The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/18 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/18 at 22:00 EDT

I'm Joshua Jackson, and I'm returning for the Audible original series, Oracle, Season 3, Murder at the Grandview. Six forty-somethings took a boat out a few days ago. One of them was found dead. The hotel, the island, something wasn't right about it. Psychic agent Nate Russo is back on the case, and you know when Nate's killer instincts are required, anything's possible.

This world's gonna eat you alive. Listen to Oracle Season 3, Murder at the Grandview, now on Audible. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gavin Day. The three-year-old girl at the center of an intense multi-day search has been found alive. Claire Bell was reported missing on Sunday. Helicopters, drones, ATVs, and dogs all combed a wide area from west of Montreal into eastern Ontario. And this afternoon, there was good news.

Cobina Oduro has more. They are confirming that three-year-old Claire Bell was found alive in St. Albert, Ontario. Police say that she's been transported to hospital to get an update on her condition. And a massive search has been underway for the three-year-old girl since she was reported missing in Montreal Sunday. And today they received new information that led them to believe she could be in Ontario.

So they teamed up with Ontario Provincial Police who found Claire using a drone alongside Highway 417, walking all all alone and here is Eloise Cassette who is with the SQ. It's been hard for everybody but we always knew we were doing that to find her as quickly as possible. It's a good conclusion. Meanwhile the girls father posted on social media thanking everyone involved in asking people to allow him and his family time with the girl. Kobena Oduro reporting from Coteau du Lac.

Hundreds of residents of Badger Newfoundland have been ordered to leave their homes as a wildfire threatens their town. The fire started yesterday after a lightning storm passed through the area. Craig Cody is the director of Newfoundland and Labrador's wildfire program. We will be up into the high and extreme fire hazard rating for the next couple days until we get another rain event. The conditions out on the landscape are right for forest fires right now. Firefighters are using water bombers and helicopters in a bid to contain the fire.

There is a province-wide fire ban in place. wide fire ban in place. Iranians driving through the streets of Tehran honking horns and waving flags, their country's supreme leader has rejected American calls for surrender and warned American military involvement would risk all-out war in the region. Iran and Israel is heading into a seventh day of fighting. Diplomats from several European countries are reportedly scheduled to hold nuclear talks with Iranian representatives on Friday. What happens between Israel and Iran is also being closely watched in Gaza.

There's already a devastating war and humanitarian crisis in motion in the region, and many Palestinians worry their struggle for survival will be ignored as shootings near aid distribution sites continue. Margaret Evans reports. Large crowds forming in the night as Gazans desperate to feed their families risk increasingly dangerous treks to aid centers like this one along the Netzerim corridor in central Gaza. I've been here since midnight says Mohammed Abu Jiab. Thank God I got through. That was before Israeli troops reportedly opened fire on

the crowds killing at least 11 people. The military says it fired warning shots and wasn't aware of injuries. The UN is calling on the Israeli military to cease the use of lethal force near aid distribution points. It says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed by gunfire or shelling near those sites since the end of May when a controversial food aid distribution group was brought in by Israel to replace UN agencies. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Jerusalem. Hurricane Eric is now a major category three hurricane. It is rapidly advancing on southern

Mexico. The US National Hurricane Center says Eric will bring life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. It's the second hurricane of the Pacific season. The planned government tax income tax cut may not save families as much as advertised. The parliamentary budget officer says the cut will save an average family $280 next year. Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on the cut. He said it would save an average dual-income family up to $825 per year. The PBO says two-income couple in the second income bracket would get the most back.

They would get $750 next year. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gavin Day.