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Someone can never categorically rule out participation.

We will stand by our allies.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, not ruling out Canadian involvement in the Middle East if Iran

attacks Canada or its allies.

It follows news that a missile launched from Iran was intercepted by NATO air defenses

as it headed towards Turkish airspace.

Carney says there's a clear distinction between the current US mission and what happens if

the conflict spirals.

We're not party to those actions, but we will always defend Canadians.

We will always stand by and defend our allies when called upon.

The Prime Minister says it is not the time for a ceasefire.

Speaking to the Australian Parliament in Canberra, Carney told MPs there, the two Commonwealth

countries must draw closer together.

Meanwhile, Iran launches a new wave of attacks against Israel and American bases this morning,

vowing the U.S. will bitterly regret sinking an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.

The high-ranking Ayatollah now calling for, quote, the shedding of American blood.

Meanwhile, Israel says its own large-scale strikes have hit ballistic missile sites and

infrastructure in Tehran.

In New Delhi, Iran's ambassador to India, Mohamed Fatali says that the West destroyed

any hope for diplomacy.

They destroyed the negotiation table.

They started the war.

You know that's the duration of the war in the other hands.

This is very important.

The conflict is spreading rapidly, with Azerbaijan now accusing Iran of a drone strike on its

territory that injured two civilians.

As the war enters its sixth day, the West toll in Iran has climbed above 1,000.

A number of European nations are taking action to prevent the conflict from reaching their

shores.

This comes after a drone hit a British air base in Cyprus earlier this week, and NATO

intercepted a ballistic missile heading toward Turkey yesterday.

Anna Kunningham is in our London bureau, Anna.

What's the latest on Europe's response to the conflict?

Well, John, Europe, in terms of EU-nation countries, has been a bit disjointed.

They are not speaking as one, but what we are seeing is individual nations ramping up

the defence of Cyprus, that island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, on the edge

of the Middle East.

We have had it confirmed that Spain is now going to be sending a warship to Cyprus.

It will reach there about March the 10th, as well as that France is relocating the

Shal de Gaulle from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean.

We know that Greece has sent two frigates to Cyprus, and the British warship is not going

to be ready to leave the UK for about another week.

Meanwhile, Anna, NATO Secretary General is also speaking about the war.

What's he saying?

Yes, some interesting lines coming from Mark Rutter.

He has actually said that he has a sense that the US knows what it's doing.

He also has said that it is important to make sure that Iran no longer poses a threat.

He was asked about the issue of Turkey and Article 5, when one NATO country is attacked,

then all NATO countries are called to come to its defence.

Take a listen.

Nobody is talking about Article 5, and the most important thing is that our adversaries

have seen yesterday that NATO is so strong and so vigilant, so they see and know and

sense that our military are on this.

The one thing that the NATO chief did say, which will be concerning, is that he does not

see how this ends.

CBC's Anna Cunningham in London, thanks Anna.

Thanks, John.

In other news, people in Nepal are voting in an election that could mark a new chapter

for the Himalayan nation.

This is the first vote since last September's youth-led uprising toppled the previous regime.

Dozens were killed in the two days of protests against government corruption and economic stagnation.

CBC's South Asia correspondent Selimah Shivji has more from Kathmandu.

An election volunteer rips off the paper ballot and explains the options to an elderly woman

in the capital Kathmandu.

There was a steady stream of voters for an election that could reshape Nepal's politics.

The first vote since a Gen Z revolution toppled the previous government, the overwhelming anger

over corruption, nepotism and a weak economy, forcing a regime change.

There was so much violence going on.

Sisters Hanisha and Sahina Shrestha are both voting for the first time.

I am excited but nervous at the same time because I don't know what the riddles are going

to be.

I hope for the chains, good chains, I also pray for justice, you know.

Justice for the more than 70 people killed during the protests last fall.

The youth vote is key with nearly half of the country's population younger than 24.

But even though they fought for change, Nepal's younger voters aren't certain they'll get

it.

The country's old guard is very present in this election.

The ousted Prime Minister 74-year-old KP Sharma Oli running again.

His challenger, former rapper and Kathmandu Mayor Balan Shah, the candidate that most young

voters see as the one who will bring change to Nepal, says 20-year-old Sirjana Guided.

He's the one person and he understands how we want the world to see Nepal.

For mother and carkey who was shot and injured during the uprising, there's anger.

We were protesting for our country, but they shot us like terrorists, he says.

I'm not so optimistic that change will come, carkey says.

Too many people in Nepal vote according to family tradition for the same old parties.

Still hoping for the best.

Sully Meshiv, G.CBC News, Kathmandu.

The federal government and open AI are working to improve how the company flags the dangerous

use of chat GPT.

The tech giant has faced heavy criticism for failing to report the Tumblr-ridged shooter

even after banning her account for posts about gun violence.

Open AI did not notify police until after the attack.

Renewed on Stackelberg as the details.

I told him that we were disappointed, I asked him for a number of things which he's agreed

to do.

Canada's Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says open AI will allow Canadian

mental health and law experts into its safety office to make sure threats of violence from

users on its platform chat GPT are properly identified and forwarded to police.

It comes following his half hour virtual meeting Wednesday with the tech company's CEO

Sam Altman.

He expressed to me horror and responsibility in general for not flagging.

This is why they're making changes.

Solomon says the company has also agreed to allow officials at the Canadian AI Safety

Institute, a federal body within his department to do a full detailed assessment of open AI's

new safety protocols.

The minister has said the federal government is looking at all options to regulate AI

companies, but has not announced any new legislative changes.

BC's premier David E.B. has called on Ottawa to set minimum thresholds for when platforms

must report possible violence to law enforcement.

He'll be meeting with Altman later today.

In a statement open AI says it's committed to working with the Canadian government.

The newly announced BC Corners service in quest into the Tumblr Ridge tragedy may well

look at the role of red flag orders played in that case.

The red flag, a type of emergency order that grants police the power to seize firearms.

But a CBC News investigation into whether the relatively new policy is actually working has

turned up some surprising results.

Jonathan Gatehouse reports.

We will empower victims, communities, doctors, families.

It was a key part of the government's response to the Porta Picnova Scotia mass shooting

back in 2020.

Red flag orders, a faster, more direct way to remove legal firearms from those who might

inflict danger to themselves or others.

Then public safety minister Bill Blair touted them as a game changer.

Red flag laws will empower us to keep Canadian safe.

At two years after those changes finally became law, it seems that no one knows if they

are working.

In the wake of the Tumblr Ridge tragedy where police seized guns from the shooter's family,

CBC News asked how often red flag orders are being granted, approaching all chief firearms

officers, provincial police services, and public safety Canada.

None of them had answers.

Our requests were passed on to the RCMP.

They found just one red flag order, a 2025 case from Ontario.

This doesn't sit right with Queen's University policy expert, Dr. Christian Lloyd Prescht.

Much of what we do on gun policy in this country has no grounding in evidence.

Gun control advocates like Wendy Sookir say there needs to be more focus on implementation.

The fact is the police have had the power to remove firearms from people where they think

there is a threat to that individual or any other person since the law was changed

in 1995.

According to public safety minister Gary and Andy Sanghery declined an interview request

and did not respond to questions about the data gap.

Jonathan Gaithouse, CBC News Toronto.

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