Good morning. A new study highlights an epidemic of burnout among Canada’s emergency room physicians. More on that below, along with the deadly Berlin Pride festival attack and massive wildfire evacuations in France.

According to a newly published study from the Canadian Medical Association Journal, almost half of emergency medicine physicians who responded report they had reduced their work hours, while 10 per cent had left the specialty altogether.

The details: The 2025 survey was conducted among 410 emergency medicine physicians in all provinces, as well in the Northwest Territories, but not in Nunavut and Yukon. Of the total respondents, 48 per cent said they reduced clinical hours, and 20 per cent had taken time off from working in emergency medicine.

Th context: These findings build on previous research that points to a national problem of burnout. “Respondents pointed to a broken health care system, unrealistic societal expectations, and insurmountable workplace challenges as reasons for burnout,” the study said.

A fatal attack near one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations left one person dead and 29 injured after a man drove a van into a crowd near the festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete. On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial at the Brandenburg Gate. Hundreds of thousands had come to Berlin from around the world to celebrate the queer community.

The suspect: Abdul Ballout, a German citizen, was shot and killed by police following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the incident, authorities said. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.

A Canadian woman working as an intern at the operational headquarters of the NATO military alliance in Belgium was arrested Friday on suspicion of espionage. The suspect was an intern at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, known as SHAPE, although it is not known in which division she was working or how long she had been working there.

The details: Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that the suspect was “a Canadian national of Chinese origin” and “is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization.”

In Taiwan, a small but growing movement of ordinary citizens are preparing for a crisis they hope never comes: invasion. They prepare to be first responders, practise self-defence and keep communities functioning.

The context: Beijing has vowed to unify the self-governed island of 23 million with mainland China. Under President Donald Trump, U.S. support and security is no longer a certainty.

For you: What do you think about Taiwan’s civil defence movement, and what do you still want to know? Share your thoughts and questions in the comments of the story and international visual correspondent Marcus Yam will respond to them on Monday.

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