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Hey there, it's Gavin Crawford, host of The Because News Podcast, the quiz show where

we make fun of the news and I give away points for anything resembling a right answer.

This week's episode is coming to you from Vancouver and the lineup is stacked.

The city's best improviser, Caitlin Howden, Ivan Decker, winner of the very first June

award for best comedy album and star of stage and screen Kevin Vidal.

I spent my undergrad days in Vancouver. Will I regress to my 20s on this week's episode?

Bob and Mr. Noodles in the microwave. Let's find out.

From CBC News, the world is sour, Emil Kumar. The damage is mounting at energy

infrastructure sites across the Middle East. Aran continues to launch strikes against its neighbors,

that it says is retaliation for an Israeli attack on a vital energy hub.

Katie Simpson reports from Goha.

Alarm sound outside an oil refinery in northern Israel, warning of incoming Iranian strikes,

as Tehran takes aim at energy infrastructure all across the Middle East.

Launching attacks on Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar all within a 24 hour span.

The hardest hit so far, Qatar, debris from intercepted missiles causing significant damage

to the country's largest LNG processing plant. Authorities say $20 billion worth of production

has been wiped out, and contracts with European and Asian countries are being cancelled.

This war needs to stop immediately, said Qatar's Prime Minister at a news conference,

who described these attacks as a very dangerous escalation.

Iran has said the attacks are retaliation for an Israeli strike on the South Park's gas field

Wednesday. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Doha.

Canada says it is ready to help ensure safe passage through the street of her moves.

Ottawa has issued a joint statement with Japan, the UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

It calls for them to stop lame minds and conducting drone and missile attacks.

The statement says the countries are ready to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe

passage. There are no details on what those efforts would be.

Conservative leader, Pierre Paulier, made an appearance on what is known to be the most popular

podcast in the world. Paulier's appearance on the Joe Rogan experience is part of a swing

through the US. As Kate McKenna reports, he's looking to sell Americans on his vision for a

healthier cross-border relationship. It's great to be here. Thanks for having me.

With an audience roughly half the size of the entire Canadian population,

the Joe Rogan experience might be Pierre Paulier's biggest stage yet. His two-hour 23-minute

episode dropped today. Do you mind if I present you with something right out of the gate?

Sure. Paulier presented Rogan with a Canadian flag-and-bossed kettlebell before

kicking off a wide-ranging conversation on trade, politics, and Donald Trump's threats about

annexing Canada. We're very proudly Canadian, so we're never going to be the 51st state,

and I just wish he'd knock that shit off. Paulier made his pitch for tariff free trade,

telling Rogan it makes life more expensive for Americans.

We should get the tariffs out, because there's so much we could be doing together

as neighbors and partners if we got rid of those tariffs.

He was asked whether he's spoken to Trump about it directly and said no. It's up to the prime

minister to negotiate with the president, Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa.

In Edmonton, police say two men have been deported from Canada for their involvement in a string

of violent extortion cases, all them targeting South Asian communities, more than 50 other

suspects are now linked to the same national crime ring. Sam Simpson tells us more about the

investigation. To the members of the Southeast Asian community, you remain a priority to police.

Edmonton police serve a superintendent, Robynter Gill, made sure those most vulnerable to extortion

threats felt heard as he delivered the latest update. Two men involved in extortion schemes in

Alberta, B.C.'s lower mainland and Ontario have been deported. Three others are under active

investigation by the Canadian Border Services Agency, and there are 51 more suspects. All police say

connected to extortion and violence. Police wouldn't say where the two men, 22 and 25 years old,

were deported to, and no charges have been laid yet. They're still looking into it. But

opting for deportation first says Gill was the best option to keep the community safe.

This strategy worked quickly. It eliminated the threat. Extortion schemes targeting South Asian

communities have spread across Canada. Edmonton police say they're collaborating with the CBSA,

RCMP, and other law enforcement groups to crack down on these extortion cases. Sam Simpson,

CBC News, Edmonton. And that is the world of the sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.