over us like a cement roller if you show an ounce of weakness with the president in my opinion.”

Carney told reporters last week that it was unlikely that any new trade deal with the U.S. would allow for the complete removal of all tariffs.

Speaking alongside the prime minister on Tuesday, Ford said that Canada’s premiers were eager to hear from him about “the status of the negotiations.”

He subsequently described that update as “very positive” in a media availability afterwards but said he wouldn’t “divulge everything” so as to not interfere with ongoing negotiations.

“Donald Trump is very, very hard to deal with just because it is so fluid, it is constantly moving but we have a strong plan moving forward and let’s see what happens on Aug. 1,” he offered.

During his remarks earlier in the day, Ford stressed that it was his “personal opinion” that Canada should increase tariffs on the United States should no trade deal be reached by Aug. 1 and the higher 35 per cent levy on many goods take effect.

Ford said that while the premiers are all “hoping for the best,” they are also “prepared to do their part” to make sure Trump understands the importance of the trading relationship with Canada.

“When he (Trump) goes out there and says ‘I don’t need Canada’ well I guess he doesn’t need (Alberta) Premier (Danielle) Smith’s oil or (Saskatchewan) Premier (Scott) Moe’s potash or uranium or Ontario’s high-grade nickel,” Ford said. “These are just a fraction of the items where he needs us.”

Ford then added that he is committed to “onshoring everything we possibly can” in Ontario amid the trade uncertainty," arguing that Ontario needs to send “a strong message” that “we don’t have to take a back seat to anyone in the world and we sure the heck don’t need to take a back seat to President Trump.”

“I am speaking for Ontario. We need to start producing (steel) I-beams here in Ontario. Toronto and the GTA has more cranes in the sky in a slow construction period than the top 10 cities in the U.S. and what do those cranes do, they carry U.S. I-beams or rebar,” he said. “Before this happened I didn’t realize we don’t make rebar or I-beams here but we are going to start making I-beams.”

A pilot made sharp turn to avoid a B-52 bomber over North Dakota, then took to the mic to explain.

The Friday incident is detailed in a video taken by a passenger and posted to social media as Delta Flight 3788 approached the Minot International Airport for landing. In the video, the SkyWest pilot can be heard over the plane’s intercom system explaining that he made the hard bank after spotting a B-52 bomber in his flight path.

“Sorry about the aggressive maneuver. It caught me by surprise,” the pilot can be heard saying on the video. “This is not normal at all. I don’t know why they didn’t give us a heads up.”

An Air Force spokesperson confirmed Monday that a B-52 bomber assigned to nearby Minot Air Force Base conducted a flyover Friday of the North Dakota State Fair, which is held in Minot. The Air Force is “looking into” the incident, the spokesman said.

The North Dakota incident comes nearly six months after a midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner over Washington, D.C., that killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft. That collision and subsequent close calls with Army helicopters over the nation’s capital put the spotlight on the interaction between military and civilian flights. Officials have focused on improving communications between the two and making sure that air traffic controllers know where military aircraft are at all times because the Army helicopters around Washington were flying with a key locating device turned off.

SkyWest, a regional carrier for Delta and other large airlines, said the Friday flight had departed from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and landed safely in Minot after performing a “go-around” maneuver when another aircraft became visible in the SkyWest plane’s flight path. Minot is 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Bismarck, North Dakota’s capital city, and about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Canadian border.

Minot Air Force Base is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Minot, North Dakota’s fourth-largest city. The base is home to 26 B-52 bombers, intercontinental ballistic missile operations and more than 5,400 military personnel.

In the video, the pilot noted that Minot’s small airport does not operate radar and directs flights visually. When the airport tower instructed the SkyWest flight to make a right turn upon approach, the pilot said he looked in that direction and saw the bomber in his flight path. He informed the tower and made a hard turn to avoid the bomber, he said.

“I don’t know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us,” the pilot said of the bomber.

Passengers can be heard applauding as the pilot wrapped up his explanation.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement Monday morning simply saying it’s investigating the incident. By midafternoon, it had issued a second statement to note that air traffic services were provided by a private company that services the Minot air traffic control tower.

“These controllers are not FAA employees,” the agency said.

Some small airports like Minot’s don’t have their own radar systems on site. In fact, the vast majority of the nation’s airports don’t even have towers. But regional FAA radar facilities do oversee traffic all across the country and help direct planes in and out of airports like Minot. The Minot airport typically handles between 18 and 24 flights a day.

The pilot’s frustration is evident in the video.

“The Air Force base does have radar, and nobody said, ‘Hey, there’s a B-52 in the pattern,’” the pilot told passengers.

SkyWest said it is also investigating.

Jack Dura And Margery A. Beck, The Associated Press

Beck reported from Omaha, Nebraska. AP writer Josh Funk contributed to this report from Omaha.

THIS IS LIFE IN #GAZA!

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A #Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into a Dhaka school and kills 18. According to the military and a fire official, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone School and College, in the Uttara neighbourhood, in the afternoon as students were attending classes.

The Fire Service and Civil Defense said that at least 19 people, mostly students, died and another 116 were rescued with injuries. A significant number sustained burn injuries.

The government announced a national day of mourning on Tuesday, with flags to fly at half-staff across the country.

The military said the jet took off from Bangladesh Air Force Base A.K. Khandaker in Dhaka’s Kurmitola neighbourhood at 1:06 p.m. local time and crashed soon after, catching fire immediately. It said the aircraft “experienced a technical malfunction,” but that a high-level committee within the Air Force would conduct an investigation to determine the cause.

Flight Lieutenant Md. Toukir Islam, made “every effort to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas toward a more sparsely inhabited location,” the military said. “Unfortunately, the aircraft crashed into a two-story building” within the school.

It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.

Local media indicated most of the injured were students. Relatives panicked at the scene as rescuers, using tricycle rickshaws or whatever was available, transported the injured to local hospitals.

A desperate scene unfolded as the crash occurred.

Local residents and rescuers carried wounded students on their laps, while worried parents ran frantically. One father sprinted with his daughter cradled in his arms. A mother cried out, having found her younger child, but desperately searching for her elder. Students said the school’s buildings trembled violently followed by a big explosion, sending them running for safety.

Screams and desperation filled the air at a nearby hospital.

Doctors at Uttara Adhunik Hospital reported that more than 60 students, many aged 12-16, were transferred to a specialized burn hospital after arriving with burn injuries.

At the crash scene, soldiers used megaphones to control the crowd, complicated by the area’s dense population, a nearby metro station and numerous surrounding shops and homes.

By Monday evening, rescuers continued to scour the debris, searching for bodies.

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus pledged an investigation into the crash, expressing his deep sorrow over the “heartbreaking accident” at Milestone School and College.

In a statement, he lamented the “irreparable” loss suffered by “Air Force personnel, students, parents, teachers, staff, and others,” calling it “a moment of deep national grief.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock and sadness over the “tragic air crash in Dhaka” that resulted in the loss of many lives, including young students.

“Our hearts go out to the bereaved families,” Modi said in a post on X. “India stands in solidarity with Bangladesh and is ready to extend all possible support and assistance.”

Rafiqa Taha, a student who was not present at the time of the crash, told The Associated Press by phone that the school, with some 2,000 students, offers classes from elementary to twelfth grade.

“I was terrified watching videos on TV,” the 16-year-old said. “My God! It’s my school.”

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#Google LLC owes almost 27.3 billion rubles (approximately $347.7 million at the current exchange rate) as fines and other penalties imposed by Russian courts, according to court files obtained by TASS.

A total of 16 court enforcement actions against Google, worth over 27 billion rubles ($343.8 million at the current exchange rate) in total, were launched in accordance with rulings issued by various district courts in Moscow. Another 35 court enforcement actions, worth almost 1.5 million rubles ($19,100), have been launched in accordance with rulings of the Moscow Commercial Court.

The court enforcement actions against Google were launched in 2021-2025.

Fire at #Iran’s largest oil refinery kills 1 in the country’s southwest. TEHRAN, Iran — A fire at Iran’s oldest and largest refinery in the southwest killed one person, state media reported Sunday.

A leaky pump in an under-repair unit at Abadan refinery caused the fire on Saturday, killing a worker, according to the state-owned IRAN newspaper. Firefighters put out the blaze in two hours and operations remained unaffected, the report said.

Iran’s deputy parliament speaker, Ali Nikzad, confirmed Sunday that some workers were also injured, media outlets said.

Abadan oil refinery, some 670 kilometres (nearly 416 miles) from the capital Tehran, began its operation in 1912. It is the biggest in the Islamic Republic, producing about 25 per cent of the country’s fuel with more than 5,200,000 barrels of oil refined daily.

Several fires have broken out across Iran over the past week at residential and commercial buildings, with authorities saying gas leaks and electrical short-circuiting were to blame.

Iran is one of the world’s major producers of oil, though sanctions by Western countries have limited its sales.

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya has given respondents until Tuesday to oppose the MK Party's Constitutional Court application.

#MOSCOW, July 20. #Russia’s automotive industry has not merely survived after the flight of foreign partners but has managed to expand production, Russian President Vladimir #Putin said.

"Such enterprises as Avtovaz have not only to prevented a collapse of the entire sector but managed to revive it and move forward, adding to its marketability and raising productivity," he said in an interview with VGTRK host Pavel Zarubin when asked about the situation in Russia’s automotive sector.

According to the Russian president, labor productivity diagrams at Avtovaz, Russia’s flagship car manufacturer, speak for themselves. "Moreover, one job in the automotive sector creates ten jobs in related sectors. And these are high-technology sectors," he added.

During his working trip to Magnitogorsk earlier, Putin said that the Russian government is working on a system of support for the domestic automotive sector that would take into account the interests of both manufacturers and clients.