World Report - March 3: Tuesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: March 3, 2026

Israel moves more ground troops into Southern Lebanon, says it it targetting Hezbollah commanders, and the Iranian Regime in Tehran. US Senate and Congress to be briefed on the war in Iran for the first time. Canadian Defence minister David McGuinty defends Ottawa's support for the war on Iran. Foreign Affairs Canada say Canadians involved in fatal tourist bus crash in Dominic Republic on Sunday night. Ontario couple finds Indigenous ancestral remains on their property, learns laying those remains to rest could be financially ruinous. Reactions mixed as BC ends time changes, adopts year-round daylight time. 

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N-E-T-H-R-I-S dot com. Nethris, much more than just a payroll software. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Martina Fitzgerald. Israel says it is striking a key leadership compound inside Iran. An Israeli military spokesperson says its Air Force is attacking the central command of the Iranian regime in the heart of Tehran. Israel says it is also stepping up.

its attacks and widening its foothold inside Lebanon. The CBC's David Common joins me from Tel Aviv. David, let's start with the latest on Iran. We are seeing continued air strikes launched certainly by the Israelis and almost certainly by the American. They have hit hundreds of targets in the capital city Tehran, but beyond that as well, showing every indication that their campaign will continue. The U.S. president saying he does not want to talk to Iran's remaining leadership and says many of them have been eliminated. The U.S. President also not indicating how long this campaign will go on, though he has suggested at least a month in previous conversations. We know that at least 787 people are said to have been killed in Iran. The true

number, though, likely much larger than that, not just members of their armed forces, but civilians as well, given some of the reports that we are hearing from inside that country. Israel is bombarding Lebanon with the IDF targeting Hezbollah operations. Can you tell us what's happening with that situation, David? So this is an indication of just how big this war has got. Hezbollah, based for a long time in Lebanon, long an arch enemy of the Israelis. And Hezbollah yesterday launched rockets, according to the Israelis, into Israel. That prompted Israel to strike back with an air assault, which is ongoing as we speak,

smoke rising from the capital city, Beirut. From at least 80 villages, people have been ordered to leave near the border with Israel. This as Israel is sending soldiers, ground troops into Lebanon, into another country. They say to take on Hezbollah, limited numbers right now. But there are questions as Israel calls up, preserve us, whether this will become a much larger ground campaign. The CBC's David Common in Tel Aviv. Thank you, David. Thank you.

In Washington, U.S. lawmakers will soon be getting their first briefing on the war in Iran. It comes as both the House and the Senate get set to vote on limiting U.S. President Donald Trump's military operations. The CBC's Kate McKenna joins me from our Washington Bureau. Kate, what are we anticipating? U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to be joined by Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, as well as the director of the CIA and the chairman of the Georgia. Joint Chiefs of Staff. This is going to be a chance for the Trump administration to lay out its reasoning for starting the war in Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump has been criticized for not getting

congressional approval before striking. Now the House and the Senate are likely to vote on a pair of bipartisan resolutions intended to limit Trump's power. Neither are likely to pass with Republicans largely backing the president and even if they did Trump has veto power and Congress would not have the two-thirds majority required to overturn his veto. But Democrats say it's a pushed to get lawmakers on the record. Some early polls show this war is not popular, and the midterms are coming this fall. As you know, there have been mixed messages from the White House on why the U.S. got involved in this war. What can you tell us? That's right. In his first address, President Donald Trump said the military began combat operations in the face of imminent threats from the Iranian

regime. He talked about state-sponsored terrorism and how the Iranian people should rise up and take back their country. Days later, though, the message seems to be evolving, with Rubio saying yesterday that they learned Israel was going to attack Iran and decided to strike preemptively in order to avoid retaliation on American forces. Democratic Senator Mark Warner says that doesn't constitute an imminent threat. But the idea that we had to act at this moment at this time, because of a direct imminent threat to the United States, I have seen absolutely no evidence of that. from the Trump administration say this war will not drag on for years and become the kind of war the president himself railed against one running for re-election.

The CBC's Kate McKenna in Washington. Thank you, Kate. You're welcome. Defense Minister David McGinty is defending Ottawa's support for the war on Iran. Anto O'Meini has been for many, many decades, a very, very powerful force for evil in Iran and in the region. McGinty says Canada was not involved in the U.S. and Israeli. attacks on Iran. He says Ottawa wasn't even given advance warning. McGinty is with Mark Carney in Australia.

The latest stop in the Prime Minister's effort to diversify Canada's trade partnerships. J.P. Tasker has more from Sydney. The Prime Minister and the government decided from the beginning of this that we would support this incursion. Defense Minister David McGinty says Canada supports U.S. air strikes on Iran, but the government is pushing for a diplomatic resolution to stop

a major escalation of this conflict. We very much would prefer to cease peace at a ceasefire. McGinty also says the Liberal Party is a big tent and there's room for competing views on the war. As for this trip to Australia, McGinty told reporters traveling with Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada and Australia will discuss further defense cooperation during this state visit,

something made more urgent by global insecurity. There's a new openness here in Australia to work with Canada, I would say that. It's been nearly 12,000. years since a Canadian Prime Minister visited Australia. Something the government acknowledges is too long for such a close ally. J.P. Tasker, CBC News, Sydney. Canada's Embassy in Dominican Republic says Canadians were involved in a deadly bus crash. On Sunday night, the bus slid off a road and into a ditch, about an hour's drive from the Punta Kana Resort area.

Local media say two people died, both of them foreign nationals. 19 others were injured. Global Affairs Canada has not said how many Canadians were aboard the bus or what their status is. An Ontario couple is wondering where to turn after indigenous ancestral remains were discovered on their property. The province has ordered a mandatory dig to determine more about the site

and how best to lay the ancestor to rest. As Kimberly Ivany reports, the financial cost could be ruinous. It really just felt like a great place to get away. Christine and Dan Rayo bought their lakefront property in Waynefleet, Ontario, with plans to build a place to retire. But their renovation came to a halt when their foreman called. He said, we've got a little bit of a problem. The crew had unearthed what turned out to be indigenous ancestral remains. The rails were ordered by Ontario's registrar of burials to carry out a mandatory archaeological investigation and to

determine how best to lay the ancestor to rest. The quote they received, $319,000. This is an insane amount of money. The couple applied to the registrar for help, citing undue financial hardship. They've been waiting for an answer for more than a year. I truly do not believe that homeowners should be completely responsible for that. Tanya Hill Montour is an archaeological supervisor with six nations of the Grand River. She says Wayne Fleet is situated on land known to contain archaeological remains or artifacts from the late woodland period and estimates the found ancestor is at least 1,000 years old. She calls for an update to the provincial rules that say homeowners are on the hook

to make sure people don't bury what they find. What's going to happen when the next person views this as, you know, a problem or a financial burden? They're not going to want to do the right thing. Ontario's ministry overseeing the registrar of burial says the Rayo's application for financial help is still in progress. Kimberly Avenue, CBC News, Vancouver. This weekend, clocks spring forward for Canadians. It started as a wartime measure to conserve energy

and has continued for more than a century. But now, British Columbia says it's ending the practice. Caroline Bargut has more. Saskatchewan is the only province that doesn't change its clocks every spring and fall. Now British Columbia is about to do the same, says Premier David Eby. This has been one of the longest debated and considered decisions, perhaps, in the history of British Columbia, and we are finally here probably to the great relief of most British Columbia. March 8th will be the last time.

British Columbians change their clocks, and Juliana Actar isn't mad at that. Honestly, I'm a fan. I'm a fan. I don't like switching back and forth. The flip-flop, it's not my favorite. As of November 1st, BC's time zones will be aligned with the Yukon year-round. In the winter months, the clocks will match those in Alberta and other regions on Mountain Time, and in the summer, it'll align with California, Washington, and Oregon. The Premier says it will be better for shift workers who won't have to consistently adjust their sleep schedules with the changing clocks. But there may be some growing pain,

says University of British Columbia Associate Professor Warner-At Weller. So there is a switch that may affect some people differently. We don't have necessarily good research on that, but we do have very good research that shows that the switching force and back is harmful. The changes put BC's largest cities in sync with smaller communities, mainly in the northeastern part of the province, as they already observe Mountain Time. Caroline Bargut, CBC News, Vancouver.

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