Morning news brief: China's alleged interference in Canada elections; Zaporizhzhia strikes; and more

Alleged Russian strikes in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region have killed three people. In other news, Canada's spy agency found evidence of Chinese interference in its last two elections. Meanwhile, areport criticisingthe UK Foreign Office called it "elitist" and urged for the removal of colonial-era paintings in the Whitehall headquarters in London. Finally, a New York judge has rejected former US president Donald Trump's attempt to delay his hush money trial.

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Russian strikes on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region killed three people on Monday (April 8), its governor claimed a day after shells hit a nuclear plant in the region.Another three people in the Pologivskyi district were wounded, Ivan Fedorov said on social media.

An investigation by Canada's domestic spy agency has found that China allegedly interfered in the country's last two elections. At an official probe on Monday (Apr 8), the agency presented the "firmest" evidence of suspected Chinese meddling in Canadian politics.

UK's foreign office has been found to be "somewhat elitist and rooted in the past" in a new report that called for the removal of colonial-era paintings in the Whitehall headquarters in London as well as the renaming of the department.

A New York judge on Monday (April 8) denied Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges related to paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels.

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