The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/08 at 20:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Canadian Armed Forces members are getting a raise. The Carney government says starting pay for privates is bumped up by 20%. Salary increases for officers range from 8 to 13%. The announcement is part of a $2 billion investment in defense announced by the Prime Minister in June. Carney says demands on the military have only increased in the recent years, but paychecks have not kept pace. Their service is grounded in values, in a love for our country that makes those sacrifices possible.

Commitments that keep Canada strong, we're investing in that strength. Ottawa will also provide extra pay for members responding to disasters, including floods and wildfires across Canada. And Carney says the government is working. to modernize its military capacity with future investments in drones, combat vehicles, and aircraft. 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. UK 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 City. Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riedmansoor 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. Three maritime provincial governments are teaming up with Ottawa to invest more than $9 million in a pilot program that will restore regional air access across the region. The plan is to offer daily flights to and from major cities in New Brunswick,

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Pei Premier Rob Lance says this investment is a game changer. This investment will launch a three-year pilot program, restoring twice daily flights between Charlottetown and Halifax as well as daily flights connecting regional airports to Halifax in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. So this reduces barriers to trade and travel and it connects us better to the world. Regional airports are also funding the project. The astronaut who commanded Apollo 13 has died. Jim Lovell was a NASA test pilot and engineer and he was the first person to fly into space four times. But he will always be known for getting Apollo 13 back to Earth after a catastrophic accident. Mandy Sham explains.

This is Houston. Say again, please. Those chilling words spoken by Jim Lovell marked the start of three astronauts fight for survival. Apollo 13 launched in 1970, heading for the moon. But when an oxygen tank exploded, the crew had to abandon the mission and find a way to get their damaged craft back to Earth. Speaking on late night, Lovell said he knew that was a tall order. We could either hit the Earth in some manner that would make us a fiery meteor for a few brief seconds. Then we could have missed the Earth completely and probably gone into an orbit around the sun. That didn't sound too good either.

The spacecraft veteran is credited with commanding his crew to safety, ultimately splashing down into the Pacific Ocean near Samoa. NASA says Lovell's courage helped forge a path to the moon and beyond and inspired millions of people. Lava was 97. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World Dissour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.

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