The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 12:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. A majority of unionized postal workers are saying no deal to Canada Post's latest offer, meaning even more uncertainty when it comes to mail delivery in Canada. The CBC's Linda Ward has been following the story. More than a year and a half of talks and two votes, this offer panned by both urban and rural and suburban postal workers by about 69% with about an 80% turnout. The offer included wage hikes of about 13% over four years, but it also included the union's main sticking point, the addition of part-time workers. Now, Canada Post has long insisted that that's necessary

for the long-term viability of the Crown Corporation. The union didn't even want to vote on this offer. The government asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in and put this offer to a vote. So the Canadian Union of Postal Workers asked their members to reject this offer in protest. Canada Post said they're disappointed with the results, saying this means the uncertainty for the Crown Corporation and those who depend on Canada Post is going to continue. Linda Ward, CBC News, Toronto. Israel's government is facing growing calls to end the war in Gaza.

As famine plays out in the Palestinian population, critics say Israel isn't doing enough to save civilian lives. But as Susan Ormiston reports, Hamas is also being accused of using hunger as a weapon. Strong reaction this morning from families of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas after a stark new video released last night. The Israeli government must be stopped! The Hamas video shows Evitar David, thin, frail, in what appears to be a tunnel, allegedly marking off the days he ate and the days he didn't on a wall. Hamas accuses Israel of starving Gazans and the hostages alike. But some former hostages say Hamas is the one starving its people, that their captors never went

without food. Hunger has become a bargaining chip, with Hamas doubling down on international horror at the signs of severe malnutrition and escalating food crisis inside Gaza. The families now urge Israel to negotiate a full release of all hostages. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Jerusalem. urge Israel to negotiate a full release of all hostages. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Hamas leaders are saying they won't back down from the fighting with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is established.

In a statement released today, the Palestinian militant group said it won't relinquish its armed resistance, wanting the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Summer McIntosh came up short in her quest for a fourth gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships. McIntosh won bronze in the Women's 800 Meter Freestyle in Southeast Asia today, her fourth medal of the meet. Devon Haroo has more from Singapore.

It was built the race of the century and the women's 800 meter freestyle did not disappoint but in the end Summer McIntosh not able to steal the gold from American legend Katie Ledecky. It was a riveting race with three women shoulder to shoulder across three lanes throughout all of it. Summer Macintosh led with about a hundred meters to go, but it was Katie Ledecky and Lani Pallister from Australia who pulled away in the closing meters. Ledecky with a championship record for her seventh title. Summer Macintosh was evidently disappointed after the race.

She told me this is only going to fuel her. It's her fourth individual medal at the World Aquatics Championships and she'll look to close it in gold and style in the 400 meter individual medley on Sunday night here at the World Aquatics Championships. For CBC Sports in Singapore, I'm Devin Haroo. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Devin Haroo. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.