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

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

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

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. The cost of more goods entering the U.S. from more countries is jumping today with new tariffs of between 10 and 50%. And President Donald Trump is celebrating the prospect of millions of dollars rolling into treasury coffers. Tom Perry reports. Donald Trump was back on social media last night.

he posted a message in all caps. Reciprocal tariffs take effect billions of dollars, largely from countries that have taken advantage of the United States for many years, laughing all the way, will start flowing into the USA. So that was Trump declaring victory as his tariffs kicked in on more than 90 countries. Trump says he's not done. He's talking about a new tariff on semiconductors. 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. So that was Trump talking about a tariff on semiconductors. Now,

America's neighbors, Canada and Mexico still haven't reached any agreement with Trump, and they're really still seeking clarity on what their largest trading partner expects from them. Tom Perry, CBC News, Washington. Russia's Vladimir Putin and Trump say they're planning to meet soon. Russian officials saying today that a meeting between the two leaders has been agreed upon for next week. Trump has been pushing for Russia and Ukraine to strike a deal and end the war. Crystal Gimansing reports from London. Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, William B. Taylor, says he wants to see the war end, but says demands from the two sides are incompatible.

And the Ukrainians, on the other hand, are demanding, such as they can, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia continues to chew away at that territorial integrity. It seized roughly 600 square kilometers in July, the biggest land grab of the year. And earlier this month, Russian forces claim to have taken Chassevjar, a town in the Bekhmut region where fighting has been grinding on for 18 months. A gallop poll of roughly 1,000 Ukrainians over the age of 15 conducted in July found respondents are eager for the war to end. One quarter expect the guns to fall silent within the war.

year. U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with the Russian president Wednesday, his fifth visit to Moscow. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. In northern India, rescuers are evacuating people left stranded by flash flooding. Helicopters are being used because many of the roads are washed out. Intense rains, triggered landslides, in addition to the flooding, at least 200 people have been rescued so far. The state of Uttarakand is increasingly prone to extreme weather. Experts are blaming climate change. Victoria M. Boko has done it.

The 18-year-old Canadian tennis player from Burlington, Ontario, has advanced to the finals of the National Bank Open in Montreal, becoming just the fifth Canadian woman to make the finals of the event, first played in 1892. Sarah Levitt reports. She has done it again. The new Canadian queen of the court, Victoria Mbocco, now onto her first ever major final in the big leagues. The 18-year-old came into Montreal's National Bank open relatively unknown, but her smashing success has won over the crowd. She says she's grateful for it.

Playing in front of the home crowd obviously has its advantages. You know, you always have everyone pumping you up as much as they can. Tournament director Valéé Taitreau has watched it all with excitement. Just a couple months ago, she was probably the one still talking about who her role models were. Mboko has gained quite the fan base, and her success at this tournament means she's ensured a spot at the U.S. Open's main draw at the end of the month, a first for her at a grand slam. But right now, the finals here in Montreal. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg.