The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/07/07 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: July 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/07/07 at 23:00 EDT

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This world's gonna eat you alive. Listen to Oracle Season 3, Murder at the Grandview, now on Audible. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. We begin at the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump had dinner tonight with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It's an honor to have Mimi and Sarah with us, friends of mine for a long time.

We had a tremendous success together. The two leaders discussed the war in Gaza and how to end it. Before the dinner started, Netanyahu made a surprise move to flatter the American president. I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee. It's nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved. And you should get it. Thank you very much. This I didn't know.

Well, thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful. Trump also said he hopes the war between Israel and Iran is over. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the latest tariff levels for a number of countries. Caroline Levitt is the White House press secretary. She says the new rates will go into effect August 1st, unless they reach deals with the U.S. And weeks ago I stood at this podium and I told all of you that the president was going to create tailor-made trade plans for each and every country on this planet and that's what this administration continues to be focused on.

Japan and South Korea each face a 25 percent tariff despite being U.S. allies. Canada has a deadline of July 21st to reach a deal. Catastrophic flooding in central Texas has killed at least 104 people, including more than two dozen girls from a summer camp. Dozens of people are still missing, with rescue and recovery missions slowed by the devastation. Sam Sampson reports. Though the Guadalupe River still rushes by, its levels have gone down, giving the world a better look at the grim reality in Texas. Cars piled on top of each other, houses swept off their foundation, giant trees with overturned roots that make grown men look like tiny

dolls as they dig underneath looking for missing people. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz shared his sorrow. Cruz said there will be a time to review what happened and if the warnings of the flash flood danger were adequate. Many residents say they didn't receive any at all. But for now, national and local officials are focused on rescue and recovery missions. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Washington.

Leaf Rapids has become the latest community in Manitoba to get an evacuation order due to a wildfire threat. 350 residents are being told to leave by tomorrow morning. Kristen Hayward speaks for the Manitoba Wildfire Service. We've had a lot of lightning go through the province. You know, when numbers were really escalating, we were seeing over 25 new fires every 24-hour period popping up. When lightning strikes, it can take three to five days,

sometimes even longer, for that smoke to pop up. So that's what we're dealing with now, and more forecasted on the horizon, unfortunately. There are now 81 active wildfires in the province. In Ottawa, federal cabinet ministers are being asked to find savings. It's part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's push to shrink the growth in federal spending. JP Tasker reports. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is asking his fellow ministers to rein in federal spending, writing in a letter that every department should draw up what he's calling ambitious

savings proposals, plans that could be included in the expected fall budget. Under the last, liberal government spending grew by 9 percent a year. That led to higher deficits and a bigger national debt. Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to bring the growth rate down to just 2 percent a year. That means there could be job losses in the federal public sector. But a spokesperson for Champagne says they hope to accomplish any cuts through attrition and retirements. The government's ultimate goal? Spend less on day-to-day operations, while directing more cash to long-term investments like rebuilding the Canadian Armed

Forces. JP Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neil Hurland.