The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 01:00 EDT

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Find an agent today at Desjardins.com slash business coverage. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. We begin in Los Angeles where a curfew took effect two hours ago, but police didn't wait to spruce progress protesters. There's a lot of tear gas. Tear gas canisters hit the ground hours before that curfew. Demonstrators have been gathering for more than a week, initially over raids looking for illegal immigrants, but then over the Trump administration's move to send in the military to control the protests.

On top of that, demonstrators are also angry about the US President's military parade Saturday in Washington. Steve Futterman is on the scene of the LA protest. Around two, three hundred people have gathered. It's sort of a standoff right now between police and the protesters. You may hear some flashbangs in the background. Those are those non-lethal explosive devices that they try to disperse the crowd with. Now a dispersal order has been issued by police, so at any moment they could decide to move

in and maybe make arrests, or they would primarily just try to force this crowd backwards and have them go in different directions. Everything has been peaceful for the most part so far. Throughout the nation we've seen similar showings. A lot of it has to do with getting publicity. They want people to see this around the nation we've seen similar showings. A lot of it has to do with getting publicity. They want people to see this around the nation. They want to build up momentum against Donald Trump, the No Kings movement. They view Donald Trump as a king.

They feel that he has gone beyond his presidential powers. I don't like how he's destroying rule of law. It's all eroding away to some king's whims. And I think that's pretty much the mood of most people who've been attending the No Kings rally here in Los Angeles. Steve Futterman reporting. And in Washington, Trump presided over that display of American military might. The U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade happened Saturday night, featuring 7,000 troops, 150

vehicles and 50 aircraft. Trump paid this tribute. The U.S. Army has driven bayonets into the heart of sinister empires, crushed the ambitions of evil tyrants. Beneath the threads of American tanks, it's done so well, it's done so much, and sent the devil himself flying into full retreat. The event coincided with Trump's 79th birthday. Trump's also commenting on the ongoing battle between Iran and Israel. In a social media post early Sunday morning, he said he could easily do a deal between

the two to end the conflict, adding the U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, but promised the full might of the U.S. military if Tehran went after American targets. In Minnesota, a state representative and her husband are dead. Another state senator and his wife are in stable condition, all of them shot in their respective homes. The suspect is on the loose and police say he had a long list of targets. Chris Reyes has more. This is a dark day for Minnesota and for democracy. Somber and shocked, Minnesota's top officials briefed the media following brazen shootings in Minneapolis suburbs that killed state Senator Melissa Hortman and her

husband. Also shot and injured State Senator John Hoffman and his wife. Police say the attack happened in the early hours of Saturday when they were called to the home of one of the lawmakers. It was there they encountered an individual impersonating a police officer. There was an exchange of fire and then the suspect got away. Police are now looking for 57-year-old Vance Luther Bolter, the CEO of a security services company, according to his social media profile. The suspect left behind a vehicle and police say they've recovered a manifesto that included a list of other political figures. Governor Walz called the attacks an assassination. This was an act of targeted political violence.

We don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. In just hours, G7 leaders will be arriving in Kenanaskis, Alberta, near Calgary for the start of their three-day summit. The Iran-Israel battle is expected to take over the agenda. That is your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We're updated every hour, seven days a week.

For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.