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This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Artina Fitzgerald. The IDF says it has

launched a wave of extensive strikes against Iran. It claims to have killed Iran's

security chief Ali Larijani. Israel is still conducting military operations in

Iran and Lebanon and Iran is not easing up on counterattacks in the region on

Israeli and U.S. targets. Crystal Gumentsing has the latest from Jerusalem.

Explosions echo through the darkness and the suburbs of Beirut followed by a

new set of evacuation orders from Israeli forces. People have been told to

leave in the village of Al-Jal identified as the next location in the south for

Israeli military operations. More than 880 people in Lebanon have been killed

since the offensive began with over one million having been driven from their

homes according to Lebanese authorities. In an interview with the Newswire

Service AFP, President Isaac Herzog defended his state's attacks on Iran's

proxy. Europe should support any effort to eradicate

his balance now. They should understand that if you want to get anywhere

sometimes you need to win war. The war launched by Israel and the U.S. on the

Iranian regime at the end of February has expanded affecting lives right across

the Middle East. A total but temporary airspace shutdown was ordered by

officials in the UAE. A necessary measure as the Ministry of Defense worked to

eliminate threats from drones and missiles launched from Iran. In the Iraqi

capital drones were shot down as they approached the U.S. Embassy. One is said to

have evaded interception attempts hitting the inside of the heavily protected

compound in Baghdad. The Speaker of Iran's parliament says U.S. military

presence does not make the region safer and it needs to leave. In an address

carried on state TV, Mohamed Bakr Kalibef said the Middle East will change but

not according to U.S. plans. The director of the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism

Center is resigning. Joe Kent just posted a letter addressed to U.S. President

Donald Trump online. He says he cannot in good conscience support the war in

Iran. And he says it's clear that Washington started this war due to pressure

from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is warning that the

straight of Hormuz should not be weaponized. The usually busy shipping route has

been virtually closed since the conflict began. As Raffi Bouducanian reports,

Anand is making it clear where Canada stands. There should be no weaponization of

international shipping lanes. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand with

sharper language about the state of Hormuz than Canada has adopted so far.

Blocking the straight of Hormuz violates the UN convention on the law of the

sea and close as well as customary international law and ships from all

countries have the right to pass through. The U.S. has asked allies to help in

opening up the street of Hormuz. A request Anand says has not been made to

Canada and one she says that should come through the proper channel of NATO.

It's important to remember that those conversations among NATO allies have not

occurred. Canada is also joining Germany, the United Kingdom and France in

calling for de-escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

While that country warns more than a million people could have been displaced

so far and nearly 900 killed. That call earning a rebuke from Israel this

morning which accuses Canada and its allies of distorting reality and

ignoring Hezbollah attacks on its territory.

Rafi Bajoukani and CBC News Ottawa. British Prime Minister Kure Starmur says

support for Ukraine cannot fall to the wayside as energy and attention turns to

the conflict with Iran. It's vital that we continue to focus on supporting

Ukraine. We cannot allow the war in the Gulf to turn into a windfall for Putin.

Today, Starmur is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London.

This is also deadline day for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to pay

$4.5 billion to victims of the Ukraine war. The money is supposed to come from

his sale of the Chelsea FC soccer team. If he does not pay up, the British

government will take him to court. Afghanistan is accusing Pakistan of targeting

civilians. It says an airstrike on a drug rehab center in Kabul has killed

more than 400 people. But as Pakistan ramps up its attacks, it says it's

only targeting military facilities. Our South Asia correspondent Salimah Shivji

has more.

Rescue workers rushed to gather the wounded in the ash and mangled debris of

what was once a drug rehab hospital in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. Now in

ruin, a bomb dropped just after prayers at nine last night.

Iqbal says from his hospital bed, his head wrapped in a bandage. The wall

and the ceiling fell on top of us. He says somehow I pulled myself out of

there.

The injured were being brought to us from all directions. Says Kabul

paramedic Sayed Mirab Shah. Afghan officials are accusing Pakistan of targeting

the hospital. Islamabad denies that. It's a dramatic escalation in the

conflict that's been raging for more than two weeks after Pakistan declared

open war on its neighbor. civilian deaths and clashes on the shared border

had already been climbing steadily before this strike says for Zana shake with

Chatham House's Asia Pacific program.

There has been a very sharp spike in militant violence in Pakistan since the

Afghan Taliban came to power and Pakistan has blamed this violence on

the Afghan Taliban. International calls for a ceasefire have so far been

ignored by both sides, but Chinese officials are again trying today calling

for restraint. Selimah Shivji CBC News Mumbai.

Parts of British Columbia are being hammered by an atmospheric river that

doesn't typically happen at this time of year. As Georgie Smith reports, the

downpour comes with increased risk of flooding, avalanches and landslides.

It's wet. Heavy rainfall and snow delivered by a strong Pacific

low pressure system is hitting Vancouver Island, the central coast and

Vancouver's coast mountains. It's been a very wet pattern. Brian Proctor is

with Environment Canada. He says temperatures are also on the rise.

And they've risen steadily through the day as the warmer associated with

this atmospheric river really has sort of flooded across the South coast.

That means rain at higher elevations too. We're warming up those layers up

there at the higher elevations and it's really problematic moving forward.

It's why avalanche Canada is also forecasting increasing avalanche

activity in the next few days. Column Guarantee is one of their

forecasters. He says the storm is hitting an already dangerously

unstable snowpack. As that gets saturated with rain water, what we expect is

a wet loose avalanche problem. All that rain and snow melters flowing down

saturated slopes into rivers and streams. A mudslide near Prince Rupert

derailed several cars of a train on Monday. No one was hurt. People are

being reminded to stay away from unstable or flooded areas until level

subside. Georgie Smith, CBC News, Vancouver. The Canadian food inspection

agency has find another law blower store $10,000 for promoting imported food

as Canadian. Fourteenos in Toronto was selling a French cheese spread, but

the tag on the shelf displayed a maple leaf. The CFIA says that's misleading

to shoppers still taking part in the buy Canadian movement. CBC News has

learned the agency is also investigating labeling and advertising practices

at Sobe's head office. The mayor of Waterloo Ontario is demanding

answers from police after a sniper was deployed to a St. Patrick's Day

street party. As Ashtah Shetty reports, police say the tactical officer was

part of safety operations. Someone brand only was wicking up at the sky. And

they were like, yeah, that's a sniper. Students taking part in an unsanctioned

street party for St. Patrick's Day over the weekend were surprised to see an

officer on the top floor balcony of a building with a space covered, dressed

in all black, standing next to a large weapon. And Elise Meertin and

Australian International Exchange student at the University of Waterloo says

the experience was startling. There's no words for it in that moment of how

shocked I was. And then all my friends started going, oh, I don't feel safe.

I don't feel safe. And then it was more so let's go. It was terrifying.

Melissa Quarry, a spokesperson for the Waterloo Regional Police Service, says

the sniper is one of their tactical officers and was there as part of their

safety plan for large gatherings. Protocol for all major events. I'm

unfortunately with the magnitude of unfortunate mass casualty events that

have occurred throughout North America and around the world. That really

shaped our emergency response strategies for all types of large gatherings.

Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe says she was, quote, shocked to hear there was a

sniper deployed to manage the street party. She says she's looking for more

information from chief Mark Crowell to understand more about their protocols.

Ash to Shetty, CBC News, Waterloo. That is the latest national and international

news from World Report. I'm Martina Fitzgerald. This is CBC News.

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