The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 07:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fag. Ukraine's president this morning says it won't surrender territory to the Russians. Vladimir Zelensky's comments followed Donald Trump's suggestion about swapping ground with Russia. Trump will meet this coming Friday with Vladimir Putin to talk about how to end the three and a half-year-old long war. The CBC's Julia Chapman reports from London. When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet next week, they'll do so without Ukraine's leader.

Officials in Kiev worry their country's interests will be ignored. Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia mustn't be rewarded for its war. It has to end it. And he insists no territory will be handed to occupiers. Donald Trump appears to have other ideas. President Zelensky has to get everything he needs because he's going to have to get ready to sign something. The US president says under his proposals, some territory would be swapped. But Ukraine doesn't hold much Russian land, so in practice that's likely to mean concessions.

Alexander Hara is a former advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense. Certainly we would love to have ceasefire, but not with political concession and irreversible political concession. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. The UN Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss Israel's plans for a new ground operation in Gaza. The cabinet decision comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military would take complete control of the Palestinian territory. Prime Minister Mark Carney says taking over Gaza City is wrong

and cited Canada's calls for a ceasefire in the region. Three wildfires are burning out of control in Newfoundland and Labrador. There are six in total with three under control. It's the latest string of flames in an unprecedented wildfire season for the province. It's prompting the provincial government to clamp down on people who are disobeying a province-wide fire ban. All this is thousands of athletes descend on St. John's for the Canada Games. Jessica Singer has more. Thousands of people have had to flee their homes and cabins as a series of wildfires rip through Newfoundland and Labrador.

Meanwhile, the provincial government says it's being inundated with reports of people setting fires intentionally, despite a province-wide fire ban. Premier John Hogan is angry and says it needs to stop. I'm frustrated that this is reckless and irresponsible behavior. Fines now range from $50,000 to $1,000 to $1,000. $150,000 as well as up to a year in prison. Smoke from nearby wildfires is affecting the air quality in St. John's, but it isn't putting a damper on the excitement for the Canada Games. For now, organizers say everything is going ahead as scheduled, and they are ready to let the games begin.

Jessica Singer, CBC News, St. John's. A police officer is dead after a gunman. an open fire in Atlanta yesterday evening. Officers responding with gunfire at the centers for disease control and prevention's main campus. The suspect was found dead by police in a nearby building. It's unclear if they were shot by police or if it was self-inflicted. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says the gunman may have been targeting the CDC.

He is a known person that may have some interest in certain things that I can't reiterate right now with any confidence until the investigation is fully conducted. But I think that in a short order, you'll know more about this individual and about some assumptions of his motive, but I can't say right now. 33-year-old officer David Rose was killed in the attack. He joined the force in September of 2024. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude P.