WORLD BRIEFING: October 7, 2023

• The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found. On about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than pre-industrial levels. Staying below that marker long-term is widely considered crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change. But 2023 is "on track" to be the hottest year on record, and 2024 could be hotter - BBC

• The top US and Turkish diplomats have spoken by phone after US forces in Syria shot down an armed Turkish drone. Washington said the drone came too close to its ground forces in Syria, but Ankara merely said it was lost during operations - BBC

• In the upcoming winter, Russia will attempt to demolish Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with more attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his evening briefing on Oct. 6. Zelensky said Russia will try to "bypass" the country’s air defense systems. “They cannot understand that Ukraine will not be conquered anyway. But (Russian troops) will try to launch more attacks and have more attempts to bypass our defenses," Zelensky said. "We realize the threat completely," he added - Kyiv Independent

• As Canada-India bilateral relations spiral, the Canadian government relocated some lower-level diplomatic staff stationed outside of Delhi to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore over the last several weeks, multiple sources tell CBC News. CBC can also confirm that India's government has given Canada until Tuesday to reduce its diplomatic footprint at the High Commission in New Delhi by about 40 people. India's government is threatening to revoke the diplomatic immunity of additional staff who are not gone by the Oct. 10 deadline, sources say. Canada-India relations soured last month after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada's national security apparatus has reason to believe "agents of the Indian government" were involved in the fatal shooting of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar - CBC