The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 11:00 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. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg 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 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

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 conditions. Denmark, the UK and Saudi Arabia are among those condemning Israel's plan, demanding that the decision be reconsidered. Employment numbers have just come out for July, and they show more than 40,000 jobs have disappeared. But the unemployment rate has stayed put at 6.9 percent the same as the previous

month. Jenna Benchantritt 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.

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 Balev, hoping to regain his seat in Parliament and more than 200 other candidates stepping up to challenge him. Instead of one long ballot, electors will have to write 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 last night. She beat Naomi Osaka for her first women 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 residency, to 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 that was previously being offered. 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.

Mexican President Claudia Shinebaum says there is no proof Maduro has ties to the Sinolawa cartel, but Maduro was indicted in Manhattan in 2020 on charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine. There's been a bounty on him ever since. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag.