The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 14:00 EDT

The ocean is vast, beautiful, and lawless. I'm Ian Urbina back with an all new season of The Outlaw Ocean. The stories we bring you this season are literally life or death. We look into the shocking prevalence of forced labor, mine boggling overfishing, migrants hunted and captured. The Outlaw Ocean takes you where others won't. Available on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. US President Donald

Trump says a trade deal with Canada could be within reach. Trump made the comment during his meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Cananascus, Alberta. This is where leaders of the world's richest democracies are holding their summit. Murray Brewster reports. Mr. President, welcome to Canada. A cordial beginning to what is likely to be a couple of tough days of negotiation among G7 leaders, especially with President Donald Trump. I'm a tariff person. I've always been a tariff. It's simple, it's easy, it's precise. Canada and the U.S. are involved in intense negotiations towards a new security and trade deal

to get the United States to eliminate tariffs. Trump was asked what's holding it up. It's not so much holding up. I think we have different concepts. I have a tariff concept. holding it up. It's not so much holding up. I think we have different concepts. I have a tariff concept. Mark has a different concept, which is something that some people like. But we're going to see if we can get to the bottom of it today. Trump also suggested he's been in touch with Iran through back channels following a weekend

exchange of missiles with Israel, saying Tehran should have cut a deal to curb its nuclear program well before now. Marie Brewster, CBC News, Banff, Alberta. Iran's state broadcaster is the latest target of an Israeli airstrike. Iranian officials say four days of bombardment have already killed more than 200 people, and casualties are also rising in Israel. Trent Murray has the latest from Tel Aviv. Israel's military estimates that Iran has fired 350 ballistic missiles at Israel since

Friday, the latest coming in a pre-dawn salvo early Monday. Homes and apartment blocks were hit in the port city of Haifa, as well as the eastern suburbs of Tel Aviv, where Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, inspected the damage. It's evil, pure evil in and of itself. Aimed at innocent civilians. Eight people were killed overnight in Israel, bringing the total number of casualties to 24 since the IDF launched its attacks on Iran on Friday. Israel's government says it's targeting the country's nuclear program to stop Tehran building a nuclear weapon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israeli forces are now in full control of

the skies over Tehran. With most of Iran's missile attacks taking place after dark, Israelis are being asked once again to have a plan in place to reach their nearest shelter. Trent Murray for CBC News, Tel Aviv. Vance Belter, the man accused of shooting two lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota, faces first-degree murder charges. The 57-year-old was arrested after what officials call the largest manhunt in the state's history. Political assassinations are rare.

They strike at the very core of our democracy. But the details of Belter's crime are even worse. Acting U.S. attorney Joe Thompson says the suspect researched his victims and stalked them. Belter allegedly impersonated a police officer and visited the homes of four lawmakers on Saturday. He is accused of fatally shooting one representative and her husband and injuring a state senator and his wife. The Justice Department says the federal charges Belter faces could lead to the death penalty.

Police in Ontario's Peel region west of Toronto have dismantled a criminal ring linked to the towing business. Eighteen suspects are facing almost a hundred charges related to extortion, fraud and firearms. Police say the Brampton-based gang extorted money from South Asian-operated businesses. The criminals also engaged in insurance fraud by staging collisions. Almost half of the suspects were out on bail at the time of their arrest. Police seized 18 tow trucks, four luxury cars, guns and other weapons and recovered several stolen vehicles. Canadians are getting free admission to all national parks, historic sites and marine conservation

areas maintained by Parks Canada. Ottawa calls the program the Canada Strong Pass. It will run until the end of summer. It's also offering free via rail tickets for children 17 and under and 25 percent off via fares for those 18 to 24. And that's the World This Hour. For news anytime, visit our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.