Morning news brief: Georgia high school shooting; Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in Supreme Court, and more

In Georgia, US, a shooting spree at a high school has claimed the lives of four people: two students and two teachers. The shooter, a 14-year-old student of the same school has been arrested and will be tried as an adult.

Meanwhile, in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing political uncertainty as his main ally the NDP party withdrew its support.

In India, the Supreme Court will hear Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea. In West Bengal, the protests over the Kolkata rape and murder case continue.

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A 14-year-old gunman on Wednesday (Sep 4) killed four people, including two students and two teachers, and wounded nine others during a shooting spree at a high school in the US state of Georgia. The shooter, also a student at the school, had apparently been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) radar for over a year for threats to commit a school shooting.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday (Sep 4) suffered a political setback when the party helping keep his minority Liberal government in power withdrew its automatic support, leaving him scrambling for new alliances to govern.

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 05) is set to hear Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail pleas. These pleas challenge his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy case.

Less than a month after a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, protests in India's eastern state, West Bengal have escalated, demanding justice.

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