World Report - June 15: Sunday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

Death toll in Israel rises after latest round of fighting between Iran and Israel. Trump and Putin discuss conflict in Middle East, war in Ukraine in phone coversation.  Middle East conflict overshadows G-7 leaders summit in Alberta.Investigators still trying to determine the cause of Air India crash.A St. John's fire hall sees an all female crew for the first time in its 130-year history.

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The conflict now into its third day. US President Donald Trump posting on social media this morning. He says there will be peace between Israel and Iran soon, and that many calls and meetings are taking place. Iranian media reporting close to 130 deaths. In Israel, there have been at least 11 deaths and dozens of injuries in overnight attacks. At least seven of them in Badyam near Tel Aviv. The CBC's Crystal Gimansingh is on site there. Crystal, what are you seeing? Well right now I'm in Bat Yam and I'm surrounded by buildings that are destroyed, blown apart

in this area. Sixty-one buildings were affected in strikes overnight. At some point there were more than 30 people who were missing. That number has been reduced greatly. We're being told that people who stayed in safer, and I use the word safer, areas and staircases and other points of shelter were safe. They made it out of the buildings. These particular buildings, these sort of really densely packed together, multi-story

buildings, they don't have individual shelters inside. There are multiple sites along the coast that are just like this one. Three kilometers away in Rehovot was also hit. Plus there were strikes in the north around Haifa. Now that port is an incredibly important place because of course there are refineries there. The IDF also saying this morning that seven UAVs were launched towards Israel. The Navy took part to intercept those. There is still a state of emergency.

People are here trying to clean up a little bit. Shop owners are sweeping up broken glass. We see people leaving apartments carrying a few photo albums and a couple of personal items. The CBC's Crystal Gamansansing in Bat Yam, Israel. A key Iranian ally is commenting on this latest conflict with Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin is denouncing Israel's action and calling for restraint from both sides.

The growing conflict was the topic of a phone call between Putin and his US counterpart. Dominic Valladis has more. The call between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin lasted for 50 minutes. According to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, Putin condemned the Israeli military operation against Iran and expressed concern about the risks of escalation. That, Ushakov told reporters, would have unpredictable consequences for the entire situation in the Middle East. Trump's account of the conversation included what amounted to his first explicit appeal for the hostilities to end. In a post on social media, Trump also said he told Putin his war

in Ukraine should also end. According to the Kremlin, Putin told the US President that Russia was ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine later this month. But it was undoubtedly the conflict in the Middle East which dominated the call. According to the Kremlin, the two leaders did not rule out a return to the negotiating track on Iran's nuclear program. And that although the latest round of talks scheduled for today has been cancelled, US negotiators say they're ready to hold further talks with Iranian representatives with Oman as mediator. Dominic Vellaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. The Middle East conflict as well as the war in Ukraine promising to top the agenda in

Alberta this week as G7 leaders prepare to meet in Cananascus. For more on this, let's bring in the CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton. Rosemary, might we see any kind of consensus when it comes to these conflicts? Probably not, John. I mean, this is Mark Carney's first G7 as prime minister. He's attended in other roles in the past, and they don't even believe they can get a joint statement, a consensus on anything. And certainly the conflict in the Middle East won't be one of those issues. It's not even officially

on the agenda, but it is going to come up given the ongoing strikes between Israel and Iran. And it's definitely an area where G7 leaders are not quite on the same page. Leaders obviously continue to say Israel has the right to defend itself, but there are nations like Canada, for instance, calling for restraint. Germany, the UK, and France have also said that they are ready to hold talks about Iran's nuclear program to try and de-escalate the situation. It's worth remembering here, John, too, that Canada, the UK, and France recently called on Israel to stop its military expansion into Gaza and allow in more aid. So that complicates matters as well.

There were set to be talks between Iran and the United States today to talk about nuclear development. Those have been called off. President Trump, for his part, has said that he wants to see all of this end, but he has been much more supportive of Israel. So this is a crisis that could certainly derail progress at the G7 on some of the areas up for discussion. Rosemary, a war of another kind underway, the US trade war with some of its closest

allies including Canada. What are we watching for there? Yeah, I mean, this is part of the talks, maybe not directly, but it is part of the conversation around economic growth and security. They want to talk about supply chains. They want to talk about trade. But really, this will be about those bilateral meetings that everyone is hoping to get with President Trump, where they want to raise some of their own trade issues. Prime Minister Carney has tried to manage expectations, I would say, of any kind of deal with the United States coming

out of this summit. But he will get to sit down with the president and he'll get a chance to see if he can advance negotiations with him. But everyone is sort of in the same boat. So it'll be hard for the president to agree with multiple nations on some sort of outcome. The prime minister is starting his day here in Ottawa with a bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, heading out to Alberta later to meet with the German Chancellor, the President of South Africa, the Prime Minister of Australia. And that, John, speaks to Canada's desire really to make sure it can develop future or strengthen trading relationships with other nations moving forward. Rosemary Barton in Ottawa. Thank you, Rosemary. Thank you, Rosemary. Thank you. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused an Air India plane to crash last

week as the airline's entire fleet of Boeing 787s is being inspected. At least 270 people were killed when the London bound plane went down shortly after takeoff. The CBC's South Asia correspondent Salima Shivji has the latest. Outside a Hemdabad's hospital morgue, it's a painful wait for answers for dozens of families tucked in a large tent as the bodies of victims are slowly released once DNA testing is complete. More than 40 samples have been matched out of a death toll of more than 270 people. I've been trying to forget what I saw for the last two days says Narendar Singh Chauhan. He was one of the first rescuers to reach the devastating scene of the crash.

We did what we could to save people but it was impossible for so many. As investigators continue to sift through the wreckage for clues into what went wrong, India's entire fleet of Boeing 787s is being inspected to make sure they are safe. And the final words from the pilot's distress call are circulating in local media. Thrust not achieved, falling. Mayday, mayday, mayday, he reportedly said, before communication was lost. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Ahmedabad, India. And finally, it's a profession still dominated by men. Across the country, just 12% of firefighters are women, 15,000 in total.

But for one shift at a fire hall in St. John's, there wasn't a fireman to be found, Peter Cowen reports. Gina Burke is used to being the odd woman out. For most of her 33 years fighting fires, she's been surrounded by men. We just said, oh my god, wouldn't it be great to get all the girls together? We're starting to get to a point now where we have enough girls that we'd be able to man a station.

And that's exactly what happened. For one day at one station, everyone from the captain down to the most junior firefighter, eight in all, were women. It will be challenging. That was Burke in 1991 when she was joining the service as the first woman. The first of many firsts. She's now the first female captain blazing the way for other women.

For Melanie Barnes, who joined two years ago, this shift was about camaraderie. As women, we all know our worth and we all know what women can do. So I don't think it was something to prove, but I think that if there was any doubt in anybody's mind ever, our women of our job that day proved what they can do. The biggest test was a house fire. The women were first on the scene sweeping the house, getting the hoses out and making their captain proud. They just outperformed a great percentage of the men in the job.

They gave more than I would even ask for and I just have such a feeling of pride is not it's unexplainable. Burke's only regret this will likely be the only chance she gets to work with an all-female crew before she retires next year. Peter Cowan, CBC News, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. Remember for news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca including a lot on the upcoming G7 summit in Cananaskis. And if you're enjoying the World Report podcast and we hope you are, please follow us and tell a friend, it helps to spread the word. I'm John Northcott. Thanks for spending part

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