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1. Trump purged his Republican critics. Here's why he could soon regret it

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump is celebrating back-to-back victories in his push to oust his critics from the Republican Party. But there are clear signs that his revenge campaign could backfire.

2. Family of Brampton teen found dead in rural Saskatchewan devastated, searching for answers: advocate

   

   The family of a Brampton, Ont. teen are devastated and looking for answers after he was found dead near a remote Saskatchewan community, a Toronto advocate says.

3. Cuba braces for possible U.S. military action as uncertainty follows Castro indictment

   

   Former Cuban president Raúl Castro will be "keeping his head down," experts say, as questions swirl over whether the U.S. plans to take him by force and bring him to American soil to face charges over an incident from three decades ago. Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges against Castro Wednesday in the 1996 downing of two small planes flown by Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.

4. Israel deports all Gaza flotilla activists after outcry over their detention

   

   Gaza activists who were detained by Israel, and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of the country's far-right police minister, have been released from prison and sent home.

5. Dr. Strangelove diplomacy: How the Pentagon’s symbolic defence board freeze with Canada could backfire

   

   Washington’s decision to suspend a symbolic Cold War-era defence body may have been meant to pressure Canada on military policy. Instead, experts say it risks reinforcing Canadians' distrust of the United States, complicates the politics of NORAD and missile defence, and makes future purchases of American military equipment even harder for Ottawa to sell domestically.