The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 13:00 EDT

World Ocean Day is upon us, but can we really talk about two-thirds of the Earth's surface in just one day? Absolutely not. I'm Ian Urbina, back with an all-new season of The Outlaw Ocean. My podcast delves into the impossibly vast and shockingly lawless world of the open seas. Find and follow an all-new season of the outlaw ocean wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Juliane Hazelwood. It's a challenging weekend for firefighters in Western Canada. Strong winds and warm temperatures will make battling the hundred of blazes more difficult. And as Linda Ward tells us, a small First Nations community in British Columbia is finding itself caught between the fires.

Well this is Kelly Lake First Nation about 80 kilometres south of Dawson Creek. It sits right in the middle of the fire's path. Officials yesterday said flames hadn't reached the community but they were essentially hugging both sides of Kelly Lake. There is fire quite close so within a kilometer absolutely more likely a couple hundred meters of the community. That was Carly de Roziers with the BC wildfire service. Four residents and two people fighting that fire remained in the community yesterday. We don't know if they're still there.

Linda Ward, CBC News, Toronto. Wildfire smoke is blanketing much of Canada again today, with air quality warnings in many provinces. Environment Canada says as smoke levels increase, so do health risks, and people should limit time outdoors, especially if they're at risk. Dr. Paul Rameliotis is the medical officer for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit. People need to go to a air-conditioned area, large indoor areas when there's a continual smog.

We can have cooling centers, userinas, and those type of things. So unfortunately those are the type of things now that we're looking at. Smoke will continue to make its way east into Sunday. Prime Minister Mark Carney is including international wildfire responses on the agenda for this month's G7 meeting. He has released his priorities for the Leaders Summit. Among other issues, peace and security, including energy security, countering foreign interference and transnational crime, and strengthening economies. Carney will be hosting the world leaders in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15th to 17th.

This is the seventh time Canada has chaired the G7 meetings. Kyiv is accusing Moscow of playing dirty games after overnight Russian missile and bomb strikes on Kharkiv left three people dead and more than 20 injured. The attack comes as Ukraine denies Russian allegations, its indefinitely suspended prisoner swaps. Dominic Valletis explains. At Monday's second round of peace talks in Turkey, Russia and Ukraine agreed to swap more prisoners

and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers. With prisoner lists already exchanged, it was hoped the process would start this weekend. But the agreement now appears to be on hold, with Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky claiming Kiev has postponed the exchanges indefinitely. Ukrainian officials have denied the accusation and told Moscow to stop playing dirty games and return to constructive work. The dispute comes just hours after Russia launched its biggest-ever drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv. Emergency services say at least

three people were killed and more than 20 others injured in those strikes. Among them, a one-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl. Dominic Vellaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing by his decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the upcoming G7 summit in Alberta. Members of the Sikh community have raised concerns over the Indian government's alleged ties to the shooting of activist Hardeep Singh Niger two years ago. The Indian government has denied being involved in the assassination. Jenny Kwan is an NDP MP representing Vancouver East and says Carney should have gone to the diplomatic table with Modi before inviting him to Canada.

He's already rolled out the red carpet to invite Prime Minister Modi to come to Canada, knowing all of this. So you know, I think he's done it backwards, unfortunately. And what message is he sending to the Sikh Canadian community? Kwan is calling for Modi's invitation to be rescinded. Carney has suggested that India is now more willing to cooperate with ongoing investigations. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.