The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 14:00 EDT

Hi, everybody. I'm J.B. Poisson and I host Frontburner. It's Canada's most listened to Daily News podcast. Just the other day, we were in a story meeting talking about how we can barely keep up with what's going on in Canada and the world right now. And like, it's our job to do that. So if you are looking for a one-stop shop for the most important and interesting news stories of the day, we've got you. Stop doom scrolling. Follow Frontburner instead. hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza. Netanyahu's security cabinet is discussing the proposal today, but the Prime Minister insists Israel does not want to keep the enclave forever. We want to have a security perimeter. We don't want to govern it. We don't want to be there as a governing body. We want hand it over to Arab forces that will govern it properly without threatening us and giving Gazans a good life. The country's army chief is warning against the move, concerned about endangering the lives

of remaining hostages as well as IDF soldiers. The Kremlin confirms the president of the U.S. and Russia will meet within days to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. The news comes as Donald Trump threatens new sanctions if Russia doesn't show reasonable efforts to reach a ceasefire. Dominic Volaitis has the story. Russia's President Vladimir Putin hosting the President of the United Arab Emirates in Moscow. He says interest in meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump was mutual and even hinted where talks could take place.

We have a lot of friends that are ready to help us. He says, here is one of our friends, the President of the United Arab Emirates. This could be one of the suitable venues. Putin was also asked about the idea of meeting another crucial player in peace talks. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. He says while he has nothing against it, certain conditions to make that happen have not yet been met. Earlier this year, Zelensky challenged Putin to meet him in Istanbul for talks over ending the war, an offer that was rejected and one which appears to be still out of reach.

Dominic Volaitis for CBC News, London. Japan saw more than a million more deaths than births last year. It's the steepest population decline in recorded history for the Asian country. The new data shows that for each baby born, more than two people died. The island nation also deals with a rapidly aging population, with people 65 and older, making up nearly 30% of the country. For years, Japan has tried to incentivize women to have more children with government programs. those efforts have largely failed

with younger people dealing with a high cost of living and a demanding work culture. Prime Minister Mark Carney and conservative leader Pierre Pollyev both talk about building national projects, but their differences were on display today. While the Prime Minister was consulting with Métis leaders, Polyev told reporters you have to push past opposition to get anything done.

Stephen Hoff has more. Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act, has the potential, as I say, unleash enormous possibilities. The Prime Minister is meeting with Métis leaders in Ottawa today, trying to build support to get big projects underway. In his opening remarks, he stressed the importance of getting things built while respecting indigenous rights. He's already met with First Nations and Inuit leaders. Meanwhile, in Calgary, conservative leader Pierre Pauliev unveiled his own plan for speeding up the development of things like energy and mining projects,

and he's willing to force things through. We can't work. until everybody's onside. You're going to need national leadership, and yeah, that means that some people are going to protest, but we have to push through that if we're ever going to get anything done. Pauliab is running in a by-election in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot after losing his Ottawa seat in the last election. Advanced voting starts tomorrow. Stephen Hoff, CBC News, Ottawa. New evacuation orders have been issued in Newfoundland due to wildfires. Residents in Conception Bay North, Ochre Pit Cove, and Salmon Cove are told to immediately leave their communities.

Another wildfire near Kingston has grown to more than 2,100 hectares. The RCMP are also looking into the fire-threatening Small Point Adams Cove Blackhead Broad Cove. Amid rumors, the fire was set deliberately. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.