The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 15:00 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 trade will be the main focus at the G7 summit in Alberta. Trump sported lapel pins with US and Canadian flags as he spoke to reporters alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney is hosting the leaders from the Group of Seven Nations in Kananaskis. Trump says a deal with Canada may be within reach. We're going to see if we can get to the bottom of it today. I'm a tariff person. I've always been a tariff.

It's simple. It's simple, it's easy, it's precise, and it just goes very quickly. And I think Mark has a more complex idea but also very good. The annual talks get underway as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East add to global uncertainty. Israel says the Iranian state broadcaster it targeted in today's missile attack was being used for military purposes. Iranian officials say more than 200 people have been killed since Israeli strikes began last Friday.

Israel says its aim is to wipe out Iran's advancing nuclear capabilities. Anna Cunningham has the latest. The presenter on Iran's state TV news network was live on air when the sound of explosions started. The blasts appeared to get closer and louder as she continues to lambast Israel, repeatedly shouting, God is great. Then this. What appears to be a direct hit, debris forms from the studio, lights go out and the feed cuts. Shortly before this happened, Israel's defence minister suggested Iranian state TV and radio are about to disappear.

He called them the propaganda and incitement megaphone. People have been trying to leave Tehran over the past 24 hours, the Israeli military warning hundreds of thousands of Iranians to evacuate parts of the capital. In the past four days, Israel had been targeting military personnel and nuclear sites. It now appears to be focused on Tehran. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Minnesota police are bringing a number of charges, including first-degree murder, against

the suspect who allegedly shot two lawmakers. 57-year-old Vance Belter was arrested following a frantic manhunt over the weekend. He is accused of fatally shooting a Democrat lawmaker and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife. Investigators say in all the suspect cased out the homes of four elected officials. Joe Thompson is acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota. It is no exaggeration to say that his crimes are the stuff of nightmares. Belter stalked his victims like prey. He went to their homes, held them out as a police officer, and shot them in cold blood.

Officials call the killings a political assassination. Quebec Provincial Police are asking for the public's help as they continue to search for a missing three-year-old girl. They are focusing their search for Claire Bell in the town of Coteau-du-Lac. The child was reported missing yesterday in the community about 50 kilometers southwest of Montreal. It will be easier to see more of Canada this summer. Starting Friday, all national parks will have free admission for the rest of the season. And the perks don't end there. Ottawa calls it the Canada Strong Pass.

David Thurton reports. And it couldn't be easier to take part. Heritage Minister Stephen Guilbeau making good on a Liberal platform promise. There's no need to register or get physical pass. All summer there will be no admission fees at historic sites, parks and marine conservation areas and a 25% discount on Parks Canada overnight camping charges. Explore Canada's national treasures. Discover new places.

Live your own Canadian adventure. Gilbo also announced national museums and Via Rail will be free for children and anyone aged 17 and under. And 18 to 24-year-olds can get a discount on museum admission and passenger rail tickets. The Canada Strong Pass comes as travellers opt for staycations instead of travelling to the U.S. It launches Friday and lasts until September 2nd. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa.

And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.