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MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he wants to remove the remains of the late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from a controversial mausoleum and turn the site into a monument for reconciliation. Source

WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba politician wants to ban members of the Tory government from discussing Opposition NDP Leader Wab Kinew's criminal convictions and other brushes with the law inside the legislature. Liberal legislature member Judy Klassen recently asked the Speaker to stop members of the Tory government from bringing up Kinew's past during debates in the chamber. Source

CAMEROON, Cameroon -- There are over 1 billion firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands -- with American men and women the dominant owners, according to a study released Monday. The Small Arms Survey says 393 million of the civilian-held firearms, 46 per cent, are in the United States, which is "more than those held by civilians in the other top 25 countries combined. Source

Three adults, two children and a family dog were struck by lightning in southwestern Ontario Monday afternoon. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, all of the human victims suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital. Source

Five people, including two children, were taken to hospital after being struck by lightning just outside of Tillsonburg, Ont., on Monday afternoon. The OPP say the five people were struck at an address on Main Street in Courtland, Ont. Source

TORONTO -- Ontario's Liberals must do some soul-searching in the wake of the devastating defeat they suffered in the provincial election in order to understand where things went wrong, the party's new interim leader said Monday. Source

Thousands of children split from their families at the U.S. southern border are being held in government-run facilities. Here's a look at how it came to this, what's real and what's not, and what might happen next. Source

BOGOTA -- Uncertainty loomed over Colombia's fragile peace deal on Monday with the victory of one of its most hawkish critics in a bruising presidential runoff that laid bare deep divisions in the South American nation as it emerges from decades of bloody conflict. Source

VANCOUVER -- The Canada Border Services Agency says a British Columbia man's Facebook posts in support of the Islamic State group include enough violent threats to suggest he is a security risk in Canada. The agency has provided its final submissions at an admissibility hearing in Vancouver to determine whether Othman Hamdan should be deported. Source

NEW YORK -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border "a moral and humanitarian crisis. Source