The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 10:00 EDT

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When debts got you, you've got us. Give Credit Counseling Society a call today. Visit NoMoreDets.org. From CBC News, the World This Hour. I'm Claude Pague. Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh wrapped up her individual competition at the World Aquatics Championships

the way she started it, striking gold. The 18-year-old from Toronto cruised to victory in the women's 400-meter medley race earlier this morning, setting a new championship record to claim her fourth gold medal of the event. I'm overall happy with this World Championships. I have to be four golds to something that I've never achieved at the world stage before. I broke my kind of curse of three. Everything comes in threes, but now everything else is in threes. I'm happy with this World Championships.

I have to be four golds to something that I've never achieved at the world stage before. I broke my kind of curse of three. Everything comes in threes, but now everything else is in threes. I'm happy with this World Championships. I have to be four golds, something that I've never achieved at the world stage before. I broke my kind of curse of three. Everything comes in threes, but now everything comes in fours and hopefully I can push for everything to come in fives. Even though I fell short of my goal in the Trinidad Fly and overall with the gold medal count, I mean it's not a failure whatsoever. Four golds is four golds and I have so many amazing takeaways and so many lessons that I can learn from this knee and that's what's going to keep pushing and moving me forward. McIntosh also won bronze yesterday in the women's 800 meter freestyle to finish the championships

with a total of five medals. She now has 13 career medals at the world championships including eight gold. An extra nine billion dollars in less than a year. That's what Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to spend on Canada's defense in order to meet NATO's original goal of spending 2% of GDP on defense. Allied pressure and Donald Trump in the White House being the impetus for Canada finally complying. But as Carina Roman reports, industry watchers say getting that much money out the door that quickly will be a near impossible feat. I like what I hear, but he's got to crack the whip here.

Former defense industry executive John Ball says the prime minister has the right idea, but he's up against risk averse government departments. They have to look within themselves and say we are the procurement people. That's our job and we need to be measured on results. Kristen Cianfarani, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, says it's time to do away with drawn-out procurement competitions. Why are we running competitions when we already know which supplier we want? The government points to existing mechanisms that could make procurement faster,

such as standing offers or invoking a national security exception. Conservative MP and defence critic James Bazan says the government has presented no concrete plan on how to hit its ambitious targets. We're going to be in there half a year to spend money that the department won't be able to shovel out the door. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa. People in parts of Vancouver Island are waking up to smoke and extreme wildfire danger. Nearly 400 properties and a provincial park on the east coast of the island are now on

evacuation orders. That's due to a wildfire burning out of control. The Wesley Ridge wildfire is burning on the north banks of Cameron Lake. It's about 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Nanaimo. The BC wildfire service says the fire is about 373 hectares in size. Ukraine says it struck several targets inside Russia in strikes overnight. They appeared to target energy infrastructure. But Russia has also hit back with attacks of its own.

Dominic Velaitis reports. The massive fire at the oil depot in Russia's Black Sea resort Sochi can be seen for miles. Officials say more than 120 firefighters are now tackling the blaze, which was sparked after a Ukrainian drone slammed into the site. Initial assessments suggest the attack targeted fuel storage tanks at the facility. Half-weird. Eyewitness footage also caught the moment Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery in the Samara region of Russia. In all, Russia's defence ministry says its air defences intercepted

more than 90 Ukrainian drones. Meanwhile, Ukrainians are dealing with the aftermath of a Russian missile strike in Mikolayev, the city's mayor, says at least seven people were injured in the strike. Dominic Vellises for CBC News, London. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fade.