The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 11:00 EDT

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Find an agent today at Desjardins.com slash business coverage. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. BC's fire season is surging as the number of active wildfires has jumped in the past few days, with about a third considered out of control. The CBC's Tricia Kindleman has more. The Wesley Ridge wildfire is forcing an evacuation of about 400 properties and a provincial park on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Another 238 properties are under evacuation alert, meaning residents need to be ready to flee at a moment's notice. I think this is bigger than the one that had a couple years ago. That's a big fire. On that one for sure. Officials said they had no reports of

homes lost to the blaze on Saturday. BC wildfire service though said some firefighting equipment and railway trestles were lost. Workers and staff were safely withdrawn. In all, five evacuation orders are in place around BC including around Lytton which suffered a devastating wildfire in 2021. There are special air quality warnings and statements across Canada. The statements cover the country stretching from eastern British Columbia into western Quebec, varying in severity. Trisha Kindleman, CBC News, Toronto. Gazan officials say six more people have died of starvation in the past 24 hours, bringing

the total to 175 since the war began. Video of starving hostages has their families ramping up pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal for their release. Julia Chapman reports from London. Julia Chapman, Israeli Prime Minister It's been a week since Israel loosened restrictions on supplies entering the enclave. But Gaza officials and aid agencies warn there still isn't enough. This mother says she told her children she might not come back from her quest for food.

But she managed to get a hand out of flour and beans. Hamas says only 36 aid trucks entered the enclave on Saturday. It claims most were looted. The group blames Israel for what it calls security chaos. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is deliberately starving Palestinians and hostages alike. More images of dangerously thin Israeli hostages have emerged. In Tel Aviv, protesters blocked a highway on Sunday to call for the war to end and hostages to be released.

Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Health Canada is recalling several different models of baby nest beds due to safety risks. The infant beds are from the Bee Chic and Chicure with the brand name 11. Health Canada warns of the potential for fall strangulation and entrapment hazards and it's asking consumers to stop using the products and throw them away. The World Aquatic Championships have wrapped up in Singapore and Canadian Summer Macintosh is heading home with a fourth gold medal. Macintosh having already won the 400 free, the 200 IM, the 200 fly. This is a summer to remember in Singapore. Macintosh in a championship record.

Wrapping up a memorable event, Devon Haroo has more. Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh has put together one of the greatest swimming meets in the history of the sport, capping off an extraordinary week at the World Championships, winning the 400 meter individual medley and a championship record time. She was in control from start to finish her fourth individual gold medal at these World Championships. And she ties Katie Ledecky as the only two women ever to win four golds at a single World Championship. two women ever to win four golds at a single world championship. She's also the

first Canadian ever to win five individual medals at a single world championship and for her efforts Summer McIntosh was named the best female swimmer of the world championships. Extraordinary stuff from the 18-year-old Canadian who leaves with four golds and one bronze. For CBC Sports in Singapore, I'm Devin Haroo. And for CBC News, I'm Claude Fahy.