The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 03:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. Leaders of the world's richest democracies, the Group of Seven, begin arriving in Cananascis, Alberta today for what could be the organization's most consequential summit. The leaders meet amid the threat of a full-blown war between Iran and Israel, and as the Trump administration wages a trade war on friend and foe alike. Murray Brewster has this preview. I think the stakes are significant. Gordon Holden is a former Canadian diplomat and political science professor at the University

of Alberta who says the Trump administration's imposition of tariffs is destabilizing trading relationships between allies within the G7. Holden says for the sake of the Canadian economy, Prime Minister Mark Carney has a tightrope to walk inside that meeting room. It may feel good to publicly push back, but at a certain point, while standing our ground, we need to try and find some common ground. Senator Peter Beame, Canada's former G7 Deputy Minister, says from his experience, managing Trump can be done.

It's not like everyone is close to fisticuffs or anything. It's a very cordial atmosphere and you can agree to disagree. Expectations are the summit will produce a series of action statements on issues It's a very cordial atmosphere and you can agree to disagree. Expectations are the summit will produce a series of action statements on issues where the countries can agree. The war in Ukraine will be discussed, but it's the escalating attacks between Israel and Iran now high on the agenda. Marie Brewster, CBC News, Banff, Alberta.

Trump commented early morning on Enron and Israel saying on social media he could easily do a deal to end the conflict, adding the US had nothing to do with the attack on Iran but promised to set the full might of the US military loose on Tehran if it went after American targets. Nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran that were supposed to resume today have been cancelled. Saturday in Washington, the US president presided over a display of American military might.

The U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade featured 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. It was something Trump has said he's wanted since attending France's best-yield day parade in 2017 with President Emmanuel Macron.

Critics though compared the idea to parades in authoritarian regimes like Russia and North Korea. 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 still at large and police say he had a long list of targets. Chris Reyes with 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 Walls 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 the Stanley Cup finals, the Edmonton Oilers are on the edge after falling 5-2 the Florida Panthers last night. The Panthers now have a 3-2 lead in the series. Game six goes Tuesday. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.