The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 21:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. U.S. President Donald Trump 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. Trump says Indian imports will be taxed at 50 percent, one of the highest tariffs of any trading with the U.S. He says additional duties on China, another strategic trading partner of Russia, could be coming soon. 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 might meet President Vladimir 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 talk with the U.S. were constructive, but did not suggest a ceasefire deal is any closer to being reached. The war in Gaza is reverberating around the world, and in this country, more signs of that spillover are in a new report on Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism. It found a rise in incidents following the Hamas attacks against Israel and the ongoing fighting in Gaza. Rafi Bukhanian has more. You've seen a culture of swift demonization. Nadia Hassam says,

she's only seen it get worse in the last two years. She's the chair of the Islamophobia research hub at York University in Toronto. Its new report documents dozens of Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian incidents since October 2023. It also cites numbers such as those from Statistics Canada, mentioning a 94% increase in hate-motivated crimes against Muslims in Canada in 2023. The report has recommendations may include coming up with the definition of anti-Palestinians, racism distinct from Islamophobia, and also recognizing May 15th as Nakpa Day.

The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs says Ottawa should focus on other measures, like increasing security supports for vulnerable communities, criminalizing the glorification of terrorism and ensuring police enforce the law. The federal government has not answered questions about how it might deal with the recommendations. Rafi Bujikan, on CBC News, Ottawa. Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum says she had a very very very important. good meeting with Canada's top ministers yesterday. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne visited Mexico to discuss trade, but Mexico has ruled out a bilateral

trade deal between the two countries. She says the trade deal with the United States, Canada and Mexico is enough. Sheenbaum also says she will soon host a visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney. 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 the 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 Hagee. 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 fire, fighters 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. We've got breaking sports news from Montreal. Canadian tennis player Victoria Mboko has just won her semi-final match at the National Bank Open. The 18-year-old beat a player from Kazakhstan. Mboko will compete in the final tomorrow. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.