March 27: Friday's top stories in 10 minutes

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1:04and a tightening government crackdown. Breyer Stewart has a story from Van Turkey. A train pulls into the railway station in Van Turkey after a 24-hour ride from Tehran. More than 250 people get off wheeling suitcases and some push strollers. The governments don't like people to talk about the situation. That's the voice of a 36-year-old that we spoke with. Like many other Iranians, he asked for his name not to be used and for the tone of his voice to be altered, fearing that he could be punished for saying anything deemed critical to the regime. The situation in Iran is every day is going worse. What do you think? How do you think this is all going to end? It was a 50-50-50 if some people think about the negotiation is a positive thing, but others that you see in the streets at night, they believe to their continuing the war.

2:05Iranian state media is broadcasting nightly rallies of government supporters, 27-year-old who's in Iran and recently moved outside of the capital because of the strikes, said residents often get text messages from the authorities giving them their version of events. He says some like his parents just want the war to stop. While others are still hopeful, it could lead to the fall of the regime. Human rights activists have reported mass arrests across the country with many people accused of espionage and supporting opposition groups. In a recently submitted report, a UN special reporter said that Iranians are caught between a war and a government with a long record of gross human rights violations. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Von Turkey. Meanwhile, in the Iranian capital, Israel has launched a fresh wave of strikes on the heart of Tehran this morning, as its defense minister warns the air war will only escalate. The new attacks come, despite President Donald Trump extending

3:08a 10-day what he calls grace period for Iran to reopen the state of Hormuz. While Trump claims back channel talks are going very well, the situation on the ground tells a different story. Missiles have targeted Gulf neighbors and oil prices have surged 45 percent since the war began. U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is in France today, where he's expected to face a difficult audience at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers. The summit, southwest of Paris, comes as America's war in Iran has left Washington's closest allies deeply uneasy. The CBC's Willie Lowry reports. America's war with Iran is likely to dominate conversation at the G7 foreign ministers meeting today and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is ready to defend it. I think there was a couple of leaders in Europe who said that this was not Europe's war. Well, Ukraine is not America's war and yet we've contributed more to that fight than any other country in the world. So it'll be something to examine. The president don't have to take into account down the road. While the war continues to rage, Rubio said talks with Iran through

4:10intermediaries were making progress, but he said the U.S. remains frustrated by how few allies have offered support in keeping the state of Hormuz opened. It's not helped for us. Like I said, very little of our energy comes through the streets of Hormuz. It's the world that has a great interest in that. So they should step up and deal with it. U.S. President Donald Trump gave Iran a 10-day extension to an ultimatum he issued earlier in the week to open the state of Hormuz or the U.S. would obliterate the country's power stations. That deadline still looms. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Sanleleville. The sound of an historic political shift in Nepal, as Belendashav, is sworn in as the country's youngest ever Prime Minister. The 35-year-old structural engineer and former rapper took the oath of office in Kathmandu today. The ceremony was timed to exactly 12.34 pm. An auspicious moment

5:15according to Hindu astrological calculations. Shah's party secured a landslide victory in the March 5th elections, winning nearly two-thirds of the seats in the lower house. New Democrats are in Winnipeg this weekend to choose a successor to Jagmeet Singh. Five candidates now making their final pitches to a membership desperate to rebuild and regain its influence on the national stage. The CBC's Marina von Stackelberg reports. New Democrats like Nicholas Torno line up to register for the convention many hope will bring a brighter chapter for their party. Five leadership candidates are also here to pitch why they should replace Jagmeet Singh. He resigned last spring after the NDP's worst election showing in history. Candidates have campaigned for more than half a year, meeting supporters at a Winnipeg bar is front runner Heather McPherson. She's one of just six remaining new Democrats

6:25in the House of Commons. The Edmonton MP has positioned herself as the pragmatic leadership candidate with a winning record including on the prairies. Her biggest competition is filmmaker and activist Avi Lewis. He's held the largest events with his last one in Winnipeg. Lewis has out-fun raised his competition. His father and grandfather were prominent NDP leaders. I think you're going to see here in Winnipeg this weekend, then your Democrats are at a moment of excitement and ready to grow again. Also in the race is Vancouver doc worker and union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tiniel Johnston and farmer Tony McQuale. The new leader will be announced Sunday. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News Winnipeg. New documents show the federal government was warned about a potential hazard on WestJet flights weeks before a viral video forced the airline to change its seating. Julia Wang reports. It was not safe for him to be sitting in that seat.

7:30Lindsay Noble and her six-foot three-inch tall husband, who WestJet in January, from Cancun to Regina, a five-and-a-half-hour flight. There's no way that he could actually get into the brace position. Last fall, WestJet took away some legroom to add an extra row of seats, a move the airline later reversed. Now transport Canada documents reveal about a month before Noble's trip, a flight attendant had warned the department about the planes, saying a tall passenger became physically trapped in a seat, describing it as an imminent safety risk and calling for a prompt review. The department later responded, it had followed up with the airline and was satisfied it was assessing the hazard. I'm disappointed. I can't believe that you ignored something that involves passengers' safety. University of Calgary administrative law professor Kamal Zadi says that response is common. They might have reviewed the complaint but there's not much in their

8:31eyes and their estimate on expertise that they have that they should move ahead with this. Transport Canada would only say when an investigation is done, the department determines whether the operator has violated regulations and will take action if needed. WestJet says it has converted three of the 21 planes with densified seating back to their original layout. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. Parks Canada is banning most watercraft in Banff and Jasper to stop a deadly fish parasite. The new rules prohibit personal boats in 80% of local waterways, following a discovery in Lake Louise. Maggie Kirk reports. I think Canadians have a fundamental right and wish to paddle on our waterways. Mike Hallroyd with the Alberta White Water Association says the new policy doesn't make sense. Over 80% of waterways in Banff and Jasper are now closed to boats and fishing with waiters. Violators could be fined up to $25,000. The ban follows the discovery of whirling disease in

9:35Lake Louise, a parasite that can kill 90% of young fish. Jasper Parks resource conservation manager Christopher Waldensberger says the risk is national. We're the headwaters of all the major watersheds in the country. So anything that's introduced here could have wide-ranging downstream impacts. Matthew Bruce, president of PacRaf Canada, agrees the threat is serious, but he wishes more paddlers were consulted. How do we find a way to deal with conservation as well as promote the recreation that helps people want to be stewards? Critics also say Parks Canada was lax on enforcement when it came to gear inspections and public education, which could have helped prevent the ban. The restricted areas could change as more information becomes available. Maggie Kirk, CBC News, Jasper Alberta. And that is the latest national and international news report. I'm John Northcott. This is CBC News.