Donald Trump’s lawyers will begin their defense of the former president on Friday in the US Senate trial over his role in the 6 January insurrection on the US Capitol, seeking to distance Trump from the horrific attack. After Democratic prosecutors – called impeachment managers – spent days laying out a meticulous case for why Trump committed impeachable offenses, Trump’s lawyers have signalled they intend to present a brief defence.

Singh demands Afghan interpreters' families be allowed into Canada as Taliban surges
Singh says the resettlement program needs to be expanded.