Evening Update: Libya’s former ambassador arrested after divulging details about Gadhafi assets in Canada


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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: A former Libyan ambassador to Canada has been arrested in his home country after safeguarding documents pertaining to the billions of dollars the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi stashed in Canadian bank accounts and to a Toronto penthouse owned by his son Saadi Gadhafi. Fathi Baja served as Libya’s top envoy in Canada from 2013 to 2017. He divulged to The Globe and Mail earlier this year that he kept the cache of documents after leaving Ottawa because he was concerned the money and luxury property could fall into the hands of corrupt...