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In Ontario, Canada, there has been an explosion in an Indian restaurant called Bombay Bhel. 15 people were injured in the blast, three of which are fragile. Police and bomb detection teams have reached the spot immediately after getting information about the blast. In addition, the doctors team has also reached there for the treatment of the injured. Relief rescue work has also been started.

It is being told that the blast took place around 10:30 pm (according to Canadian time), when all the people were doing dinner. Since the blast, all the surrounding restaurants and areas have been encircled.

According to the local media report of Canada, before the blast, two suspects were seen going there, after which there was a blast. Police have seen the CCTV Footage before the blast. Both suspects are seen going inside the restaurant.

According to the police, the suspects left the scene immediately after the blast. Both have wear a hooded jacket, so their face is not visible. The length of one of these is around 5 feet 10 inches, which is looking around for 20 years.

Who did the blast? Was there any organization's hand in it? There is no notification about this yet.

North Korea described the decision to cancel the summit between the two countries of the US President Donald Trump, which is very regrettable. North Korea has said that he is still interested in negotiating with Washington. "The sudden announcement of canceling the meeting is unpredictable for us, and we consider it extremely regrettable," KCNA news agency quoted North Korean First Vice-Foreign Minister Kim K. Gwan.

Gwen said, "We want to tell America once again that we are ready to address any problems faced by anyone in any way at any time. US President Donald Trump canceled the summit with Kim Jong-un on Thursday and blamed it for the open hostilities of the North Korean regime. Also, Trump warned Pyongyang against taking any silly and negligent action.

Trump wrote a letter to Kim informing that he will not take part in the high-level meeting in Singapore on June 12. After this, North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim K. Gwan said in his statement that North Korean leaders were preparing for the summit. He said, "Our President (Kim Jong-un) also said that there will be a new beginning from the meeting with President Donald Trump and he was also working hard for his preparation."

Shortly before announcing the cancellation of Trump's meeting, North Korea had informed to destroy its nuclear testing bases completely.

At least 37 Palestinians have been killed and 1,300 wounded by Israeli troops in clashes on the Gaza border, Palestinian officials say.

The violence comes before the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, which has infuriated Palestinians.

They see it as clear US backing for Israeli rule over the whole city, whose eastern part Palestinians lay claim to.

Top US officials, including President Donald Trump's daughter and her husband, will attend the event.

Gold mining companies in South Africa have agreed to a $400m settlement to compensate thousands of miners.

Since the 1970s, thousands of cases of silicosis - a fatal lung disease - have been recorded among black gold miners.

Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb met some of them.

South Sudan's ruling party is hoping to unite the different factions that split after the civil war began broke out almost five years ago.

It's holding a three-day convention aimed at to implementing a 2015 agreement signed in Tanzania.

Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan has more from the capital, Juba.

Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has now been in an Egyptian jail for 500 days.

He was detained without charge by authorities in 2016 during a holiday to Cairo.

The Egyptian national is one of many journalists who've been harassed or threatened with arrest in recent years in a crackdown to stifle dissent against the government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports.

The world's largest Victorian glasshouse has reopened for the first time in five years in London.

It's home to 1500 species of plants - some of which are extremely rare.

Kew Gardens Temperate house will be used by scientists around the world to research the earth's biodiversity and how it can be used to feed people.

Al Jazeera's Charlie Angela reports.

Journalists are under increasing attack by both sides of the war in Yemen.

They're often threatened by kidnappings, raids and missile strikes.

One reporter was killed and three others injured in Bayda province last month.

On World Press Freedom Day, Al Jazeera's Mohamad ElBardicy reports on what life is like for journalists in Yemen.

Cambridge Analytica, the company at the heart of the Facebook data scandal, is filing for bankruptcy.

But British authorities say they will continue to investigate allegations that the firm improperly harvested information from millions of Facebook users to target voters during political campaigns.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from London.

Reporters Without Borders released their annual index on press freedom around the globe, examining 180 countries. What they discovered was that a growing animosity towards journalists poses a serious threat to democratic values. RSF believes the hostility towards the media is spurred by political leaders who no longer see journalists as an essential part of democracy.

The United States, the Philippines and Hungary all fell further down the index from 2017. The US dropped two spots to 45th, in part,  because of President Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to discredit members of the press. Trump routinely uses the term “fake news” when discussing reports by the media.

It’s a similar state of affairs in the Philippines, although President Rodrigo Duterte’s rhetoric against the media is more violent. Duterte, like Trump, insults reporters, but has also warned journalists that they “are not exempted from assassination”. Earlier this year, he revoked the licence of one of the Philippines leading news organizations, Rappler, a publication that’s been fiercely critical of the president. And in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been accused of “reshaping Hungary’s media landscape” through intimidation and economic pressures.

So what can be done to protect press freedom in these countries, and across the globe? We’ll pose that question to a group of journalists on this episode.