Global National: March 6, 2024 | Haley drops out, leaving Trump as Republicans' presumptive nominee

Nikki Haley has ended her presidential bid in the 2024 election, clearing the way for a rematch between former U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden. Jackson Proskow looks at the encouraging and worrying signs for Trump's chances to return to the White House and how Biden could campaign differently compared to 2020.

Rimma Dotsenko of Ontario, her husband Victor, and their three children have now been identified as the family killed in a small plane crash in Nashville, Tenn. Eric Sorensen reports on the audio recording revealing the final moments before the tragedy, and how the victims are being remembered.

The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate at five per cent for the fifth consecutive time. Mackenzie Gray explains why the central bank won't drop the rate yet, and what two things need to happen before it even considers the move.

GC Strategies, a company handed millions of dollars in federal contracts to help create the ArriveCAN app, has had its security status suspended. Mackenzie Gray explains what's behind the federal government's decision.

With no end in sight for Gaza's humanitarian crisis, Canada is among the countries being pressured to resume funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Abigail Bimman explains why Israel is against UNRWA getting involved in providing Gaza more aid and the approaching deadline of Ramadan for a potential ceasefire.

Pope Francis required some help as he appeared before his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Crystal Goomansingh explains the problems the 87-year-old pontiff experienced and the renewed attention on his health.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) has launched a lawsuit against the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) over the latter's handling of a series of leaks and spills from a tailings pond at Imperial Oil's Kearl facility. As Heather Yourex-West explains, the ACFN is seeking $500 million in damages from the AER.

Plus, the search for the missing Titan submersible off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in June 2023 ended in tragedy, and there are lingering questions about what exactly happened. Heidi Petracek speaks with the filmmakers behind 'The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute' about what they uncovered in their new documentary and why the Titan's tale endures.

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