The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/18 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/18 at 23:00 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. Fighting between Israel and Iran is into its seventh day. The conflict's next stage is up to one man, Donald Trump, considering direct U.S. involvement that could provoke wider war in the Middle East. Paul Hunter reports. Paul Hunter, U.S. President Donald Trump on the question, will he or won't he involve

U.S. forces in any strike against Iranian nuclear facilities? I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do. The day after, Trump, on his Truth Social platform, demanded Iran surrender without conditions as the fighting between that country and Israel continues. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei countered Iran will not surrender to anyone, he said, adding, if the US military intervenes, the damage America will suffer will be irreparable. Iran's deputy foreign minister showed up on CNN.

They should not dare to threaten Iran. We will do whatever necessary. Throughout the region, multiple signals something seems imminent. The biggest aircraft carrier in the US Navy reportedly set to be deployed to the Mediterranean. The US and the European Union now organizing evacuations from Israel. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Hundreds of residents of Badger, Newfoundland have been ordered to leave their homes as a wildfire threatens their town.

The fire started Tuesday after a lightning storm. Premier John Hogan says nobody should refuse to leave. The officials are working on it through the Emergency Operations Center to make sure that they're aware and they have the resources to get out of the community. Of course, we thought there might be a little window to make this decision a little bit later in the day, but we certainly felt it's better to be safe than sorry and make sure we move these people as soon as possible and that they know that we are there for them and that we'll provide any resources they need to get out.

Firefighters are using water bombers and helicopters in a bid to contain the fire. A missing three-year-old Quebec girl has been found alive. Claire Bell was last seen Sunday afternoon. Sgt. Eloise Cosette of the Sioux-State-U-Québec says a tip prompted them to contact police in Ontario. Sgt. Eloise Cosette, Sioux-State-U-Québec, S.A.

They've been able to locate the young girl on the side of the highway 417. She was speaking with the police officer. She was alive. We provided some first aid in water and food for now, and she's been taken care by the paramedics. The girl was alone when she was found. Police arrested Rachel Todd on a charge of child abandonment. As Canada attempts to normalize diplomatic relations with India, there are warnings that groups tied to India are a persistent danger to some communities here, and the country remains a foreign interference threat.

Rafi Boudjikanian reports. Raffi Boudjikanian, Canadian Prime Minister, Canada's Mark Carney welcoming his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi Modi at the G7 this week. Quickly announced after the visit, Canada will restaff its high commission in India. India will do the same here. When Carney's predecessor Justin Trudeau revealed Canadian national security agencies were looking into the killing of a Sikh separatist, Hardeep Singh Nijer in Surrey, BC, and believed elements related to Modi's government were

involved. The community is upset because still they are getting extortion calls. Still shootings are happening. Gurpreet Sahota is a member of the Sikh community and a TV host on Channel Punjabi in Suri. All this as the latest look from CSIS still paints India in a damning light, saying it's one of the potential perpetrators of foreign interference here not only among ethnic groups, but in this country's political system. Rafi Bajikhan, JNCBC News, Ottawa.

The world could soon be fast running out of time to meet climate targets. A new report says the so-called carbon budget to keep the world under 1.5 degrees warming could be out within three years. More than 60 scientists worked on the report published in the journal Earth Science System Data. It also warns carbon budgets for the 1.6 and 1.7 degree warming thresholds could be exceeded within a decade. And that is The World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Gavin Day.