Alberta votes to stay in Canada, Trump on Zelenskyy, France curfews, Japan's Mars moon mission, Rays to the World Series
Alberta voters reject a path toward separation, Trump says Zelenskyy should get someone else to negotiate, France says curfews brought a calm night, Japan launches a sample mission to Mars' moon Phobos, and the Rays face the Brewers in the World Series.
About 76% of Alberta voters chose to remain in Canada rather than begin a process toward a binding second vote on separation, according to a CTV News Decision Desk projection; about 23.6% chose the separation path. Elections Alberta is releasing the official count. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Albertans made a "clear choice" for unity. Premier Danielle Smith, who called the vote, said she voted to stay in Canada. Separatist leaders say their campaign will continue.
Prime Minister Mark Carney saysAlbertans made a "clear choice": "They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other."
Separatist leaders sayJeffrey Rath of the Alberta Prosperity Project says the push for an independent Alberta will "absolutely" continue: "We've learned a lot of lessons from this fight."
President Trump told reporters outside the White House on Monday, "Maybe it's time for Zelenskyy to get somebody else to negotiate" to end the war with Russia, and said Zelenskyy "should have had settled this war a long time ago." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. senators Monday that U.S. arms shipments were being delayed and intelligence sharing restricted. Trump also said he would meet Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping in China next month; Ukraine's foreign minister objected to a meeting without Kyiv.
President Trump saysZelenskyy "should have had settled this war a long time ago"; he defended sanctions waivers for Russia as a way to keep Moscow at the negotiating table.
Ukraine saysZelenskyy says the administration's decisions are "hard to explain between friends," with arms shipments delayed and intelligence sharing restricted; Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha objected to a U.S.-Russia-China meeting without Kyiv.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said "targeted curfews have contributed to the calm" overnight after a weekend of riots and looting. Partial curfews took effect Monday night in Paris, Bordeaux and Nice, and Lecornu said prefects and mayors will set new curfews where needed. Police reported no major incidents. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 2,513 people had been taken into custody, ABC News reports. The unrest grew out of weeks of student-led protests and widened into anger over the cost of living.
The government saysCurfews are meant to protect people and property from violence and looting; Interior Minister Laurent Nunez blamed "rioters, looters and ultra-left militants."
Critics sayThe head of the Medef business group said the state "failed" during the unrest, and protesters accuse police of excessively violent tactics.
Japan's space agency JAXA launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe on an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center. It is due to reach Mars in 2027, land on the moon Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of soil and return the samples to Earth in 2031, landing in Australia. Scientists hope to learn whether Mars' moons formed from an ancient impact or are captured asteroids. NASA supplied two instruments and one of the two sample-collection devices.
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series to reach the World Series, where they will face the Milwaukee Brewers. Neither team has won a World Series, AP reports, the first such matchup since 1980. ALCS MVP Freddy Peralta pitched 5 1/3 innings, and Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz hit two-run homers. Game 1 is Friday night in Milwaukee.
