 Good morning. This is Hanna Lee.
Today, we'll get into the details of the explosive breakup of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Then, we have a report from CBC's Jill English from aboard the first all-Canadian Antarctic expedition. And finally, the story of a Toronto man who's calling for change at GoFundMe, after a fundraising organizer gambled away money for his brother's funeral.
| | | | | | | BREAKING NEWS
| Latest barrage on Ukraine kills at least 4
| | |  | A man carries his dog in front of a residential multi-storey building damaged after a Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, today. (Evgeniy Maloletka/The Associated Press)
| A nighttime missile and drone attack on Ukraine killed at least four people and injured 20 others in Kyiv, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said today, as Russia targeted at least six regions across the country with 407 drones and 44 missiles in one of its largest co-ordinated attacks of the three-year war.
Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said the barrage included ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as a mix of strike drones and decoys. Ukrainian forces said they shot down about 30 of the cruise missiles and up to 200 of the drones.
Ukrainian cities have come under regular bombardment since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022. The attacks have killed more than 12,000 civilians, according to the United Nations.
— This section compiled from The Associated Press by John Mazerolle
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Musk vs. Trump: A power couple tumbles into a messy divorce
| | |  | U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, seen speaking in the Oval Office last week as Musk announced his departure from the administration. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)
| Elon Musk and Donald Trump's very public, very online spat dominated headlines yesterday, as the two took turns jabbing each other.
What happened: There have been hints of a fracture in their relationship for some time now, after Musk exited his role with the U.S. government and later criticized Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But things took a particularly acrimonious turn yesterday. Trump threatened to cut federal contracts with Musk's companies — including Tesla, whose stock plunged 14 per cent on the news — and Musk accused Trump of being named in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Why the fighting?: Officially, it's about the U.S. budget deficit. It's hefty, at about $36 trillion US. Musk was known for heading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which promised to bring finances under control. But countless dramatic cuts only made a modest dent, eliminating about $170 billion US — less than one-tenth of the annual deficit. The saga shows that getting the debt down will mean real sacrifices: either cut popular programs, such as the military or public health, or raise taxes.
| | | | | | | | Meanwhile: With the spotlight on Trump vs. Musk, other talks flew under the radar. Prime Minister Mark Carney is having private discussions with Trump to reach a trade deal and lift tariffs, sources said, which Industry Minister Mélanie Joly later confirmed. | | | | | | |  | BEHIND THE SCENES
| Avoiding icebergs and breaking ice
| ➤ ANTARCTICA
| | |  | HMCS Margaret Brooke navigates through icebergs at night, south of the Antarctic Circle. (Jill English/CBC)
| | | BY JILL ENGLISH | CBC NEWS
| For a month this winter, I lived on HMCS Margaret Brooke, sailing the Southern Ocean. Correspondent Susan Ormiston, videographer Sam Martin and I followed climate scientists and navy crew to bring the first all-Canadian Antarctic expedition to CBC audiences.
Late in the trip, there was an overnight transit that took us past the Antarctic Circle. We knew the milestone would be announced at daybreak, and we wanted to film it. At 5:30 a.m., we grabbed our gear and headed to the ship’s bridge. My jaw dropped when we walked into the windowed control centre. We were in an entirely new kind of Antarctica.
It was still pitch black outside, except for giant spotlights casting far out in front of the bow. They moved across the dark ocean, highlighting the blizzard-like conditions, and revealing hundreds of icebergs. The ship’s team was navigating us slowly through them, relying on radars, an ice specialist and a steady stream of commands from the captain, Cmdr. Teri Share. It ended up being the scene that opens our CBC in Antarctica special.
Later that day, Share would lead the ship through solid ice, and to the most southern point the Royal Canadian Navy has ever been. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Toronto man calls for GoFundMe changes after family friend gambled away funds for younger brother's funeral
| | |  | Allan Oliver says he's sharing his story about being unable to access funds raised on GoFundMe after his brother's death last fall so that he might prompt changes to the company's policies and no one else has to go through what he did. (Craig Chivers/CBC)
| Aidan Oliver of Shelburne, Ont., died at just 23 years old after a medical episode on Oct. 30. His brother, Allan Oliver, was surprised to find that a family friend had set up a GoFundMe to help pay for the funeral.
The twist: More than $15,000 was raised, allowing his family to plan a larger funeral. But Allan was having trouble getting the donations from the organizer. She eventually paid him $7,000, but the remaining funds weren't given to him, and he had an outstanding bill from the funeral home. She later admitted she had gambled the rest away. A relative of hers only paid Allan out in full after community pressure.
And now: He's still pushing for policy changes at GoFundMe, saying the company needs to do more to ensure intended beneficiaries receive their money. In a statement, the company said misuse of funds is "rare" and noted that it has a beneficiary guarantee, which aims to ensure money gets to the intended recipients.
| | | | | | | | | And, some unique perfume...
| | | What does space smell like? This perfume-making astrobiologist is trying to find out
| | |  | Marina Barcenilla is a fragrance designer and an astrobiologist who, in her spare time, uses chemistry to recreate the smells of outer space. (Mara Leite)
| Marina Barcenilla, a fragrance designer, had enrolled in university in 2015 to study planetary science. But one day, she realized she could marry her two passions. She's now trying to recreate the smells of space — from the sulphuric stench of Jupiter's clouds to the pungent, alcohol-like punch at the Milky Way's centre.
"It's about bringing space closer to Earth," she said, "and it's for people to open their minds and understand that everything that we have out there in space has also ended up here on Earth." | | | | | | | | | | | Today in History: June 6
| | | 1891: Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, dies at age 76.
1944: Allied forces including Canada invade Normandy. D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history and began the liberation of France.
1998: Sex and the City premieres on HBO. The comedy series followed the lives of four women living in New York City and eventually became a massive hit.
| | | (With files from The Canadian Press, The Associated Press and Reuters)
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