The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 01:00 EDT

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I'm Mike Montles. Day four of Israel's conflict with Iran and officials are getting a look at the damage from the latest barrage of Iranian missiles. That sound early Monday in Haifa, where Israel's public broadcasters reporting several injuries and an active fire, one witness says, was at a power plant. And in Tel Aviv, a witness there says several residential buildings were also hit. Medics say at least 29 people across central Israel has been hospitalized in this latest wave. The continued fighting is becoming more and more deadly.

Her Israel says Iranian missile strikes have killed at least 14 people since Friday, while the number of people killed in Iran by Israel's airstrikes has topped 200. Margaret Evans has more. In Israel, a third night filled with the howl of air raid sirens, followed by incoming Iranian missiles and Israeli air defenses springing to life in the skies above Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa, where there was a hit of some kind. Iran answering Israel's assault on its nuclear capabilities and the top ranks of its military leadership.

Earlier Netanyahu visited the city of Bat Yam which was hit by a missile making it past Israel's defenses the night before, killing at least six people and damaging several nearby buildings. In Iran, there were also scenes of chaos and death. Israeli attacks on Saturday night hitting the Defense Ministry and a fuel depot near Tehran that burned through the night. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Jerusalem.

Meantime, US President Donald Trump is being asked about ceasefire prospects. Well, I hope there's going to be a deal. I think it's time for a deal and we'll see what happens. But sometimes they have to fight it out, but we're going to see what happens. I think there's a good chance there'll be a deal. Trump wouldn't say whether he asked Israel to stop bombing Iran, but several US news agencies are reporting that Trump did veto an Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The conflict is expected to dominate the G7 summit in Kenanaskis, Alberta. Trump is now in Canada for that conference. He'll meet Monday morning with Prime Minister Mark Carmi before the summit begins. The suspect in the fatal shootings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband is now in custody. Vance Bolter was captured Sunday after a nearly two-day hunt. Officials are calling the largest in the state's history, with more than 100 officers deployed. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Police Chief Mark Bruhle tells how Bolter was taken down. An alert police officer believed that he may have seen the individual running into the

woods and we started to deploy resources, including the Brooklyn Park SWAT team and along with many other SWAT teams to contain an extremely large area knowing that this is a very dangerous individual. Dangerous indeed, Bolter was armed when he was arrested. Several AK-47 assault rifles, a nine millimeter handgun, a list of names and a police badge have been found. He's now charged with two counts of murder

and two counts of attempted murder in the shootings of a state senator have been found. He's now charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in the shootings of a state senator and his wife. Hundreds of wildfire evacuees are coming home to Cranberry Portage, Manitoba. They were forced to flee two weeks ago when blazes bore down on the town. Emergency coordinator Lori Forbes. 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 the lawns mowed, 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 very busy as residents empty spoiled food from their refrigerators. And while other communities will also welcome their residents home this weekend, Flynn-Flawn remains under a mandatory evacuation order. Buzz Hargrove, a powerful figure in Canadian labor and politics, has died. Let's get off of some of the chicken arguments we're having in the House of Commons. Let's deal with a real issue.

He led the Canadian auto workers from 1992 to 2008. Hargrove was 81 years old. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.