The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 16:00 EDT

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Know it now. Find the latest season wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Wayne Thibodeau. The B.C. Fire Service says the Wesley Ridge Fire burning on Vancouver Island northwest of Nanaimo has burned through 389 hectares and remains out of control. Just under 400 homes are under evacuation orders, with another 240 evacuation on alert. Fire Information Officer Madison Dahl says they're prioritizing protecting structures and critical infrastructure.

We have support from the RCMP, the Dashwood Fire Department, the Crooms Fire Department, and additional authorities and fire departments. BC wildfire firefighters, structure defense personnel, heavy equipment and aircraft continue 24-hour wildfire operations on the Wesley Ridge wildfire. Overnight operations include two helicopters that have night vision technology. In northern Manitoba, another First Nation has been forced to evacuate the community of Nelson House. They began leaving yesterday as the fire threatened to cut off the only road out of town. Almost 300 priority residents were taken to Winnipeg and about 3,300 more are expected to leave in the coming days. Dominic LeBlanc, the federal

minister for Canada US trade appeared on American television this morning, saying he remains optimistic that a win-win deal can be reached, and pointing out how the 35% tariff on some Canadian goods will hurt American consumers. By putting a 50% tariff on aluminum from Canada, you've increased the price of a whole series of goods. The automobile sector, again, 50% of the cars that a whole series of goods, the automobile sector again, 50% of the cars that we finish in Canada and sell to the United States are made up of American parts. What we've said to our American counterparts is how can we structure the right agreement

where we can both continue to supply one another in a reliable, cost-effective way that preserves jobs essential to the American economy, but the same thing is true obviously in Canada as well. LeBlanc says he expects Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump to speak in the next few days. The UK government is cracking down on smugglers who use social media to offer illegal channel crossings. Dame Diana Johnson is the British Crime and Policing Minister. This is to go after the brazen tactics of organized criminal groups

who are involved in the small boats, using Instagram, TikTok, Facebook to advertise and to say, if you pay a certain amount, we'll provide you a safe journey over to the United Kingdom on a small boat. This is going after those individuals. More than 25,000 migrants have crossed the channel this year. The new law will make online advertising for those crossings a criminal offence. The sanctions will let authorities freeze profits and block access to UK banks. The government says the bill will help break the criminal's

business model. More than 50 migrants are dead after a boat carrying about 150 would-be migrants sank off the coast of Yemen in bad weather today. Health officials say dozens are still unaccounted for. Ten people were rescued. While Canadian summer Macintosh is heading home with a fourth gold medal. The 18-year-old winning gold in the 400-metre individual medley, an impressive end to a memorable World Championships. Devin Rue has more.

Canadian swimming superstar Summer Macintosh 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. She's also the first Canadian ever to win five individual medals at a single world championship. Extraordinary stuff from the 18-year-old Canadian who leaves with four golds and one bronze.

For CBC Sports in Singapore, I'm Devin Haru. And congratulations to summer. And that's your Real This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Wayne Thibodeau.