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

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

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

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I'm Claude Faye. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel plans to take control of Gaza City. He told Fox News that the move was necessary in order to defeat Hamas. We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza and to pass it to civilian governance. that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel. That's what we want to do. Israel's military already controls about 75% of the Gaza Strip,

and the country's military chief opposes the plan to increase that. Israeli media reports he worries it will endanger the hostages and spread the military too thin. More than 61,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in this war, and the territory is experiencing famine-like condition. Today is the deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Trump has been threatening Russia with heavy tariffs if a deal is not reached. But late yesterday, he seemed to back off that when he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office.

Is your deadline still standing for Vladimir Putin to agree with ceasefire? It's going to be up to him. We're going to see what he has to say. It's going to be up to him. Very disappointed. There are plans for Trump to meet with the Russian president. the coming days, and Trump says he's willing to meet with Vladimir Putin, even if he won't agree to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky being there.

Does Putin have to meet with Zelensky in order and before you and Putin have to meet? Or you talk to meet with him, he doesn't have to agree to meet with Zelensky. Is that what you're saying? No, he doesn't. The war in Ukraine has been grinding on for more than three years now. In Blackbird Group, a Finland-based military analysis center, says Ukraine has suffered some big territorial losses in the past three months. In total, it says Russia has occupied about a fifth of Ukraine. Well, we'll get a better picture of the state of Canada's job market on Friday morning

with the latest data due to come out from Statistics Canada today. 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 resumed. 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 source 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. Advanced polls open today in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot. Polling stations will stay open until Monday for anyone who wants to cast an early ballot in this federal by-election. It's a hotly contested race with conservative leader Pierre Pauliev, hoping to regain a seat in parliament, and more than 200 other candidates stepping up to challenge him. Electors will have to write in the name of their preferred candidate. Canadian tennis feet on Victoria Mboko is basking in her finals victory at the National

Bank Open in Montreal. All beating Naomi Osaka for her first women tennis association title, Mboko's ranking has jumped to 24th from 333. Her father, Sipri and Mboko, is crediting the fans in the stands for him giving her a boost. The best crowd ever I've never seen in my life. I love them. I think Victoria loved them. Victoria need to change the residence, become a monthly. and Boko's next pick challenge is the U.S. open later this month.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Figg.