The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 13:00 EDT

My group chat thinks I'm the smart one, but I have a cheat code. I take 10 minutes each morning and listen to World Report. Knowing what's happening in the world helps me feel connected and make better informed decisions. But endless doom scrolling is not my idea of fun. So I just listen to World Report on my commute, get informed, and get on with my day. World Report, the day's top stories in 10 minutes, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The U.S. has announced new tariffs against one of Russia's strategic partners, India.

And the White House says it expects to make an announcement soon on whether direct sanctions against Russia would proceed this week. The pressure on the Kremlin comes as President Donald Trump's envoy held talks in Moscow today aimed at reaching a ceasefire in Ukraine. Tom Perry reports. A Kremlin spokesperson says Russia received some signals from Donald Trump and sent some signals in response as Trump's envoy Steve Whitkoff met for three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. This was Whitkoff's fifth trip to Russia in recent months. So far, Moscow has shown no sign it's prepared to end its war in Ukraine. Trump has given Russia until the end of this week to agree to a ceasefire or face increased sanctions.

that includes secondary sanctions against countries that do business with Russia. Trump made good on that threat today. He announced an additional 25% tariff on India, which buys Russian oil. India calls the U.S. measures unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable, and says it will take all actions necessary to protect its national interests. Tom Perry, CBC News, Washington. Mexico's president, Claudia Shanebaum, says she will start. soon host a visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney, although his office says the trip is not likely

to happen in the coming days. Shane Baum says she had a very good meeting with Canada's top ministers yesterday, but she has ruled out a bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, saying the trade deal with the U.S., Canada, and Mexico is enough. Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier John Hogan had a few choice words for people breaking the province's fire ban. Cruz responded to at least three bonds. Bonfires in St. John's yesterday, the day the ban went into effect. It is nuts. The province is on fire. We only have so many assets to go around and to have a provincial fire ban in place. And the day the ban is in place to have bonfires here in the city, I'm so disappointed and frustrated and angry.

Hogan says the province is looking at raising fines for illegal fires, which can be as low as $75. There are currently three wildfires in the province. one of them near Kingston in Conception Bay North, which has doubled in size over the past day. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is highlighting the impact of wildfires on people's health. Researchers focused on the fires that ripped through Hawaii in 2023 and Los Angeles in 2025. As Jennifer Yoon reports, experts in Canada say we can learn a lot from these studies and take action. Oh, my guys, look at the harbor. It's been two years since wildfires devastated the town of Lahaina and Maui, Hawaii.

It was one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, and new research suggests, even for those who survived, health effects lingered. A study published today in the medical journal Jama says their lungs were not functioning at full capacity six to 14 months after the fires were extinguished. Half of them showed signs of depression. Dr. Courtney Howard isn't surprised. The Yellowknife Emergency Room physician researches wildfire in health. She says this study is the latest in an increasing body of evidence, showing how wildfires can hurt our health. It gives us the information we need to start to really resolutely look at how we can decrease these deaths now and into the future.

Howard and the authors of the study say governments should brace healthcare systems for other climate-related disasters. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. Several pistachio products are being recalled after salmonella infections sent nine people to the hospital, and they sicken dozens more. The list includes the viral pistachio and canafay milk chocolate bar made by a Dubai brand. It was distributed in Quebec, but it was also available online. Health Canada says if you have that chocolate, don't eat it. A list of recalled products is available on the CBC website. And that is the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.