Global National: April 14, 2022 | How Canada's mission to Poland to help Ukraine refugees will work

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Canada will send up to 150 Canadian Armed Forces members to Poland, where they will help resettle Ukrainian refugees. David Akin explains the three components of the mission, and how long the troops could be on it.

Russia has also confirmed its Moskva warship, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, has sunk. Ukraine says its missile is responsible, while Russia has a different story. Mike Armstrong explains why the ship's loss is a big setback for Russia, as the battle for eastern Ukraine escalates.

Back in Canada, with public health restrictions vanishing, the federal government plans to end pandemic financial supports for businesses in May. Some owners of small businesses are still struggling, and as Abigail Bimman explains, they're not finding comfort in the 2022 federal budget.

At the public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings, RCMP constables Craig Hubley and Ben MacLeod gave powerful testimony about how they ended the gunman's killing spree. As Ross Lord reports, the officers described the memories that still haunt them, and the final moments of the gunman's life.

People in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan can't escape winter, as they dig themselves out of a nasty spring snowstorm. Heather Yourex-West reports on the cleanup underway and how it's thrown a wrench into some Easter plans. Plus, Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell looks at the chilly conditions expected over the long weekend.

In the United Kingdom, there's a bid being made by the government to deter asylum seekers from being smuggled into the country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says asylum seekers will be instead sent to Rwanda, one of the world's poorest nations. Crystal Goomansingh explains why critics are blasting the plan as cruel, and how much money the U.K. is giving Rwanda as a result.

And first, he became its largest shareholder. Then he agreed to sit on its board, before quickly withdrawing. Now Elon Musk, the CEO and co-founder of both Tesla and SpaceX, is offering US$43 billion to buy Twitter. The world's richest man says he can "unlock" the site's "extraordinary potential." Jackson Proskow explains the changes Musk wants to make, and the concerns being raised.

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