The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 05:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Israel now says that it has a plan to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its almost two-year war with Hamas. Officials came to the decision following a late-night meeting. However, it came despite mounting international calls to end the war with protests by many in Israel, who fear for the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Israel's air and ground war has already killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza. It displaced most of the population. Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful that he can meet with U.S. President Donald Trump

next week, possibly in the UAE. Meantime, the deadline for Russia-Ukraine peace talks is today. Chris Reyes has the latest. The possibility of a summit between the two leaders comes as Russia has ramped up its attacks on Ukraine this year. All of it, angering Trump. He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening. So there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it. A July Gallup poll suggests a significant shift in Ukrainian public opinion.

Almost three quarters say they're in favor of a negotiated end to the war, a huge increase from three years ago. 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. Putin says he's not against meeting Zelensky. but added, not anytime soon. Chris Reyes, CBC News, London.

We'll get a better picture of the state of Canada's job market this morning with the latest data due out from Statistics Canada. As Nisha Patel reports, the outlook remains uncertain. I generally expect just a gradual cooling of the labor market. Brendan Bernard, a senior economist at Indeed, says Canada's economy has been resilient, despite the uncertainty around U.S. tariffs. Those sectors vulnerable to cross-border trade are taking the biggest hit.

Manufacturing, the natural resource sector, certain parts of transportation. Canada's unemployment rate has climbed from 6.6% to 6.9% so far this year. Job vacancies are also down substantially from pre-pandemic levels. And Bernard says in a slower economy, workers are changing jobs less frequently. Job hopping is one important sort. of how individual workers get ahead. It also means fewer positions available for entry-level workers like students who are especially struggling to find jobs right now.

Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. Winnipeg Police have charged one of their own officers with numerous charges for incidents dating back years. Cameron McIntosh has more. Winnipeg Police Chief Jean Bowers says the charges stem from events dating back to 2016. These allegations are clearly out. It's a long list, including indignity to human remains and knowingly distributing an intimate image, alleging Bostick shared a photo of a partially clothed dead woman.

No organization is immune to individual misconduct. It is our responsibility to confront it and act decisively, which we have done. Other charges include break and enter, theft under $5,000, six counts of breach of trust, three counts of obstruction of justice, along with 84 incidents of drug trafficking. trafficking, resulting in five drug-related charges. These are very serious allegations which go directly against the values of the Winnipeg Police Service, tarnishing our reputation and eroding the public's confidence within our service.

Three other officers face related charges, two charged in November, one charged Wednesday. All four officers are on administrative leave. None of the allegations have been proven in court. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg. And Canadian tennis sensation, Victoria Mbocco of Burlington, Ontario, has won the National Bank Open. She beat Japan's Naomi Osaka in three sets to become number one. And that is your world this hour. Remember, we can listen to us where we get your podcast.

We update every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.