The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 19:00 EDT

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

So don't just know, go. I'm Susan Bonner. Host of 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. The U.S. President is doubling tariffs on India for continuing to buy Russian oil. You're going to see a lot more. You're going to see a lot more. You're going to see so much secondary sanctions. Donald Trump says Indian imports will be taxed at 50 percent, one of the highest tariffs of any country trading with the U.S. He says additional duties on China, another strategic.

strategic trading partner of Russia could be coming too. The secondary tariffs are part of Washington's attempt to pressure the Kremlin into ending its war in Ukraine. Trump says talks in Moscow today were productive, adding that he may be meeting with President Putin in person. The road was long and continues to be long, but there's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon. Russia says talks with the U.S. were constructive, but did not suggest a ceasefire deal is

any closer to being reached. And the U.S. President has just announced more tariffs that could increase the cost of electronics globally. 100% tariff on all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States. But if you've made a commitment to build or if you're in the process of building, as many are, there is no tariff.

The tariff targeting computer chips could come into effect as early as next week. It's Trump's latest attempt to ramp up pressure on businesses to move their manufacturing back into the U.S. And Apple appears to be responding to Trump's pressure. The tech company is putting another $100 billion into its American operations. The funding will include a plan to increase domestic production. The tech giant has already investing half a trillion dollars in the U.S.

over the next four years. Mexico's president, Claudia Shanebaum, says she's had a very good meeting with Canada's top ministers. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and finance minister Francois Philippe Champagne visited Mexico yesterday to discuss trade. But Chainbaum has ruled out a bilateral trade agreement between the two countries. She says the trade deal with the U.S., Canada and Mexico, is enough. And she also says she will soon host a visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney, although his office says the trip is not likely to happen in the coming days. Well, it's been a hot and dry summer across Canada, triggering wildfires and water advisories from coast to coast.

As Nicole Williams reports, forecasters expect this trend to continue throughout August. It's been too dry for too long for too much of the country. Environment Canada, climatologist David Phillips, says it's those dry conditions wreaking havoc across the country. In Newfoundland and Labrador, that means at least three ongoing fires, which have now forced hundreds of people to evacuate their communities. The province asking people to avoid burning anything outdoors while emergency crews tried to manage the worsening situation. Minister of Public Safety, John Hagey. It's fair to say the province is a tinderbox at the moment. People really need to be extremely careful. Nova Scotia officials are asking people there to do the same.

The province has banned hiking and driving in wooded areas over concerns of dry conditions. In BC, cooler temperatures and scattered showers are helping firefighters get the situation there under control for now. But warmer and drier conditions are expected to return by the end of the week. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. Happening right now in Montreal, Canadian tennis fans are watching 18-year-old Victoria Mbucco at the National Bank Open semifinals. 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 semifinals in tennis. She takes on ninth-seeded Elena Rybukina of Kazakhstan, and the winner will play in the final tomorrow.

And that is the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to our podcast any time. We update it every hour, seven days a week. And you can listen to us on voice-activated devices such as Amazon Echo or Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.