The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 19:00 EDT

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Find an agent today at Desjardins.com slash business coverage. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Israel and Iran are exchanging missile attacks for a third straight day. That's the sound of an Iranian missile detonating in Haifa in Israel. It's not clear if there are casualties in this incident, but at least 10 Israelis were killed and dozens more were injured in earlier attacks today. At least seven in the community of Bat Yam near Tel Aviv. While in Tehran, explosions were heard again today.

The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists says at least 406 people have been killed in Iran since the conflict began Friday morning. World leaders are heading to Kananaskis, Alberta for this week's G7 Summit, a gathering that's being held against the backdrop of US President Trump's tariffs on Canada and other nations. Dominic LeBlanc is the minister responsible for U.S.-Canada trade. He says the summit is an opportunity for nations affected by Trump's ever-changing levies to discuss a new way forward. So if you think about how the economy has become fragmented or vulnerable to particular

challenges, including from the United States, other G7 partners have not been immune either from some of the trade actions of the Americans. I think the G7 is an opportunity for those countries to discuss with one another, a way perhaps to put the global economy on a more reliable footing. He says the meeting will continue Canada's efforts to diversify economic relationships beyond traditional partners. Buzz Hargrove, a powerful figure in Canadian labour and politics, has died. Starting on the shop floor at a plant in Windsor, Hargrove went on to become the president of

the Canadian auto workers from 1992 to 2008, leading members through lockouts, strikes and tough negotiations. He was 88 years old. While the power is back on in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, and hundreds of evacuees have returned home. They were forced to flee two weeks ago when wildfires threatened the town. Lori Forbes is the emergency coordinator. I think everyone is very fortunate up in Cranberry Portage. There is no structural damage. So they're going home to a community that's ready to receive them,

get them lawned mode, get some gardens put in, and carry on with everyday life. Forbes says municipal services are running again, including the local dump, which will likely be in heavy use as residents empty spoiled food from their refrigerators. Sheridan, Herblich Landing and Snow Lake also welcomed residents home this weekend. The nearby city of Flynn Flawn remains under a mandatory evacuation order. Thousands of people took to the streets of cities in southern Europe today to demonstrate against tourism. Dominic Valllaidis has that story. Protests got underway in Barcelona with a bang. Smoke bombs were thrown. Water pistols were fired at shop windows. This is just the latest protest against over-tourism, which

demonstrators like Vania Arana say is raising living costs. It affects our housing, she says, because more and more we're being pushed out of our apartments so they can be turned into tourist rentals. Barcelona drew 26 million tourists last year alone. That number is expected to rise even further. Officials here have already pledged to phase out apartment rentals to tourists to make the city more livable for its residents. But people want more to be done and quicker. There were similar protests in other parts of Spain including Málaga, Mallorca and Ibiza. And further afield too with demos taking place

in Italy and Portugal. Dominic Velasquez for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. Many children in Canada count on breakfast programs to ensure they have at least one solid meal a day but those are normally run out of schools that close down in the summer. A food bank in Ottawa is trying to bridge that gap. Rachel Wilson is the CEO of the Ottawa Food Bank. There's many great breakfast programs through schools throughout the city. They're amazing programs but unfortunately in the summer they all close up when the schools are done. Many of those children will be turning to their families to find breakfast, lunch and dinner and we know that families are really struggling

right now. And that's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.