CTV National News for Sunday, March 15, 2026: Israel strikes Lebanon as Middle East war continues

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Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv as Lebanon records more than 800 deaths and nearly a million displaced.

1. CTV National News focuses on Mark Carney’s London stop and the Middle East conflict on Sunday, March 15, 2026. 2. The episode features Heather Butts, Judy Trinh, Heather Wright, Cathy Lee, Geneviève Beauchemin, John Van de Valle Rao, Andrew Johnson, Alison Bamford, and Maria Saru, each reporting on a separate national or international story. 3. The central question is how Canada is responding to security, displacement, and economic pressure at the same time. 4. Judy Trinh reports that Carney met leaders of the Nordic Five and Canada after Donald Trump refused to rule out military force against Greenland. 5. Carney told Danish media that Canada stands “foursquare behind the principles of sovereignty” and that Greenland and Denmark should decide their own futures. 6. The Nordics and Canada said they would increase their Arctic presence and work together on the rules-based international trade system. 7. Carney’s next stop was the United Kingdom, where he was scheduled to meet Keir Starmer and then the King. 8. Heather Wright reports that the war in Iran is now in its third week, with surveillance video showing a missile striking a street in Tel Aviv. 9. Israel says cluster warheads caused damage at several locations and foreign minister Gideon Saar denied that Israel is running low on interceptor missiles. 10. Lebanon’s health ministry says more than 800 people have been killed and close to a million forced from their homes. 11. CTV shows people living in makeshift tents, including Mohamed Marie, who says, “I don’t have a tent. I don’t have anything.” 12. The same report says the U.S. and Israel continued their offensive against Iran while Donald Trump asked allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. 13. A senior Iranian official said a condition for ending the war is the United States leaving the Gulf region entirely. 14. Cathy Lee reports that Kristen Griffiths in Doha could not get her son Carter’s renewed Canadian passport in time because the consulate was closed for in-person services. 15. Griffiths says she spent nights calling Global Affairs Canada and Ottawa, but “no one has given me a solution.” 16. The family received an emergency British passport through the U.K. Embassy, and Griffiths says, “I’ve never felt so hopeless.” 17. Geneviève Beauchemin reports that Brent crude rose 2.9% to about $106 US per barrel, the highest level since July 2022. 18. She connects higher fuel prices to renewed EV sales arguments, while Statistics Canada data shows zero-emission vehicle sales fell 36% from December 2024 to December 2025. 19. The episode uses a straight news format with fast transitions from foreign policy to domestic costs, and the reports rely on field footage, interviews, and direct quotes. 20. Viewers interested in Canadian politics, the Middle East, and transportation policy will get the most from this episode, while listeners wanting a lighter single-topic segment may skip it.

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