Your World Tonight - Iran strikes Israel, Opioid overdoses in Winnipeg, Vying for more support for Canadian soccer, and more

Episode Date: June 7, 2026

War is erupting again in the Middle East tonight. For the first time since a fragile ceasefire was enacted in April, Iran launched a direct attack on Israel. It comes in response to Israel's continued strikes on Lebanon's capital. Israel has vowed retaliation. But U.S. President Donald Trump still maintains that a peace deal is close to fruition.Also: Opioid overdoses are skyrocketing in Winnipeg. A CBC data analysis shows the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has responded to more than 2-thousand opioid calls so far this year. Manitoba's government has announced one million dollard to address the toxic drug crisis. You'll hear more about what the province is up against. And: The FIFA World Cup will begin this week. As the event draws more attention to soccer, Canadian officials think it's a good time to pitch a big project to secure long term support for this country's players. Plus: Canada's new Governor General, Undocumented farmworkers fear deportation in California, and more

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Air raid sirens blare throughout Israel as Iran launches the first missiles to ward it since April's ceasefire. Retaliation for Israel's new attacks on Beirut will take you to Jerusalem and Washington. This is your world tonight. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Also on the podcast, Manitoba announces new money to deal with the toxic drug crisis. But frontline workers say the problem is so huge. they've responded to dozens of calls in a day. You'll join them on one.

Plus, This is also about the overall vision of the sport in the country, so we're really trying to build for the future. As the FIFA World Cup draws attention to soccer, Canadian officials pitch a big project to secure long-term support for this country's players. War is erupting again in the Middle East. For the first time, since a ceasefire tried to pause fighting,

Iran launched a direct attack on Israel after that country fired on Lebanon's capital. Despite it all, the U.S. President maintains a peace deal is close. Mike Crawley has our top story. The first of two waves of missiles Iran launched at Israel on Sunday night. Tehran's first such attack targeting Israel since April. The Israeli military said its defense systems intercepted the Iranian attack, which came in retaliation for Israel. Israeli missile strikes earlier Sunday in Lebanon.

Israel hit what it called Hezbollah infrastructure in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Lebanon's state-run national news agency said two people were killed and 11 wounded. Iran's state-controlled television ran video of people chanting and burning what it called the enemy's flags in a city 400 kilometers northeast of Tehran. With Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps threatening further strikes on both Israeli and U.S. targets, the ceasefire appeared as fragile as it's been at any point in the two months since it was signed. President Trump, welcome back to meet the press.

Thank you. In a barn in Wisconsin, with John Deere farm equipment and bales of hay as a backdrop, U.S. President Donald Trump faced questions about the war in a new interview with NBC's Kristen Welker. How close are you to making a deal? Are we talking about days, weeks, months, Mr. President? I think we're very close. We have a couple of points. They don't even seem like big points.

Very close to a deal has been Trump's refrain for weeks since the ceasefire was announced on April 7th. Even after Sunday's attacks, he told Axios News a deal is very close, and he didn't want it to blow up because of what's happening now. He has even claimed that Iran is begging for a deal. So why no peace agreement yet? It's a very hard thing for them. They've had great independents. They're proud.

There are things they never thought they'd be doing that they're going to have to do. got no choice, and it takes a little while. Tehran, of course, sees things differently. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Ismail Bagai telling CNN the U.S. keeps moving its goalposts for peace. You have to face so many changing positions, contradictory remarks by different officials, so it makes the whole process very cumbersome, very uncertain.

Whatever is really happening behind closed doors in the talks to end the war, the key sticking points remain the few. future of Iran's nuclear program and its control over the Strait of Hormuz. But in a matter of hours, the related conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has become the most immediate flashpoint in need of a solution. Mike Crowley, CBC News, Washington. The strikes on both Israel and Lebanon are creating tension on the ground and putting multiple ceasefires at risk. CBC's Willie Lowry is in Jerusalem. Will he tell us what you're hearing from both Israel and Tehran?

Stephanie, Tehran is calling this latest salvo a warning shot and retaliation for Israel's strikes in Dachiae earlier on Sunday. In a statement, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said, quote, tonight's operation was a warning and if aggressions are repeated, the responses will be broader. The IRGC said the ceasefire signed back on April 7 was conditional on an end to cessation of hostilities on all fronts, Lebanon. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Israeli military says Iran made a serious mistake. Itamar Ben-Gavir, the country's national security minister, said on Twitter, quote, Tehran must burn. Former Prime Minister Nefteli Bennett said in a statement on social media, quote, a weak or symbolic response will signal to our enemies that the blood of our citizens has been spilled with impunity. Therefore, Israel must act with strength and

effectiveness. And so what impact does this have on the shaky ceasefires that have been agreed to? shaky indeed. And it remains very much to be seen. Iran's statement suggests that this was a singular event in response to those strikes on Dachiae, but it has the potential to completely unravel the ceasefires and reignite the conflict between not just Israel and Iran, but the U.S. of course, as well. According to OXios, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone after the Iranian barrage. Netanyahu will likely feel pressure from people here in Israel to respond. Trump apparently isn't keen on that idea. Willie, thank you. Thank you.

The CBC's Willie Lowry in Jerusalem. In Toronto, tens of thousands of people took part in the annual Walk with Israel fundraising, March. This year's event saw heightened security with police officers stationed along the entire route. They say they were ready to prevent confrontations with counter protesters while protecting the right to lawful demonstrations. The event remained peaceful, but multiple people were arrested for minor confrontations with police. Still ahead, a new Governor General will be sworn in tomorrow. Ahead of the ceremony, hear more about the extensive accomplishments of Louise Arbor. That's coming up on World Tonight. Opioid overdoses are skyrocketing in Winnipeg. A CBC data analysis shows so far this year,

the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has responded to more than 2,000 opioid calls and is on track to break records. The Manitoba government has announced $1 million to address the toxic drug crisis. Karen Pauls tells us what it's up against. It's 33 degrees. It's 33 degrees. early afternoon, and the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service is already busy. District Chief Amy Hancock is helping an unconscious woman in a bus shelter. She's not breathing. Help, yeah. Can you oxygen? I don't have oxygen on me.

And just some Narcan. Hancox uses naloxone to revive her. CBC analyzed data from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. So far this year, it has responded to more than 2,400 opioid calls and is on track to break records. On one April day alone, Cruz had 66 opioid-related calls, the highest single-day number in 15 years. Tom Wallace is the Deputy Chief.

One example is a dispatcher looking at their screen, trying to send an ambulance to an overdose and a child having an allergic reaction, and there isn't an ambulance for either of them. That's a crisis. It's a crisis across Canada. Health Canada says there's an average of 16 opioid-reliated. deaths every single day.

It's not unique to Winnipeg. We're seeing this all over. Andrew Kessler is an emergency physician in Vancouver. He's working with 12 ER departments across the country on how to care for people who use opioids. I think it's in particularly bad phase around the country right now. There's sort of new contaminants in the drug supply. Metatomodine is one of those. And so people are overdosing more often and then having a more profound overdose that maybe doesn't respond to the naloxone, the narchant.

So a dedicated ambulance would... Last Tuesday, the Manitoba government announced $1 million for a three-month pilot project, a dedicated two-person team to respond to overdose calls in high-need areas, 24-7. Bernadette Smith is the Minister of Housing, Addictions, and Homelessness. Well, we hope to, you know, of course, save lives, help the frontline responders with their calls for service.

Just checking on, you're making sure you're okay. You're doing good? You need anything? You hungry? But community groups worry, it's not enough. You're just thinking about getting high. You're just thinking about it controls you. Everything, your whole life has revolved around that drug. Jason Potolanyak is an outreach worker with St. Bonifist Street Links.

His girlfriend died five months ago with fentanyl in her system. He says people need help getting off drugs. When you're an addict and you make the decision to quit, you'll change your mind in an hour. So you've got to get them when they're, when they want to. want to at that moment take them and have some place to bring them where they could where they could detox. Can you get a unit to Logan and King for an overdose please? I'll go over and check him. Do you want to go there and then I'll get someone for her and I'll get someone for him? Back on the street, Hancock's is trying to help three people.

You have a poke in your shoulder all right? One, two, three, four. A couple doses of naloxone and he's revived. Hancock's heads to the next one. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Winnipeg. Canadians will be closely watching a Bank of Canada interest rate decision this week. It comes as different pieces of economic data are being spun in different directions. And as Ottawa's grocery benefit attempts to bring some relief. But as J.P. Tasker explains, the underlying pressure remains. It's just insanely priced.

The weekly grocery shop has Newfoundlander Kayla Dillon on edge. It is a big bag of everything. anxiety walking into the grocery store, honestly. Soaring food prices have strained her family's budget. Feeding four kids just got a little easier with the government's new quarterly grocery and essentials benefit. But she says a one-time payment of some $500 just isn't enough. To me, it just feels like putting a band-aid on a broken arm because, great, I'll get a week or two out of groceries. And yes, that will help for that short period of time. But what about for the remainder of the year when we still need to eat. The latest economic data shows Canada has slipped

into a technical recession, two quarters of negative growth. We fully recognize that it's challenging times for sure and it's crisis after crisis after crisis. The federal government is blaming the ongoing U.S. trade war, but Ryan Turnbull says there are signs things are starting to improve. The parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance points to the 88,000 jobs Canada added last month, blowing past expectations of about 10,000. I think what we're seeing again and again is that the Canadian economy is proving more resilient at a time of unprecedented change and shock. Ottawa's plan to fast-track major projects and spend big on new infrastructure will produce

results eventually, says Francis Donald. She's the chief economist at RBC. It's a long way until the policies we've seen from our federal government start to really impact growth and make Canadians feel like we're coming out of darker times. She says the immediate priority is resolving the U.S. dispute. There's a lot of things weighing on Canada, from the trade issue, to the fact that we don't really have a real engine of growth as of yet. A meeting in Washington between the two sides has some of the prime minister's trade advisors hopeful, including former conservative leader Erin O'Toole,

who sits on Mark Carney's Canada U.S. advisory committee. The U.S. is starting to get the issues on the table that they really want to address in the Kuzma review. While cautious, the U.S. President could derail things. I think we're ready for a bumpy ride. Meanwhile, conservative leader Pierre Pauliev is blasting Karni, saying the U.S. trade war is no excuse for a weak economy. The Prime Minister says better economic growth is coming.

His office announced Sunday he will travel to France and Ireland later this week. Part of the trade diversification pushed away from the U.S. J.P. Tasker, CBC News. Louise Arbor has had a long and accomplished legal career with an international reputation. A former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, she's famous for major cases like prosecuting war crimes, and tomorrow we'll step into a whole new role. CBC's Rosemary Barton tells us about the soon-to-be 31st Governor General of Canada.

I'm going to tell you one thing. I would not be in this business. if I didn't believe in the law. If there is a single thread running through Louise Arbor's career, that might be it. I think the law is very clear. Belief in the rule of law and a dogged pursuit of justice. The victims were entitled to expect protection from each one of these accused. Born and educated in Montreal, Arbor was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1987, then three years later to Ontario's Court of Appeal.

In the mid-90s, she grabbed headlines with a scathing report into conditions at the prison for women in Kingston, Ontario. An institutional culture that is not respectful of the law. But it was Arbour's next move that would make history. It's very clear who is preventing us from ascertaining the truth. As chief prosecutor for the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, She helped secure the first genocide conviction since the 1948 genocide convention and the indictment of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. For the murder of over 340 identified Kosovo Albanians.

Louise Arbor was officially welcome to the bench. She left that position in 1999 to accept a seat at the Supreme Court of Canada, retiring four years later to become the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. I will do everything in my power to ensure that people everywhere receive what they are entitled to, not because of their accomplishments, but because of their humanity. Canadians have most recently seen Arbor presenting the findings of her inquiry into sexual harassment in the Canadian military. What's happening in the military system is not sustainable. of it, the Prime Minister says, leads her to be uniquely qualified for this role.

Her work matters in and of itself. It also tells us something about what Louise Arbor will bring to Rita Hall. The conviction that institutions are the load-bearing walls of a civil society. Rosemary Barton, CBC News, Ottawa. Voters in California now know who will be one of the final candidates in the race for governor. Former U.S. Health Secretary has Javier Bicera, has enough votes to move on to the November election to replace current governor Gavin Newsom. His opponent is TBD. Votes are still being counted from this week's primary. Meanwhile, the state's largest city has a similar situation in its mayoral election. L.A.'s incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, is moving forward. Her two closest challengers, including former

reality TV star Spencer Pratt, are separated by only one percentage point. In California, Agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry, but it relies heavily on a workforce living in the shadows. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House and the threat of mass deportations, undocumented farm workers increasingly live in anxiety. Catherine Mercié has a story. Blessed with fertile land and a climate that allows year-round agriculture,

California is the Garden of the United States. A third of the country's vegetables and three quarters of its fruits and nuts grow here. Many of them are exported to Canada. But the hands harvesting that massive bounty often belong to undocumented workers. According to a University of California estimate, up to 60% of the state's farm workers lack legal status. People like this single mother of three who has spent half her life working illegally in the United States. We're not using her name because she is undocumented. We go to work knowing it's possible we might not come back, she says.

We live with the constant fear that immigration enforcement could arrive at any moment to arrest us. That fear became a reality last summer when ICE agents raided California farms, arresting and deporting hundreds of people. President of the United Farm Workers Union, Teresa Romero, says the system punishes the vulnerable while ignoring those in power. They want to deport workers, but are they doing anything to the employers who are hiring the documented workers and have been hiring them for decades? No, they look the other way, as long as they need them.

But the growers say they are in a bind. Mike Way is a major produce farmer in Southern California. He exports much of his harvest to Canada. He says he increasingly relies on a temporary foreign visa program known as H2A, just to get the crops out of the ground. We hire a local contractor to bring 30 people and only brings 12. That kind of deal is tough for us, and especially crops, because where we are, it's important to get them harvested on time.

And if we miss a day or two, it could be detrimental to the whole crop. So we do some H2A crews to guarantee labor every day, and we still do use a lot of local labor. The last time the U.S. government offered amnesty to undocumented workers was under Ronald Reagan in 1986. Today, a political solution feels further away than ever. But some workers want to remind people they are essential and are pleading for understanding.

Let us work in peace without persecuting us, she says. We're not criminals. We came here for a future that our own country couldn't offer us. Catherine Merci, CBC News, Ventura, County, California. We're heading into World Cup Week. The first game in Toronto played on Friday, Vancouver, on Saturday. Expectations are high on and off the field for the Canadian men's team to make history on home soil.

And for the legacy of the tournament to be felt way beyond the final whistle. Thomas Degler tells us what officials have in mind. Ready? That's 45. We're ready? Move ball. Play. With Canada's men's team setting up a base camp in Vancouver for the World Cup, it's a once-in-a-lifetime chance for players to compete on the sports biggest stage at home. I've got to win games with this team and get ready for the World Cup. But Canada soccer is already considering what the tournament will be remembered for. And head coach Jesse Marsh is highlighting one marquee project.

This is also about the overall vision of the sport in the country. So, you know, we're really trying to build for the future. The organization is, pitching a new national training center that will bring together all levels of the game. The federal government has pledged nearly $10 million, and Canada Soccer is considering 18 proposals from cities that want to host the facility, including Surrey, BC, Mississauga, Ontario, and Montreal. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue.

We are trying to set a standard for a type of facility that serves all the way up and down the pathway from local community club soccer all the way up to senior national. team soccer. U.S. soccer officials recently inaugurated their new hub near Atlanta, leaving Canada as one of the few soccer nations without a national training center. Last month, the Canadian men's team's bus pulled up to a training camp in Charlotte, North Carolina. The sprawling facility with eight soccer pitches could serve as inspiration for what this country wants to build. So this is a camera motion capture system. Basically, it allows us to get a 3D biomechanical analysis of all of our players. Adam Parr is head of performance science for Charlotte's Major League Soccer franchise. He helped

design the team gym part of the training center recently rented out by Canada soccer. Par has this recommendation. Same as I was told as much space as possible. You would rather have too much space than too little. In the coming weeks, Canadian officials say they'll be sharing more guidelines for the sites vying to host the new soccer hub. I'm from Montreal. Mouis Bombito is one of the players chosen for Canada's squad this summer. If he had to pick a location, Bambito says he'd choose his hometown. If that can be in Montreal, that would be nice. But anywhere in Canada, really, it's going to be great just to have that as a base for a national team.

It's great news, really. Wherever it opens in the coming years, Canada's soccer hopes the National Training Center will be part of this World Cup's lasting legacy. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. The very first game of the tournament will be Thursday. in Mexico City, fellow host country Mexico taking on South Africa. The World Cup is directing a lot of the world's focus to soccer. But a much older sport in Mexico is also getting some renewed attention.

Jorge Barrera went to Yucatan to bring us this report about a game once almost wiped out that is now thriving. A baseball field transformed for an ancient game in the indigenous Mayan community of Ekbalam in Mexico's southern Yucatan state. This game is about rebirth, the return to the earth, and the return of my ancestors, says Reina Maria Puxi, president of the Mesoamerican Ballgame Association of Mexico. It's a sport that goes by several names.

In Maya, it's called Poktapak. In the Nahu language, it's called Ulam. It's generally played al-Pak. laid five to a side. The bare chest and faces of players painted in orange and black jaguar spots or swirling snakes, the ball can only be hit between the hip and the thigh, four fingers up from the knee, five points if your side gets the ball across, the opponent's back line, plus points for the other side's every infraction. Armando Osorio Oskanga says the sport survived in the rugged mountains of Mexico's northwestern

state of Sinaloa. After the Spanish tried to wipe it out, it was once played across Mexico by the Maya, Aztecs and Olmex, and down into Central America. This is a game of life and death, of the positive and the negative, says in Skanga, who with Puksi have taught the game for 20 years. The ball game is heritance from my grandfathers. We continue with the Mayan tradition. Wilberto Kanche, a shaman from Ekbalam, learned the game from Uskanga. Change my life because in the past I drink very much alcohol. But with the ball game, we focus my energy, focus my mind in the ball and now.

With the FIFA World Cup looming, this ancient sport is getting new attention, promoted as part of Mexico's core cultural heritage. But for Puxi, this attention is just cosmetic. It's sad that the government that the politicians don't want to rescue this sport, she says. But on this field in Ekbalam, they play on in hopes one day this ancient game

will take its rightful place at the center of Mexican culture. Jorge Berera, CBC News, Ekbalam, Yucatan, Mexico. After more than a decade, Rush is back in the limelight. The legendary Canadian rockers kick off their 50-something tour tonight in Los Angeles. It's the first tour since 2015. It's another sadder first. The first tour without drummer, Neil Peart, who died in 2020.

Huge shoes to fill, not just for the skill, but for the fans who. will know every drum solo detail by heart. Stepping into the role is Annika Niles, a 43-year-old German drummer who launched her career on YouTube, previously worked with the late guitarist Jeff Beck, and was chosen by Getty Lee and Alex Lifeson. There will be tributes to Peart. Lee has said they'll dedicate two songs per night to the their friend, who wrote most of their lyrics.

The 86 shows will cover North America, South America, and Europe, and will, of course, include a homecoming. Four nights in Toronto this August. We'll leave you with the Rush song closest to our heart. This is Spirit of Radio on Your World Tonight. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Good night. CBC Podcasts, go to cBC.ca slash podcasts.