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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau narrowly won reelection on Monday, but he fell short of his goal of winning an outright majority for his Liberal Party.

When Canada's prime minister opted not to meet President Trump this week, it sent a message about his country's mood: Most of his fellow citizens want to keep the border closed over coronavirus fears.

When a reporter asked the Canadian prime minister what he thought of President Trump's actions to quell protests across the U.S., Trudeau fell silent for 21 seconds before answering.

By a mutual decision in March, both countries banned nonessential travel across their shared border. Two months later, Canada and the U.S. have agreed for a second time to extend the partial ban.

The U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their shared border closed for nonessential travel to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The decision extends a partial ban implemented last month.

The country's foreign minister called the move possibly the largest peacetime repatriation in Canadian history.

The office of the prime minister said Thursday that Sophie Grégoire Trudeau had begun experiencing a low-grade fever and other mild flu-like symptoms, prompting the test.

Protesters have blocked key railways, shutting train traffic in much of the country. Demonstrators are trying to stop a pipeline project being built through the lands of the Wet'suwet'en people.

After many denials, Iran's admission that it accidentally downed a Ukrainian plane was cautiously embraced by world leaders as a "step forward." Back in Tehran, protesters' reaction was far angrier.

The prime minister, whose Liberals lost their parliamentary majority in Monday's vote, says he will lead a minority government. Trudeau vowed to continue his policies despite the election setback.