World Report - July 02: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: July 2, 2025

Sean "Diddy" Combs convicted on prostitution charges, but cleared of more serious counts.US President Donald Trump claiming Israel is ready to agree to a 60-day ceasefire deal with Hamas. Iran suspends cooperation with UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA. Lytton, British Columbia once again threatened by wildfire. Venezuela declares Volker Turk, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, persona non grata. The Dalai Lama lays out a controversial succession plan. Afrobeats is a global genre reshaping African music. Meet some of its rising stars. 

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This world's gonna eat you alive. Listen to Oracle Season 3, Murder at the Grandview, A jury in Manhattan has just delivered its verdict in the trial of Sean Diddy Combs. He was convicted of two of the five charges against him. The CBC's Idle Musa has details. It took a jury of eight men and four women, 13 hours to deliberate, but this morning they reached their verdict. Sean Diddy Combs has been found guilty on two counts, transportation to engage in prostitution relating to ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and a woman known simply as Jane. The hip hop mogul has been found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Today's verdict brings to an end a high-profile case involving graphic and sometimes very emotional testimony with ex-girlfriends, former employees of Combs, male escorts, and federal agents

all testifying on the stand. Prosecutors argued that Combs had used power, violence, and fear to get what he wanted and that he believed his fame, wealth, and power put him above the law. While his defense team argued the criminal case wasn't about crime, but money, because his accusers also sued him in civil court. Combs could face up to 10 years in prison for each conviction. Ido Musa, CBC News, Toronto. U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming Israel is ready to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

He made the statement on his social media page and he pressured Hamas to also take the deal. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there will be no Hamas in a post war Gaza. The CBC's Tom Perry is in Jerusalem with more details. with more details. How far are you going to be with Netanyahu about ending the war in Gaza? Donald Trump was in Florida touring a new detention center for migrants when a reporter asked him about his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and whether he could persuade the Israeli leader to accept a truce with Hamas. He wants to, and he wants to, and I think we'll have a deal next week. Later, Trump went on social media, as he so often does, to announce that after a long

and productive meeting between U.S. and Israeli officials, Israel had agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize a 60-day ceasefire with the word ceasefire in all caps. Trump went on, writing that during this 60-day period, day period, the US would work with all parties toward a permanent end to the war in Gaza, urging Hamas to take the deal. It will not get better, Trump wrote. It will only get worse. So far, there's been no official response from either side. Though Israel's foreign minister has posted on social media, the country should not miss an opportunity to free the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. While a Hamas official says the group is prepared to accept any initiative that clearly leads to a complete end of the war.

Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. Iran will no longer cooperate with the UN's nuclear watchdog. The president has suspended all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. That will make it harder for inspectors to reach Iran's nuclear sites. They've been trying to determine how much damage was inflicted by US and Israeli airstrikes. Iran has limited inspections in the past, usually as a pressure tactic when negotiating with the West. as a pressure tactic when negotiating with the West. A wildfire burning close to Lytton, BC has prompted an evacuation order nearby and a local state of emergency.

Lytton was nearly destroyed during the wildfire season four years ago. As Yasmine Haneya reports, the community is anxiously watching developments. It's traumatic. Trisha Thorpe is with the Thompson Nicola Regional District, which ordered some properties near Lytton to evacuate yesterday because of an out of control wildfire. She's not missing the irony. It was discovered on the fourth anniversary of the devastating 2021 Lytton fire. We don't have summer anymore. We have wildfire season. That fire burned down about 90% of the village village killing two people. The current fire is suspected to be human caused says Taylor Stewart

Shantz with the BC wildfire service. We recognize that the location and especially the timing of this incident might invoke a strong emotional response for some residents. She says crews are making good progress fighting the fire but that hot dry weather is expected to continue this week in the area and across most of the province. We started the season from a pretty dry baseline and so when we start to see these temperatures rising above 30 degrees and we start to see those winds coming in, fuels can dry out quite quickly. About 70 wildfires are currently burning across British Columbia with months to go in the fire season. Yasmine Ranea, CBC News, Vancouver. Venezuela's ruling party has declared the UN's high commissioner for human rights persona non grata.

Last week, Volker Turk presented a report accusing Venezuela's government of torturing and disappearing political prisoners. But the government says it is singling Turk out for not protecting Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration. In the national assembly, politician Jorge Rodriguez called Turk an accomplice to murderers and kidnappers, declaring him persona non grata has no immediate practical effect, but there are concerns this could lead to the closure of the UN's

human rights office in Venezuela. Just ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama is laying out his succession plan. The Tibetan Buddhist leader says he will be reincarnated and that the only authority to identify his successor will be his nonprofit. Our South Asia correspondent Salima Shivji reports that the message is aimed at China. In Dharamshala in India's north where the Dalai Lama has lived in exile for more than half a century

senior Tibetan monks gather to open the most important religious conference in their lifetimes. The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, is days away from his 90th birthday, and he speaks to the room in a pre-recorded video statement. Our non-profit trust has the sole authority to recognize the future Dalai Lama, he says. The institution will continue. No one else has the authority to interfere in this matter, he says. A strong, clear message intended for China, which controls Tibet.

Beijing sees the Dalai Lama, who fled his homeland in 1959 after China invaded and annexed Tibet, as a separatist. Chinese leaders have insisted they must approve the Dalai Lama's successor. And said so again today. In Tibetan tradition, the search for the reincarnated Dalai Lama starts after the current one dies. And there are distinct fears that his death will cause the spiritual office to falter under Chinese pressure. It gives a sense of optimism, sense of hope to the people.

Amit Amatur, a former advisor to the Indian government on Tibetan affairs, says the Dalai Lama's clarification over how succession will work is vital. I think the Chinese are hoping that the issue will subside once he is dead. This birthday weekend, the aging Dalai Lama will try to prove otherwise by repeating a clear succession plan. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. It is bold, it is global and it is reshaping African music. Afrobeats, born in Nigeria, tops charts around the world. The

genre has racked up over 13 billion streams and it has its own Grammy category. Kunle Babs is in Abuja with more on the rising stars behind the sound. I'm excited about where Afrobeat is today. Eddie Terry is an Afrobeat artist based in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. He says the rise of the country's music scene is opening new doors. Afrobeat is now a global force. In 2022, Spotify reported over 13 billion Afrobeat streams and by 2024, music consumption across sub-Saharan Africa jumped 114%, largely driven by Afrobeat

artists. Earlier this year, Afrobeat artist Thames won the Grammy for Best African Music Performance. Music producer Bani Clever says Afrobeat now reflects a broader message, one that challenges old stereotypes and redefines what it means to be African. Big name collaborations from Bonner Boy with Ed Sheeran to Rema with Selena Gomez are proof of Afrobeat's global appeal. But beyond fame, Afrobeat is also a tool of empowerment, giving young Nigerians a voice, a platform and a new sense of pride in their identity.

But challenges remain. Music executive Ayodeji Gebrot, Nigerian government says it's backing the creative sector with a $200 million loan it secured for Afrisin Bank last October. But as past one, it may take time to reach those who need it. Konle Babs for CBC News, Abuja, Nigeria. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Marcia Young.