The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 13:00 EDT

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The United Nations says it's deeply alarmed by Israel's plans to take over all of Gaza. World leaders and humanitarian groups are urging Israel to reconsider its plan to expand its military operations. Crystal Gumansing has the story. We will be discussing the developing situation in the Middle East. It's a great concern. Secretary of State, David Lammy, calmly outlining agenda items while sitting next to U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. Earlier in the day, British Prime Minister Kier Stormer described the new Israeli policy to expand its military operation in Gaza as wrong. Germany, meanwhile, announced the suspension of weapons exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza.

A cluster of world leaders issued statements denouncing Israeli plans to seize control of Gaza. Gaza City. Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riyadh Monsour warned of the dire consequences of a widening war. What we need is to stop the fighting. What we need is to feed the hungry people not

to kill them. Mansour is calling for an emergency session of the UN Security Council. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. It looks as if the trade war with the U.S. is starting to bite. Employment numbers for July are out and they show a

loss of more than 40,000 jobs. 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 Bensitit, CBC News, Toronto. Today, anyone violating the fire ban in Newfoundland in Labrador will have to pay a lot of money in fines. Premier John Hogan says there have been consistent reports of bonfires and intentionally set fires, so he's hiking the fines across the province. It's very clear that these penalties for violating the regulations needed to be higher. So effective today, new fines will range from $50,000 to $150,000. For a first offense, when a ticket is issued, fines will.

will increase from $75 to $50,000. An imprisonment in default of payment will increase from three days to up to six months. There are three wildfires burning in the province, with entire communities forced to leave their homes. The wildfire near Kingston in Conception Bay North is active and growing, while the other two are being held. Quebec is sending four water bombers to Newfoundland to help with firefighting efforts. Crews fighting an out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island are building helipads to improve access to the flames burning on rocky terrain.

The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze below the bluffs on Cameron Lake is about 5.7 square kilometers in size, and hundreds of homes are under evacuation orders or alerts. Wildfire smoke has prompted air quality warnings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Environment Canada says the Manitoba. city of Flynn-Flawn will have an air quality index of over 10 today and tomorrow. And both Brandon and Winnipeg are forecast to see high-risk conditions today. In Saskatchewan, several communities are under air quality warnings, including Buffalo Narrows. And that is the world this hour.

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