The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 18:00 EDT

A lot of news podcasts give you information, the basic facts of a story. What's different about your world tonight is we actually take you there. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Aleppo. Jerusalem. Ottawa. Prince Albert. Susan Ormiston, CBC News in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica.

Correspondents around the world, on the ground, and at the source where news is happening. So don't just know, go. Your world tonight from CBC News. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting virtually with his cabinet to discuss Canada's next steps in the U.S. trade war.

His government is defending its current strategy after Ottawa failed to secure a deal with Washington before last week's trade deadline. Catherine Tunney has the latest. Is standing up for Canada the right strategy always. How you do that? Well, that evolves over time. Finance Minister France-Wa-Philippe Champagne is wrapping up a quick trip to Mexico, a country widely seen as one of the winners following the August 1st trade deadline

after it secured a 90-day reprieve from higher U.S. tariffs. Canada was less successful, raising questions about whether Mexico's decision to not retaliate with its own tariffs won Trump over. In an interview with CBC's power in politics, Champagne defended Ottawa's approach so far, but suggested changes could be coming. You always need to reassess the strategy to make sure that it serves the best interest of Canada. That echoes comments from Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday when he said he's open to dropping some counter tariffs if it will help Canadian industries in the end.

Catherine Tunney, CBZ News, Ottawa. The U.S. is doubling its tariffs on India. The White House says the hike to 50% is in response to India's continued purchase of Russian oil. and more tariffs could soon be coming for Russia and its trading partners. The U.S. has threatened to announce a new round of sanctions on Friday if it doesn't see progress on a potential ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine. Kremlin advisor Yuri Aschikov says direct talks in Moscow today were constructive, and that's a sentiment echoed by President Donald Trump.

About 400 homes are under an evacuation order in British Columbia. The province has been seeing an increase in wildfire activity following summer storms that brought about 70,000 lightning strikes in the past week. Minister of Forests, Ravi Parmar, says there are about 120 active wildfires across the province, but they're putting their resources towards one in particular, that's the Wesley Ridge near Cameron Lake on Vancouver Island. This fire is burning on steep and challenging terrain and the BC Wildfire Service has deployed heavy equipment, helicopters, air tankers, structure protection, and over 200 personnel. Palmer says there's some relief coming to parts of BC in the days ahead, including

cooler temperatures and some rainfall. 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. Jennifer Une reports. Oh my gosh, 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. All this hour, Canadian tennis fans will be watching 18-year-old Victoria Mbucco at the National Bank Open. The Toronto teen has quickly gone from underdog to phenom, crushing higher-ranking players this week. She's only the third wildcard player ever to reach the Canadian semi-finals. She takes on ninth-seated Elena Ryabikini, Rybikini, rather, of Kazakhstan. That winner will play in the final tomorrow. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.