Your World Tonight - Israel and Iran trade more strikes, Lawmaker killed in Minnesota, Trump's military parade, and more

Episode Date: June 14, 2025

There are no signs of deescalation. For the second night in a row, Iran attacked Israel with missiles and drones - sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters. At the same time, Israel was carrying out attacks of its own. And leaders for both countries are threatening more destruction. Also: In Minnesota, A desperate hunt is underway after a gunman, dressed as a police officer, kills a state politician and injures another. Authorities say he had a hit list with dozens of names.And: U.S. President Donald Trump puts on a show of military might in Washington. The massive military parade is commemorating the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army - and coincides with Trump's 79th birthday. The event includes soldiers, helicopters, battle tanks - and is attracting both spectators and protestors.Plus: Oilers fans cheer on the team for Game 5, A retired soldiers search for his medals, and more.

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There are no signs of de-escalation. Israel and Iran continue to trade attacks. The blow-for-blow retaliatory strikes combined with a heated war of words as leaders for both countries threaten more destruction. Also on the podcast, in Minnesota, a desperate hunt is underway after a gunman dressed as a police officer kills a state politician. And authorities say he had a hit list with dozens of names. Meanwhile, the U.S. president puts on a show of military might in Washington and lost and found. I promised these to my granddaughter

and now it's nice to say that she's going to have them and I have them back. A Canadian veteran gets his medals back a year after he accidentally gave them away. In northern Israel, Iranian missiles explode over Haifa. For the second night in a row, Iran has attacked Israel with missiles and drones, lighting up the night sky like a destructive meteor shower and sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters. At the same time, Israel was carrying out attacks of its own, saying it was hitting military targets in Tehran and in Yemen. As the violence grows, any hope for a diplomatic solution seems far off. CBC's Crystal Gomancing is in Jerusalem.

Crystal nuclear talks were scheduled for Sunday in Oman. They're now cancelled. What's being said about those talks? Yeah, those are supposed to be the sixth round of talks between the US and Iran. Iran's president, Masoud Pazeshkian, said the fact that the negotiation stage was set as the US was being informed about Israel's attack plans or a sign of quote America's dishonesty and unreliability. On Friday, US President Donald Trump framed the violent escalation in the Middle East as a possible second chance for Iran's leadership saying Sign before there's nothing left to save.

So Israel's whole reason for launching these strikes was to dismantle Iran's nuclear program. Is there any sense of what damage has been done to those sites? Yeah well let's start with the Natanz fuel enrichment plant in central Iran. The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council Friday night that the above-ground part of that plant where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% had been destroyed. Well since then the IAEA said that four buildings described as critical at the Eshfahan

nuclear site were also damaged in attacks Friday. Now given the very serious potential that could arise from such attacks, Grossi objected to all of these strikes. I have repeatedly stated that nuclear facilities must never be attacked regardless of the context or circumstances, as he could harm both people and the environment. It is worth noting, Israel says it has killed nine senior nuclear Iranian scientists, so the program has been dramatically set back.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Iran had enough highly enriched uranium that it could build nine atomic bombs. Now we cannot substantiate that claim. Eighty years ago, the Jewish people were the victims of a Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazi regime. Today, the Jewish state refuses to be a victim of a nuclear Holocaust perpetrated by the Iranian regime. So that's a pretty strong statement from Benjamin Netanyahu, clearly designed to evoke a lot of emotion. How much support is there for these attacks on Iran from people in Israel?

Well, I think you're absolutely right. It's about evoking emotion. And you just heard Netanyahu talk about Iran and its nuclear ambitions and the need to neutralize that threat because the Iranian regime wants to end Israel, in his words. Now, as divided as this society is over the far-right coalition government's handling of the return of the hostages, the decision to step up the military campaign in Gaza, and even the destruction and death that we've seen over the past day. Divisions here often get put aside when people are faced with the question of Israeli security. People were warned there would be deaths, there would be injuries, but the military

would try and protect people. There are alerts. They give people about 10 minutes to get into shelters when they detect those drones and or ballistic missiles coming from Iran towards Israel. So the framing of these threats is really that if people can sacrifice, if they're willing to endure, that Israel will be stronger and will thrive going forward. Okay, Crystal, thank you. You're welcome.

CBC's Crystal Gomancing in Jerusalem. So as Crystal was saying, Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza is still ongoing. Israeli forces killed at least 35 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip Saturday. Gaza's health ministry says most of those killed were near an aid distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian

Foundation. Meanwhile, a UN conference on Palestinian statehood and a two-state solution has been delayed. The summit was to be co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia and happen next week in New York. Emmanuel Macron, France's president, says it'll be rescheduled soon. Macron has hinted France would recognize a Palestinian state at the conference, a move Israel opposes.

In India, There's a need to do an extended surveillance into the Boeing 787 series. Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidoo announces an urgent inspection of all Boeing 787s in the country. At least 270 people died this week when a 787, operated by Air India, crashed shortly after takeoff. Air India has a fleet of 33 Boeing 787s. One of its competitors, Indigo, has won.

Naidu also says India's government is looking into all possible causes for the crash. Still ahead for hockey fans in this country. It's been 32 long heartbreaking years since a Canadian team last hoisted the Stanley Cup. The Edmonton Oilers are hoping to take the lead in the series tonight at home. You'll hear about the dedicated fan base who have been with the team through it all. That's coming up on your world tonight. In Minnesota, a state representative and her husband are dead. A state Senator and his wife are in stable condition.

All of them shot in their respective homes. The suspect is at large and police say the shooter had a long list of targets. Chris Reyes has more. This is a dark day today for Minnesota and for democracy. We will not allow fear or violence to define who we are or how we move forward. Somber and shocked. Minnesota's top officials briefed the media following brazen shootings in Minneapolis suburbs that killed state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband also shot and injured state Senator John Hoffman and his wife.

Minnesota governor Tim Walz said he lost dear friends. Speaker Hortman was someone who served the people of Minnesota with grace, compassion, humor, and a sense of service. Police say the attack happened in the early hours of Saturday when they were called to the home of one of the lawmakers. It was there they encountered an individual impersonating a police officer. There was an exchange of fire and then the suspect got away. This is somebody that clearly had been impersonating a police officer, again using the trust of this badge and this uniform to manipulate their way into the home. Police are now looking for 57-year-old Vance Luther Bolter, the CEO of a security services company based in Congo, according to his social media profile. One of the investigators on the case, Drew Evans, had this warning for residents.

You should consider him armed and dangerous and you should call 911 immediately with the information. He was seen last this morning wearing light colored cowboy hat that you can see up here in the clothing there with dark colored long sleeve collared shirt or coat light pants and carrying a dark bag. The suspect left behind a vehicle and police say they've recovered a manifesto that included a list of other political figures, several AK style rifles and no King's flyers referring to protests against the Trump administration happening nationwide.

Governor Walz called the attacks an assassination. This was an act of targeted political violence. Peaceful discourse is the foundation of our democracy. We don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint. In a statement, President Donald Trump said the FBI is on the case and called for anyone involved to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Police say they don't believe the suspect is still in the area of the crime scene. A shelter-in-place order in effect for most of the day has now been lifted. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.

Tanks, armored trucks, and thousands of soldiers are marching through Washington, D.C. A massive military parade to mark the U.S. Army's 250th birthday is being held in the U.S. Capitol. The event also coincides with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday. It's attracting both spectators and protesters. And Sasha Petrusik is in Washington with more. Sasha, military parades are in Washington with more. Sasha, military parades are unusual in the US. What is Donald Trump's justification for holding

this one now? That's right. The last time they held anything like this was more than three decades ago. Trump and many Americans who've come to see this parade say this kind of loud and proud recognition of the US military is long overdue. And it is quite the show. Seven thousand troops marching through the middle of Washington, D.C. tanks and armored cars, fighter jets overhead, even special forces parachuting down. We've seen it in places like Moscow, Beijing, Pyongyang. Now here, the event has locked down many parts of the city though.

The White House district is surrounded by almost 30 kilometers of metal fences. The streets are blocked with concrete barriers and there are snipers on the rooftops. In a way, that's part of the show of force as well here though. So I hear what you're saying about some Americans feeling like this recognition of the military is overdue. But this is also really dividing opinions, particularly because it's happening at this time, given these recent protests in LA, the use of the military there.

So how are Americans feeling about this parade? Yes, there are Americans who are very uncomfortable with this, who really don't like the idea that it's somehow a birthday celebration for Donald Trump, his 79th birthday, and others who say the government is simply glorifying war. And for them, it's symbolic of an overall shift toward militarization in the U.S., something that's especially evident in Trump's order to send almost 5,000 National Guard troops and Marines to police Los Angeles. And this is what California Governor Gavin Newsom has been complaining about all week. And this is what he had to say about the parade. What an embarrassment.

Honestly, it's that's about as small as it gets. How weak, how weak do you have to be to commandeer the military to fet you on your birthday in a vulgar display of weakness? That's Donald Trump. As for Trump, he seemed pretty excited this week with a warning for anyone who might want to interrupt his parade. We're going to have a fantastic parade. We have planes, we have all sorts of things.

And I think it's gonna be great. We're gonna celebrate our country for a change. And if there's any protest that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force. By the way, for those people that wanna protest, they're gonna be met with very big force. So he's here to take it all in under pretty heavy security. Okay, Sasha, thanks so much.

My pleasure. CBC's Sasha Petrusic in Washington, D.C. For most Americans, not having a king is the whole reason for their country. But those opposed to Donald Trump and his military parade say he acts like a king. They came out by the millions to denounce him and what they see as authoritarian policies, calling it the No Kings movement.

Michelle Song reports. In about 2,000 locations across the U.S., millions mobilized for what they call a nationwide day of defiance. From coast to coast, demonstrations were peaceful, but their message was clear. They say President Donald Trump is abusing his presidential powers, calling his policies authoritarian. — We're proud of the people we fight. — Thousands of people gathered in downtown Atlanta. Ralph Johnson was one of many who held a sign which said, no kings. Well, I mean America is about democracy. What we're seeing right now is

not democracy. It's about one person, their ego, their agenda. It's not really about, you know, the land of the free, home of the brave. It's about one person trying to be a king. Protesters also marched the president's Mar-a-Lago residence in West Palm Beach, Florida. No ICE! No KKK! No fascist USA! Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis denounced the protests on Fox News earlier this week.

We're ready. Our local law enforcement's ready. Our state agencies are poised. And even our National Guard, if need need be will be there to quell any violence or any unrest. Other Republican governors also had the National Guard on standby. Jennifer Jones helped organize the rally in Fort Lauderdale. We're peaceful, we're nonviolent, we're just here exercising our First Amendment rights and you know we're not going to be intimidated. Protesters are also angry

over Trump's military parade in Washington. I don't like how he's destroying rule of law in this country. It's how he has, you know, the National Guard out, how he's having a goddamn military parade. A large balloon of Trump in a diaper marched alongside the crowd in Los Angeles, one of the largest rallies today. It's the same city which held protests

against federal immigration raids this past week. Trump had ordered the National Guard and Marines to respond, arresting more than 160 people. You know, like, our country is suffering right now. Christina Jober joined the rally in downtown LA. This is the first time she's ever been a part of a movement like this. I just want to say what we love in this country.

From major cities to small towns, organizers say it's the largest show of opposition to President Trump in a single day. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. Here in Canada, we do have a king. But that didn't stop protesters from coming out in support of the US demonstrations. Here it's called the No Tyrants movement and rallies were held in multiple Canadian cities including Toronto, Ottawa and London, Ontario. WestJet is investigating a cyber security incident that's disrupting some of its internal systems like its mobile app, which has been inaccessible for some. Transport Canada and law enforcement are involved in the investigation.

The cause of the breach is unknown and there are few details about its impact, but the airline says their services are unaffected and running safely. Canada's wildfire season is already the second worst on record after the devastating 2023 season. According to government data, fires have already burned an area six times the size of Prince Edward Island. And the worst could be yet to come with the greatest fire danger expected in July. Fire weather author John Valiant tells CBC News the definition of an average wildfire season is changing quickly. I think we've burned about four million hectares so far. We're already at four times the 10-year average.

And it suggests to me, and I think to most climate scientists focusing on this, that we are entering a new fire regime and our notion of what a 10-year average is going to be changing. Across North America, wildfires are getting closer to cities and towns. When that happens, they become known as interface fires. And as Johanna Wagstaff explains, new research shows the cities might be making things worse. Kelowna, Lytton, Fort McMurray, Lahaina, LA. Fires moving into the cities we live in.

Across North America, warmer, drier seasons and city growth means wildfires are creeping closer to towns and suburbs. That's not new, but here's what is. Cities themselves are making wildfire risk worse. We usually think of cities as safe zones, concrete buffers against natural disasters, but new research says something very different. Cities are heat traps.

Glass, metal, pavement, all of it bakes in the sun, raising temperatures and drying out nearby forests and vegetation. You may have heard it called the urban heat island effect, and it can make the land around cities more flammable than ever. Interface fires is something wildland fire ecologist Bob Gray thinks a lot about. I mean, with more fire in the landscape, the greater the probability we're going to encounter communities large and small. They can often transition to what's basically called an urban conflagration.

So you've transitioned from wildland fuels and now you're into structures and those individual structures can generate significant quantities of embers, really high temperatures and it basically spreads from house to house to house. This whole heat island effect is going to exacerbate that urban conflagration threat. So what can we do to prevent cities from becoming wildfire magnets? We can start by building better. Just like we have building codes for earthquakes and sea level rise, we can fireproof the way we build. More cities are joining FireSmart programs, even places like Squamish, North Vancouver

and Victoria. Because rebuilding after a fire costs more than preventing it in the first place. Ryan Moorside from FireSmart BC says we have the tools to make our communities more resilient. This free assessment takes about an hour and a half. We'll come work with you, look at the house, look at your vulnerabilities and really we just look at removing combustible materials, firewood, stored belongings, toys, things that we all have around our house and moving it away from the structures and we're gonna be in a really good spot.

The LA wildfires forced a shift showing that even dense cities can burn and with events like the heat dome, smoke waves and record blazes were being warned. Fire doesn't stop at the edge of town. Johanna Wagstaff, CBC News, Vancouver. A tornado warning has been issued for South Central Saskatchewan. Environment Canada is urging people to take care in and around Halford, Blaine Lake, Raddison and Borden. A severe thunderstorm capable of producing tornadoes is moving through the area,

as well they're expecting damaging winds, intense local rainfall and large hail. For retired soldier Kelly Grant, his medals, earned over decades of service, were a source of immense pride. So when they suddenly went missing, it set him on a year-long search. Shane Fowler in Fredericton tells us how he tracked them down. Remembrance Day came and left and I had to go to the service without my medals. Over a 30-year military career, Kelly Grant completed tours in Bosnia, Cyprus, Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. He was awarded seven medals for peacekeeping and combat.

That included the prestigious member of the Order of Military Merit appointed to soldiers for outstanding service and leadership. Fewer than 4,000 of those medals have ever been issued. And it was very, very different standing with all your peers when they're displaying their medals and I didn't have mine to display. The reason he didn't have his medals last Remembrance Day all started with spring cleaning. While he and his wife Margaret packed up boxes to donate to a local charity, they didn't notice the medals pinned to an old suit jacket that was hanging in the closet. When Grant eventually noticed they were missing, it weighed on him. It was very saddening. But

because he made the donation anonymously, that charity, Hospice Fredericton, an end-of-life care facility, had no way of double checking if the medals were donated in error. They held them for a while before eventually selling them to a collector for $600. Last week on a whim, Grant made a Facebook post asking if anybody had seen his missing medals. Immediately within a half an hour we were meeting at Tim's. Terry McCormick saw the post and got in touch. I explained that I had purchased these, but I was only too happy for him to, you know, to get them back to him, obviously. But nevertheless, it was still 600 bucks.

Grant paid that amount to recoup his medals, but that didn't sit right with Cyndi Shappard, the CEO of Hospice Fredericton. Once he told me the story, I certainly offered Kelly his $600 back for purchasing his own medals back. Grant says he's just happy to have his medals back. I promised these to my granddaughter and now it's nice to say that she's going to have them and I have them back. And he says after having a conversation with his wife.

We're donating that money back to Hospice House. Shepard says any future medals donated to Hospice House will be passed on to the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion to ensure nothing like this happens again. Shane Fowler, CBC News, Fredericton. Former federal cabinet minister Pablo Rodriguez is now the leader of Quebec's Liberal Party. Rodriguez won the party's leadership contest Saturday after two rounds of voting.

He does not currently have a seat in Quebec's National Assembly. Quebec's next provincial election is scheduled for October 2026. You're listening to Your World Tonight from CBC News. And if you want to make sure you never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts. Just find the follow button and lock us in. Oilers country is not just Edmonton right now. Hockey fans all over Canada are watching as they try to end a 32-year Stanley Cup drought for a Canadian team. And with their series against the Florida Panthers tied 2-2 and game five happening tonight in Edmonton, the hometown crowd is hoping their undying love will boost their team to new heights.

Ali Chyassant reports. Oilers fans are built different. They're part of the team. They don't just hoot and holler. They sing the national anthem, opera and official Oilers anthem singer Robert Clark sings in the stands but about midway through passes the mic to the rest of the crowd and those fans come decked out. Painted the beard, got a lot of positive attention, decided to bring some face paint to paint myself the next game, skyrocketed from there. Jake Gulka is the unofficial face painter in the Moss Pit outdoor fan zone, where he is booked and busy. I like to tell people that my role is when the puck's in play I'm not painting, not everybody's patient but I do my best.

Inside Roger's place you'll hear the usual jock jams. If they win? That's followed by players choice which these days is... It moves the decibel meter for sure. Oilers VP Dan Cote-Rosen says the players get a boost too. The energy, the experience, the excitement, that's all really coming from the fans themselves, you know, and the players feed off of that. A lot of Oilers fans went through called a decade of darkness where the Oilers didn't make the playoffs for 10 straight years. Sean Panganiban, writer for Oilers Nation Online, says fans have

seen the rig run dry. I always tell people like these are amazing times right now please don't take it for granted. But I was going through a hard time in my life I was going through my recovery from residential school day school addictions I was a street person. Superfan Don Bernstic remembers seeing Gretzky hoist the cup in 1984 on the tv's inside the Bay store from the sidewalk. And I started my journey in recovery and healing and empowerment. And now, 40 years later, I'm sitting behind a bench watching them play. Question is, is there room for bandwagon fans? It's Canada's team. And yes, please jump on board. Even Calgary?

What I'll say is that the offer, the invitation is certainly out there. It's up to them what they do with it. Face paint? Check. Custom hand-beaded Euler's gear? Check. I got my niece to make this for me. This is my lucky medallion. Conor McDavid, Leon Drystaddle, Stuart Skinner in net? Check. All that's missing is the cup. Ali Chasson, CBC News, Toronto. KISS with Detroit Rock City, an ode to the American Motor City that was made great by

a Canadian. Producer Bob Ezrin was behind the 1976 KISS album Destroyer, as well as the work of tons of others like Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Taylor Swift, many many more. He's just been honoured in this country with a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement and he sat down with CBC's Ian Hannah Mansing to talk about that accomplishment and his often misunderstood role. Most people don't understand what I do for a living.

You're dealing with extremely talented, often very high-strung people, or complicated people, and you're trying to get the best performance out of them you possibly can on every level. So there's a component of like psychologist to the role, and confessor, and protector, and all of that had to happen. You will not understand this is not how I am. He performed all those roles

while producing Pink Floyd's The Wall, calling guitarist David Gilmour's solo on Comfortably Numb a career highlight that put tears in his eyes. At age 76, Esrin just finished another Alice Cooper band album and is working on one with Deep Purple. But he's also made a big change. He's renounced his U.S. citizenship

to move home to Canada, telling Ian that after 40 years in the States, he feels dispirited with the political climate. And as for his friends there... Many of them want to be adopted. When we've got no choice All the girls and boys We'll leave you with more of Bob Ezrin's biggest work, a timely choice for this month too.

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