The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 22:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fade. We begin in Manitoba, just one of the provinces fighting wildfires. Right now there are 28 burning, many of them out of control and threatening homes and communities. Caroline Bargout has the latest. This fire is a monster. The winds have shifted in northern Manitoba and that has town officials in Snow Lake concerned. A 300,000 hectare wildfire that started in Saskatchewan has been threatening a number of communities in this province and now it's moving closer to Snow Lake. On Friday the town declared a local state of emergency telling all 1100 residents they

had to leave. Jody Cawkel is the town's emergency coordinator. If you're looking at it from a map perspective it's coming in basically on three sides. Firefighters and municipal workers are staying behind to spray water on wooded areas in hopes of keeping them from becoming fuel for the fire if it gets this far. Caroline Bargout, CBC News, The Paw, Manitoba. A fire in northwestern Ontario has prompted an evacuation order. Sandy Lake First Nation is near the border with Manitoba.

Officials say the fire is spreading close to the community and all residents are ordered to leave. Sandy Lake First Nation has a total population of just over 3,100 with over 2,600 residing on the reserve. Protests continue in Los Angeles over immigration and customs enforcement raids across the city. US President Donald Trump has now ordered a deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops into the city. Federal agents raided multiple workplaces today and dozens of people have been arrested on immigration violations. Reporter Steve Futterman is in Los Angeles. This latest action is taking place at another Home Depot around 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Now you may recall a home depot

was one of the targets on Friday. Often at these home depots there are day laborers looking for work and this seems to be perhaps the target of the ICE officers. We have heard flash bangs, there is tear gas or pepper spray or some irritant in the air, which I have tried to avoid breathing in. But this is clearly another action by ICE. There are protesters here who are very much upset that this is taking place. Steve Futterman reporting from Los Angeles.

Missiles, bombs and drones rained down on Ukraine's second largest city overnight. The Russian attack killed at least four people, an apparent retaliation to a covert Ukrainian drone attack inside Russia last week. U.S. officials say they believe the attacks will continue with, quote, multi-pronged strikes. Michelle Song reports.

Harkeev residents are trying to salvage whatever they can from their apartments amid the destruction. Airstrikes bombarded Harkiv overnight. Its mayor, Ihor Tarakov, says it was the most powerful attack the border city has seen since the war began. It was a horrible morning in Harkiv. Firefighters are hosing down buildings, trying to save what they can. Rescuers carried a woman on a stretcher as they continued to search for any more victims.

This comes just a day after Russia launched one of the largest airstrikes against Ukraine, killing at least six people and injuring 80. Meanwhile, Russia accused Ukraine of delaying a prisoner swap. Ukraine denies those claims and says Russia is playing dirty games. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. Peter Hoekstra, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, says his country doesn't search people's phones at the border. Ottawa updated its advice for Canadians travelling to the U.S. in April. It says Canadians should expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including electronic devices.

Hoekstra doesn't deny that some Canadians experience trouble at the border, including reports of phones being searched. He tells the Canadian press those experiences are isolated events and not a pattern. He also says Americans have reported less than warm welcomes from CBSA agents. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fahy.