The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 23:00 EDT

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The World This Hour for 2025/06/16 at 23:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the World This Hour, I'm Gavin Day. Iran is pledging its latest round of airstrikes won't stop until dawn. Attacks between Iran and Israel are escalating, along with threats. In a recent interview, Israel's Prime Minister did not rule out killing Iran's spiritual and supreme leader. Margaret Evans reports. The moment an Israeli attack hit Iran's state broadcaster during a live feed, knocking it off the air, at least temporarily. Earlier, the Israeli military issued evacuation orders telling residents nearby to leave for

their own safety, a practice it's used in both Lebanon and Gaza. Iran's leaders denounced it as psychological warfare. But Israel now claims complete aerial control of the skies above Tehran and is making use of it. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops the aims are in sight. The Israeli military says it's destroyed a third of Iran's ballistic missile launchers. But in Israel, some Iranian missiles are still finding their way through sophisticated defenses. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Petit Kva.

France's president spoke on the situation between Iran and Israel while at the G7. Emmanuel Macron saying US President Donald Trump has made a ceasefire offer. Macron saying the offer was made to kickstart broader discussions. Trump is leaving Alberta early. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt says that's due to the escalating conflict. Before leaving the G7, Trump met Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. We feel a sense of acceleration in the discussions in the last couple of weeks and that is a very good thing. Kirsten Hillman is upbeat about those talks. Canada's ambassador to the US

says trade discussions went well. Mark Carney says on social media he and Trump have agreed to work towards a deal within the next 30 days. Hillman spoke alongside the minister responsible for Canada-US trade, Dominique LeBlanc. LeBlanc didn't go into details on the meeting. He spoke many times about how much he likes it here, how much he likes Canada. How happy he was to be in Alberta. How beautiful he thought when he was in there. Not that he wants to make it a 51st state. Did he mention that?

We're not going to go into the private details of the conversation. Canada's hosting the G7 leaders in Alberta until Tuesday. In Minnesota, the suspect wanted in that state's largest manhunt has made his first court appearance. The 57-year-old is accused of assassinating a politician in a string of violence authorities say could have been worse. Sasha Petrasek reports. Vance Belter appeared in front of a St. Paul federal judge charged with two counts of murder and two of attempted murder. At the state Capitol, flowers and cards pile up remembering its speaker, Democrat Melissa Hortman,

and her husband Mark, both shot by Belter early Saturday morning, say police. Prosecutors say Belter first shot a state senator and his wife at their home, visited two other lawmakers' houses disguised as a police officer, then shot the Hortmans early on Saturday morning. Belter stalked his victims like prey. He went to their homes as a police officer and shot them in cold blood. The acting district attorney for Minnesota, Joseph Thompson, says notebooks found in Belter's car listed dozens of other politicians he was targeting. Political assassinations are rare. They strike at the very core of our democracy. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Washington.

One of the two doctors charged in connection with the death of Hollywood actor Matthew Perry will reportedly plead guilty to charges. The Justice Department says Dr. Salvador Placencia will plead guilty to distributing ketamine. Perry was best known for starring in the sitcom Friends. He was found dead at his Los Angeles home in 2023. An autopsy revealed he died from an overdose of the drug. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gavin Day.