The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/18 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/18 at 01:00 EDT

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centrifuge in several weapons production sites in strikes overnight. This, as Donald Trump suggests, the U.S. is considering entering the Israel-Iran war, with the potential for a wider war in the Middle East hanging in the balance. Paul Hunter reports. One thing for sure I can tell you is that the Pentagon is getting ready to give the president options. As the world wonders what steps U.S. President Trump may or may not take next in Israel's war on Iran, James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, sees clues in Trump's words so far.

I would say President Trump is signaling the very real possibility that the US would become more involved in this conflict. Trump underlined Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. In multiple posts on his Truth Social platform, he was more forceful. Unconditional surrender, he wrote in all caps. Also posting, he knows where Iran's supreme leader is hiding. In another post, Trump wrote, we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Trump using the word we without explaining why that word in a war to date involving only

Israel and Iran. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. There's new information about Monday's meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump and comments the Prime Minister made about a one month deadline for a new trade and security deal. The CBC's Katie Simpson has the details from the Banff G7 Summit. Canada is making a concerted effort to pressure the Americans into reaching a trade and security agreement. And that's why we saw the announcement yesterday from Prime Minister Mark Carney

when he posted on social media that both countries are trying to sign a deal within 30 days. According to two senior Canadian government sources speaking to CBC News as well as Radio Canada, Canada wants to push the Americans to cross those T's, dot those I's, and put added pressure on the talks. At the same time, one source tells me that Carney would not have released the timeline in public in writing if he didn't think it was actually achievable. Canada and the U.S. have been trying to hammer out a broad economic and security cooperation agreement ever since Carney first visited US President Donald Trump in the White House

last month. And of course, this was all prompted by Trump imposing a wide swath of tariffs on Canada while complaining about the Canada-US relationship. That's the CBC's Katie Simpson in Banff, Alberta. Federal officers in New York have briefly detained a Democratic Party mayoral candidate. Brad Lander is accused of assaulting immigration enforcement agents at a courthouse. At a news conference, New York Governor Kathy Hochul condemned what happened. This is a sorry day for New York and our country. The video is

shocking. I knew I needed to come down here immediately and do what I could to intervene. Charges have been dropped. He walks out of there a free man. Well, while that is a positive outcome, we're also concerned about those that are walking out of this courthouse, taken away from their families. Lander was released hours after being detained when Hokel intervened in the matter. It's deja vu for Edmonton hockey fans, the Oilers losing to the Florida Panthers

in the Stanley Cup final for a second year in a row. Among the thousands of celebrating fans in Florida Tuesday night, hundreds of Oilers fans wishing this season had ended differently. Julia Wong has more. This is hard, not going to lie. It was a heartbreaking night for Edmonton Oilers fans in Florida like Selena Davis. But we love hockey, we love the Oilers, we are Alberta and we're proud of who we are.

The Oilers were looking to tie the series and force a game seven, but the Panthers proved too dominant, outscoring the Oilers 5-1. This is the second straight year the Oilers have lost to the Panthers proved too dominant, outscoring the Oilers 5-1. This is the second straight year the Oilers have lost to the Panthers. Oilers superfan Greg Dabogorski is taking the loss in stride. It was fun. It's hard to take, but we got to go back with our heads up. We're in the playoffs. This is what the playoff hockey is all about.

The Oilers' lone goal was scored by Vasily Podkolson. Julia Wong, CBC News, Sunrise, Florida. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gavin Day.