The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 21:00 EDT

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Just days after Canada was hit with another wave of Donald Trump's tariffs, the U.S. has now slapped extra duties on some 90 other countries, anywhere from 10 to 50 percent. And the U.S. President says he's not done yet, even though the tariffs are starting to hit his own country's economy. Karen Paul's reports. U.S. President Donald Trump and his economic advisors say tariffs already in effect have raised billions.

So last month it averaged just over $30 billion? Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik on Fox News. The tariffs went up. I think we're going to be heading towards $50 billion a month. But the uncertainty of the global trade war is also starting to rattle the U.S. economy. Job growth has slowed, inflation is rising. Things like appliances, electronics, furniture. Ernie Tedeshi of the Budget Lab at Yale University says the timing of those price increases points to tariffs. U.S. consumers are absorbing most of the cost of the tariffs.

The remainder is probably almost all being shouldered by American businesses in the form of smaller margins, lower profits. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Washington. Russia has confirmed that a high-stakes meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is being planned. The breakthrough comes as Trump pushed to end the fighting Ukraine with an ultimatum for Russia entailing steep economic consequences. Chris Reyes reports.

On the ground in Ukraine, little sign of Russian attacks easing. This week, Ukrainian officials reporting more deadly strikes in different parts of the country, among the dead, children. While in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin seemed to confirm that meeting would President Donald Trump. Both sides showed their interests, Putin said, and hinted the UAE might host the meeting. On when, a Kremlin aid would only say approximately next week. President Trump has been just as vague. They would like to meet with me, and I'll do whatever I can to stop the killing. Seemingly left out of the Trump-Puton meet, President Volodymyr Zelensky,

who's been visiting troops and making public statements about his own meetings with Trump and other European leaders. Meanwhile, Putin told reporters he's not against meeting Zelensky, but added, it's far from happening. Reyes, CBC News, London. In Edmonton, police have charged the chief of Soutana First Nation with two counts of historical sexual assault. Roy Albert Whitney is accused of assaulting one male in 1994 and a second male in 2005. Both complaints are from the Soutena First Nation. The Canadian military is facing a resurgence in hateful and racist conduct within the ranks. New data obtained by CBC News shows that after dropping for several years, the number of reported incidents has spiked.

Murray Brewster has more. We can think of it as getting everything in place to commit the terrorist activity. RCMP Sergeant Camille Hable, as police showed off the arsenal of weapons, allegedly being set aside by four men in an anti-government plot near Quebec City. The fact two of the accused are serving members of the military and a third is a former member gets under the skin of the commander of the Canadian Army, Lieutenant General Mike Wright. I think the soldiers of the Canadian Army should be as livid as I am. New data shows the number of incidents of hateful conduct rebounded last year, after several years of decline.

There were a total of 54 incidents reported last year, including engaging in hate speech and propaganda and uttering threats, almost double the previous year. And it comes despite a crackdown on hateful conduct initiated by the army almost five years ago. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.