Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse

Let's begin with breaking developments in the U.S.-Canada trade dispute. President Trump said this afternoon that Canada wants the economic benefits of being an American state without the commitment of actually joining the Union.

He said that in Vancouver.

He said it in Washington. Vancouver is in Canada.

Which is what makes it interesting that he chose to say it there.

Canada's Prime Minister announced what he called reluctant retaliatory tariffs and accused the United States of starting a trade war. Those tariffs take effect at midnight.

This is now the sixth day of escalating tensions between the two countries.

From Guinea, rescue crews are still searching for survivors after a landfill collapse in the capital killed thirty people. A massive mound of rubbish buried several homes early this morning.

The government says the waste site was one of the largest in West Africa.

The collapse happened at around four in the morning local time. Rescue teams have been working for more than twelve hours.

In British football this afternoon, Liverpool fought back for a draw at Newcastle in their opening match under new manager Andoni Iraola.

Dominik Szoboszlai scored from the penalty spot in injury time to salvage the point.

Both clubs paid tribute to Kevin Keegan before kickoff. Keegan played for both Newcastle and Liverpool in the seventies and eighties and managed both sides later in his career.

The tribute included a minute of applause before the match and both teams wearing special armbands honoring his contributions to English football.

Back in June of this year, a man in Washington D.C. was detained by police for playing the Imperial March from Star Wars while following an Ohio National Guard patrol through the streets.

This week the District of Columbia agreed to pay fifty thousand dollars to settle his lawsuit.

Police alleged he was interfering with official duties. His attorney argued it was protected speech. The settlement was reached without admission of wrongdoing.

Also back in June, TSA agents noticed something unusual in the luggage of World Cup fans leaving the United States. They were packing bottles of ranch dressing.

Hundreds of them. International visitors discovered ranch dressing, loved it, and decided to bring it home in checked bags. TSA said it was not prohibited, just unusual.

A South Carolina detective was arrested and fired in June after authorities say he pointed his department-issued firearm at a fellow officer inside the Myrtle Beach Police Department.

Prosecutors allege the altercation began over microwaved fish in the break room.

He has been charged with pointing and presenting a firearm. The case is pending.

And finally this afternoon, back in August a homeowner in South Texas found a large alligator lounging in their backyard pool.

Wildlife officials responded and discovered the animal had an old bullet hole. They believe the gator survived a previous encounter and decided the pool was a good place to recover.

The animal was safely relocated to a wildlife sanctuary.

Number three is a video YouTube files under Pets and Animals. Posted by Benji Void on the sixteenth of August. Two million eight hundred and nineteen thousand new views in four days.

The Milwaukee Brewers have won fifty-nine straight games, extending their franchise record. They beat the Cardinals five to two this afternoon.

Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit walk-off RBIs in forty-seven consecutive games for the Cubs. They beat the White Sox six to three.

In chess, Magnus Carlsen defended his title at the twenty twenty-six Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia. He beat Hikaru Nakamura three and a half to two and a half.