The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 09:00 EDT

All right, look, I am not going to lie to you. I love when an album drops, and it just, I know it's going to define my entire summer. And that is how I'm feeling about this new Lord album. My name is Alameen Abdul-Mahmood. I host a show called Commotion. And that is where we talk about the biggest stories in entertainment and pop culture, like this new Lord album or the Haim album or whatever great new music is defining our soundtrack for the summer. Come hang with us.

Follow Commotion wherever you get your podcast. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg prime minister benjamin nettaniahu says is planning to take control of the gaza city told fox news that the move was necessary in order to defeat hummus we intend to in order to uh assure our security remove hamas there uh enable the population to be free of gaza and to pass it to civilian governance uh 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 that he worries it will endanger the hostages and spread the military too thin. More than 61,000 Palestinians have been reportedly killed in this war, and the territory is experiencing famine-like conditions. Denmark, the U.K. and Saudi Arabia are among those condemning Israel's plan, demanding the decision be reconsidered. Employment numbers have just come out for July, and they show more than 40,000 jobs had disappeared. But the unemployment rate has stayed put at 6.9 percent, the same as

the previous month. Jenna Benchitrit has the latest numbers. After surprisingly robust growth in June, jobs numbers came back down to Earth in July. The Canadian, economy shed many of the jobs gained in the previous month. Most of them full-time and permanent was Statistics Canada noting that Canada has seen little net jobs growth since the beginning of the year. The number of working people reached an eight-month low. And employment especially decreased among youth, as people between 15 and 24 continue to face a tricky labor market. While the broader unemployment rate was unchanged, the rate for youth ticked up to its highest since September 2010, apart from the pandemic years. Construction saw major job losses in July. Jobs also fell in

business, building and support services, and the information, culture, and recreation sector. Economists have been waiting to see whether June's economic momentum has held up in the rest of the quarter. Jenna Benchit, 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 one with conservative leader Pierre Pahliav hoping to regain a seat in parliament and more than 200 other candidates stepping up to challenge him. Instead of one long ballot, electors will have to write in the name of their preferred candidate. Canadian tennis phenom, Victoria Mbocco is basking in her final's victory

at the National Bank Open in Montreal. She beat Naomi Osaka for her first women's tennis association title. Mboko's ranking has jumped to 24th from 333. Her father, Cyprian Mboko, is crediting the fans in the stands for giving her a boost. The best crowd ever I've never seen in my life. I love them. I think Victoria loved them. Victoria needs to change the residence become a Montreal resident. Because of that? Absolutely. And Boko's next big challenge is the U.S. Open later this month in New York.

The Trump administration is offering $50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. That's double the reward it was previously offering. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is accusing Maduro of being one of the world's largest narco traffickers. Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations like TDA, Sinaloa, and Cartel of the Sons to bring deadly drugs, and violence into our country. Under President Trump's leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his despicable crimes. Maduro was indicted in Manhattan Federal Court in 2020 on charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine. There's been a bounty on him ever since. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagic.

Thank you.