The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 03:00 EDT

Art has power to inspire us, to unite us, to give us solace and courage when we need it most, to create important stories, lasting memories, a sense of belonging. Your National Art Center serves as a catalyst and communities across Canada, empowering artists, inspiring audiences, and bringing us closer together. Learn more at nac.c.c.c.a slash create in Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. The United States is now imposing higher import taxes on dozens of countries. As of today, goods from more than 60 nations and the European Union

will face tariff rates of 10% or higher. Products from the European Union, Japan, and South Korea will be taxed at 15%. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump is surrendering to double tariffs on India for continuing to buy Russian oil. You're going to see a lot more. So this is a taste of oil? You're going to see a lot more. You're going to see so much secondary sanctions. Trump says Indian imports could be taxed at 50 percent, one of the highest tariffs of any country trading with the U.S. He says additional duties on China could be coming too. The secondary tariffs are part of Washington's efforts to pressure the Kremlin into ending its

war in Ukraine. Trump says talks in Moscow yesterday were productive, adding 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. were constructive. Health officials in northern Manitoba admit an indigenous man was subject to racism while seeking care in the final months of his life. The family of Stephen Rockwell says, Hearing that from health care leaders brings them a little peace. But as he in phrase reports, relatives say the admission doesn't excuse what happened. They were supposed to help him, and they didn't give him help.

Stephen Rockwell was in remission from leukemia in late 2023, when his sister says he made three trips to the Thompson Hospital in severe pain. Stacey Rockwell says he was sent home without any medical testing and accused of just looking for drugs. When they let him suffer, that's wrong. His family says the hospital only treated him with urgency after a chiropractor felt something odd in his back. Stephen's cancer had returned. Four months later, in March 2024, he died.

His family says his health issues were ignored because he was indigenous. And in July, officials, at the request of the health minister, met the family and agreed it was racism. Northern Health runs the hospital. It expressed condolences to the family and says it's committed to a little. Eliminating Indigenous-specific racism. Ian Freyze, CBC News, Winnipeg. In northern India, at least 200 people are missing after devastating flash flooding.

A sudden surge of mud and water tore through a small Himalayan village, sweeping away entire homes in a matter of seconds. Sasha Petrissik reports. Huge rivers of gray mud-filled villages, leaving rooftops as the only signs of once-bustling communities in the Indian Himalayas. Locals describe a deluge of rain and walls of water crashing through on Tuesday, as much as 10 centimeters falling in an hour in what they call a cloudburst.

It was terrifying, says Sumitra Todi. People didn't even have time to run. Rescuers struggled to get around boulders, blocking roads, or to cover ground where access has been torn away altogether by landslux. The rescue continues unabated, says Pushkar-Sing Dami, the state chief of Uttarakhan province. But the weather is bad and bridges have been damaged, so it's hard to get there. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Toronto. Canadian tennis player Victoria Mboko won her semi-finald match at the next.

National Bank Open in Montreal last night. 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 Eleanor Rubikina of Kazakhstan, and Boko will compete in the final later today against Japan's Naomi Osaka. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.

Thank you.