The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 23:00 EDT

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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. So this is a taste of... 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%, one of the highest tariffs of any country trading with the U.S.

He says additional duties on China, another strategic trading partner of Russia, could be coming too. The secondary tariffs are part of Washington's efforts to pressure the Kremlin and to ending its war in Ukraine. Trump says talks in Moscow Wednesday 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 talks with the U.S. world. constructive. 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 Hassan says she's only seen it get worse in the last two years. She's the chair of the Islamophobic 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.

They include coming up with the definition of anti-Palestinian racism distinct from Islamophobia and also recognizing May 15th as Nakba 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 Bucanian, CBC News, Ottawa. Mexican President Claudia Shanebaum says she had a very good meeting with Canada's top ministers

on Tuesday. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and finance minister François-Philippe Champagne visited Mexico to discuss trade. But Mexico has ruled out a bilateral trade deal between the two countries. She says the trade agreement with the United States, Canada and Mexico is enough. 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 will continue into 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 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.

Canadian tennis player Victoria Mboko won her semi-final match at the National Bank Open in Montreal tonight. Nothing would have ever prepared me to be in the final if you would have told me last year that I was going to be in the final here. I would have said you're crazy. The 18-year-old beat Elena Ribakina of Kazakhstan. and Boko will compete in the final on Thursday. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.