The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/17 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/17 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 is demanding Iran's unconditional surrender. I think that we can take his word for his word. Tammy Bruce with the US State Department says the White House's next steps with Iran are entirely up to the President. Trump says killing Iran's supreme leader isn't currently considered, but that could change. He is also praising American weapons for enabling both Israel and the US to gain complete control of Iran's airspace. The comments mark a notable departure from the White House's official position that the US is not involved in Israeli strikes in Iran.

Sirens sound yet again in Israel as Iran launches a fresh barrage of missiles. Israeli officials say 24 people have been killed since Friday. Fighting began when Israel struck Iranian military and nuclear sites and killed top commanders of the Revolutionary Guard. More than 200 Iranians were killed in those attacks. More than a thousand were injured. This underscores the importance of standing in total solidarity with Ukraine. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more help for Ukraine. Canada is giving an additional $2 billion in military aid

and another $2.3 billion in the form of loans. Carney welcomed the Ukrainian president to the G7 summit in Cananascus, Alberta, as Vladimir Zelensky calls for an emergency UN Security Council meeting after another lethal Russian attack. We need support from our allies, and I'm here to thank you for the military package. It's important for our soldiers to be strong in the

battlefield, to stay strong until Russia will be ready for the peace negotiations. Carney is also announcing a new sanctions package and it targets Russia's energy revenues and a shadow fleet of oil tankers that help Moscow dodge international sanctions. An Alberta Conservative MP has officially resigned his seat so that Pierre Polyev can run in a by-election. Damien Couric vacated his spot in the Battle River Crowfoot riding to pave the way for the Conservative leader.

Polyev lost his Ottawa area seat in the general election to Liberal Bruce Fandroy. Without a seat in the House of Commons, Polyev cannot act as the opposition leader in question period or participate in debate. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he will call a by-election in the riding as soon as possible. A joint investigation by Canadian and UK privacy watchdogs found 23andMe failed to protect sensitive data. A major breach at the DNA testing company has exposed the personal

information of seven million users worldwide. That includes 320,000 Canadians. Colin Butler has that story. The stolen data was deeply personal. Health, heritage, names, birth dates, addresses, all of it out there in the ether. Investigators say the hackers slipped in using old passwords. The joint probe by Canada and the UK found 23andMe lacked the safeguards to protect sensitive data. Canada Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne calls it a wake-up call and a warning. Organizations must also take proactive steps to protect against cyber attacks.

This includes using multi-factor authentication, strong minimum password requirements, compromised password checks, and adequate monitoring to detect abnormal activity. The report criticizes 23andMe for weak security, a slow response, and failing to alert regulators. The UK has filed the equivalent of a four million Canadian dollar fine against 23andMe, something the Canadian agency has no power to do. Colin Butler, CBC News, Toronto. Quebec police are still conducting a major search west of Montreal for a missing three-year-old girl. Claire Bell has been missing since Sunday morning. Meanwhile, the girl's mother appeared

in court just before noon by video conference. Rachel Ella Todd is facing a charge of child abandonment. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.