World Report - April 8: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: April 8, 2026

US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire faces, but more attacks reported across the Persian Gulf. Iranian state media says Tehran will withdraw from the ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to attack Lebanon. IDF says it is continuing ground operations against Hezbollah. Iranian diaspora voices mixed reaction to the ceasefire. BREAKING NEWS: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu is crossing the floor to join his governing Liberals.Chinese Electric Vehicle giant BYD accused of forced labour violations at European factory. South Korea's military says says North Korea has fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters. Sentencing begins for "Ketamine Queen" Jasveen Sangha in actor Matthew Perry's death. 

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Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know it. As the President's truth this morning, a big day for world peace. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsett says the bombing may have stopped, but the United States remains on a war footing. At the same time, In Pirozira, to all of the people of Iran, Iranian state media is declaring a crushing victory over the United States. There is agreement on a two-week ceasefire. But just hours after President Donald Trump suspended planned strikes,

Kuwait and the UAE reported fresh drone and missile attacks. A chaotic start to a truce. Megan Williams has the latest from Dubai. After six weeks of war and thousands killed a pause in the conflict. It was confirmed less than two hours before President Trump's civilized. or death deadline, with both sides agreeing to stand down. In Iran, there was jubilation. I was genuinely happy from the bottom of my heart.

Hopefully, this can lead to the lifting of sanctions and allowing Iranians to finally breathe. But also skepticism. I can't say I'm fully for or against it. The other side is not reliable. They only stick to agreements when they have no choice. The ceasefire deal has Iran halting its forces if attacks against its stop. Ships will resume passage through the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks,

and negotiations begin Friday in Islamabad. Iran's 10-point plan includes recognition of its nuclear enrichment rights and an end to sanctions. Trump called the proposal workable, but Iran, twice burned by attacks during previous talks, has made clear this is not the end of the war. Still, oil prices plunged with Brent crude down 13 percent, the biggest single-day drop since the Gulf War of 1991. The UAE declared it had, quote, triumphed in a war we sincerely sought to avoid. But its ambassador to Washington called the ceasefire not enough, demanding a conclusive outcome against Iran. The most worrisome part of Iran's proposal that it could manage the straight going forward.

Here in the Gulf, where missile alerts rang out just hours before the deal was announced. Relief is cautious at best. Megan Williams, CBC News, Dubai. Iranian state media is now reporting Iran will withdraw from the ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to attack Lebanon. The IDF is mounting ground operations against Hezbollah. Multiple blasts this morning rock-dense commercial and residential neighborhoods in Beirut. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting the ceasefire does not apply to Lebanon.

That contradicts what Pakistan's Prime Minister said about the ceasefire deal. He said it would include a pause on fighting in Lebanon. That country's Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, is accusing Israel of escalation. Word of the temporary truce has Canada's Iranian community feeling a complex mix of relief and dismay. The CBC's Caroline Bargut spoke with members of the diaspora. about why this reprieve feels so complicated. It is disappointing. It's definitely disappointing. That's not the reaction you would expect from an Iranian-Canadian

after news a two-week ceasefire was reached. But Quakitlam resident Kamir Mahenza says his family back home in Tehran are desperately hoping for a regime change, whatever it takes. Nobody wants to see their country bomb. They don't want to see devastation. But at the same time, if that leads to the end of this regime, than it's a price to pay. Hamid Farmani owns a restaurant in North Vancouver.

His family lives in Shiraz, a city in South Central Iran, where Israel struck a petrochemical facility. You are full of stress these days. Two hours before U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline, his family called to say bye for now. Farmani wants to be happy there's a reprieve in the fighting, but doesn't know how to feel anymore.

It's very confusing days. We don't know what should they do. What should we do? You know, should I thinking, should I waiting, or should I just be relaxed? Because these days is very confusing days. He and Mahenza worry for the future of Iran. If you don't have freedom, you have nothing. When all is said and done, they hope Iran is still standing, but the regime is not. Caroline Bargut, CBC News, Vancouver.

There is breaking news from Ottawa this morning. Prime Minister Mark Carney says another conservative. MP is crossing the floor to join his governing liberals. Marilyn Gladu has been the MP for Sarnia-Lampton-Bekeshwam-Wong since 2015. She is the fifth MP to join the Liberals in his many months. Gladys says she has heard from constituents who say they want a real plan to build a stronger and more independent Canadian economy. As Canada's market reopens to Chinese electric vehicles,

Chinese automaker BYD is facing new allegations of forced laborers. practices. BYD is the world's largest manufacturer of EVs. Its cars are affordable, but they're cheap because the people who built them may have been abused. Janice McGregor has been taking a closer look in our Parliamentary Bureau. Janice, where are these allegations coming from? Martina, China Labor Watch is a New York-based nonprofit that investigates cases of worker exploitation, both inside China and around the world by Chinese enterprises. It received a tip from a migrant laborer at BYD's new $6 billion facility in Hungary, someone who felt trapped by coercive labor practices and was unable to go home, as promised.

And that led to field interviews with over 50 other workers at the site. The report describes things like seven-day work weeks, no rest at all unless severe weather disrupted construction, no extra pay for all that overtime, delayed wages, and a tangled web of recruiters and subcontracting arrangements, making it hard for workers to hold anyone accountable. Project Officer Elaine Liu says these labor practices set a dangerous precedent. It's important that consumers know that what's really behind some of these electric vehicles, Chinese workers who are being brought in to work on these sites are being employed in quite horrible conditions. Janice, as far as these vehicles go, have any of these Chinese EVs even arrived in Canada

since the Prime Minister agreed to lower tariffs and return for China buying more canola? Well, I've asked, and neither the CBSA nor several ministers' offices will say the Border Services Agency did disclose something else, though. Back in 2023, it says it intercepted and detained some shipments of car parts from China under suspicion that they were made with forced labor. The importer in that case dodged further scrutiny by simply shipping the parts back to China. So CBSA caught those goods in time, but are they catching the goods all the time, especially now that the U.S. is considering more tariffs on Canada for not holding the line against what it considers unfairly traded Chinese EVs. That's Janice McGregor in Ottawa. Thank you, Janice.

You're welcome. Seoul says North Korea has fired numerous ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters. The most recent flu at least 700 kilometers, according to South Korea's military. It also says it suspects Fianyang of launching another ballistic missile as recently as yesterday. Seoul has been pushing for a thaw in relations between North and South Korea. But last night, an official in Pyongyang said South Korea would always be the Norse, most hostile enemy state. Sentencing is scheduled for today in Los Angeles for the woman referred to as the ketamine queen. Jasvine Sanga is the last person to be sentenced for selling drugs to Matthew Perry.

Last year, she pleaded guilty to distribution resulting in death. Steve Futterman reports. She is the woman accused of supplying the fatal dose of ketamine that killed actor Matthew Perry in October 2023. Jasveen Sanga allegedly conspired with two doctors and Perry associates to get the actor the drug he desperately wanted. Last year, she pleaded guilty to a number of charges, including the most serious distribution resulting in death

or serious bodily injury. Prosecutors say this was all about money. These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves. Martina Strata was the U.S. attorney when the charges were first filed in August 2024. In the end, these defendants were more interested in profiting off Mr. Perry than caring for his well-being. Matthew Perry's substance issues and their impact were well known.

In his 22 memoir, he described. suffering a ruptured colon in 2018, which left him in a coma for two weeks. Jesveen Sanga has been described as a known drug supplier, so well known that she was often referred to as the ketamine queen. Federal prosecutors are expected to ask for a 15-year sentence, while defense attorneys will argue that Sanga be sentenced to time served. Most legal experts believe she will be given significant time behind bars. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. That is the latest news from World Report. I'm Martina Fitzgerald.

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