The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 09:00 EDT

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. With some big issues on the agenda, Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Saskatoon today for talks with the premiers. I'm looking forward to finding some common ground. We've had a couple of nice texts and a couple of nice phone calls, and I think that there's a spirit of collaboration, and I'm going to walk into the meetings with that in mind. That is a cautiously optimistic Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

It's believed today's talks will focus primarily on inter-provincial trade and large-scale national product projects such as oil and gas pipelines, which historically Quebec has been wary of. But Premier Francois Legault says he's willing to listen. If there's a project, we're ready to look at it if it goes through Quebec territory, but will need to have economic impact, positive ones for Quebec. The first minister's meeting comes with Prime Minister Carney insisting that Canada needs to reconsider its economic future in the face of the Trump administration's ongoing tariff

campaign. We start the week with more than 25,000 people across the Prairie Provinces forced from their homes due to wildfires. More than 170 blazes are currently burning throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, with the evacuees being forced to take refuge in community centers, arenas, or hotels across the provinces and beyond. Both Manitoba and Saskatchewan remain in a province-wide

state of emergency. And the smoke from these fires has led to air quality warnings being issued not only across the prairies, but also across North and South Dakota and parts of Montana and Minnesota. The FBI in Boulder, Colorado is investigating what it's calling a targeted act of terror after a crowd of people was attacked by a man wielding some form of flamethrower. Eight people were injured and a suspect, who police say had been shouting pro-Palestinian slogans, is in custody. Katie Simpson has the latest. We're asking God!

It was 1.30 Sunday afternoon. Members of the Jewish community had gathered for a march to raise awareness about hostages in Gaza, something that happened at this same location around the same time nearly every week in Boulder, Colorado. FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Mihalik says the group was targeted in what authorities are calling a terror attack. Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd.

The suspect was heard to yell, free Palestine, during the attack. At least two people had to be airlifted to a burn center. A 45-year-old suspect, identified as Mohammed Solomon, was arrested at the scene. U.S. President Donald Trump was briefed on the attack, the second targeting the Jewish community in the U.S. in a matter of weeks. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Russian and Ukrainian officials are in Turkey for their second round of peace talks in just over two weeks.

But expectations are low, particularly in the wake of a series of major attacks over the weekend. One of them involved Ukraine targeting five Russian air bases across the country and destroying as many as 40 warplanes. At the same time, Russia launched 470 drones into Ukraine yesterday in its biggest aerial assault of the war. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is telling the BBC that Russia poses a threat to the security of Britain that cannot be ignored.

Starmer's comments come as his government prepares to release a strategic defense review. The world has changed and we are entering a new era when it comes to defense and security. I think that's a common feeling across Europe and more broadly. There is greater instability on defense and security than there has been for many, many years and greater threats. there is greater instability on defense and security than there has been for many, many years and greater threats. And that's obviously having a direct impact back into the United Kingdom. Stammer says the review will call for the United Kingdom to be in a state of greater warfare readiness. And that's expected to involve billions of dollars in new defense spending that includes building 12 new attack submarines.

building 12 new attack submarines. And that is the World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.