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Ikram Imamalu, the main rival to Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was formally arrested

soon after his party confirmed him as their candidate for the presidential election in

28 on Sunday.

On Wednesday, police detained the popular mayor of Istanbul on corruption charges, sparking massive protests.

Mr. Imammalu denies these.

I will never bow, he wrote on X, as he remained in custody.

Israel's cabinet approved a motion of no confidence in the Attorney General, Ghali Baharav Mera, days after it sacked the security chief.

It is a first step towards dismissing her. In response, Ms. Bahaarav Mera accused the government of seeking

to operate above the law. Meanwhile, families of hostages protested against the resumption of bombings

in Gaza by the government. Palestinian officials said that more than 50,000 people have been killed there in the past 18 months.

Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, triggered a snap election by moving to dissolve Parliament.

The governing liberals are expected to win the vote on April 28th.

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