The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 10:00 EDT

It's summer, and it's going to be a hot one in Canadian politics. I'm Catherine Cullen. Join me and some of CBC's best political reporters as we bring you all new summer programming, focused on everything from negotiating with Donald Trump to Canada's climate goals, to the future of the Senate, and more. We'll talk to the chief of the defense staff and a top senator. We'll visit the Maritimes to learn about the future of energy production there. Catch the House Saturdays wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Pig. U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that he and counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet face-to-face next Friday in Alaska. Discussions will include ending the war in Ukraine. Trump had given Russia until yesterday to end the war or face stiff economic consequences.

The meeting will be the first face-to-face between the two since 2019. But Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy wants his country included in the talks. Speaking this morning, the Ukrainian president said that his country is ready to work together with President Trump and all partners for real and lasting peace. But he added that the war can't be ended without Ukraine being present and that Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier referring to Russia.

Japan is marking one of the darkest days in its history and global reminders of the unconstitutional. annihilating power of war. It was 80 years ago today, the city of Nagasaki was hit with an American nuclear bomb. The devastation killed tens of thousands of people and led to Japan's surrender and began a movement for nuclear caution that's still going. Reporter Kas Bovan is in Nagasaki. A siren whales and the bells of the Urukami Cathedral ring out, marking the exact moment a 21-kilaton atomic bomb leveled Nagasaki.

The original church was blasted and burned away, along with tens of thousands of lives. The rebuilt cathedral's chimes sound a bit different this year. A new bell has been added, donated by a group of American Catholics. When I missed the 75th anniversary, so I wanted to make sure I came for the 80th anniversary. Self-described history buff, Joe Petigine, came to listen after learning the replacement was made in his own neck of the woods. People who witness the destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are fading fast. Just under 100,000 aging survivors known as Hibakasha are left. A group of them calling for a nuclear weapons abolition won last year's Nobel Peace Prize.

People in Nagasaki have hope they'll remain the last city to suffer under a mushroom cloud. Kazbovan for CBC News, Nagasaki. Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing mounting pressure to act on climate change. It comes amid another near-record-shattering. wildfire season and scorching hot summer. But nearly six months after taking Canada's top political job, it's unclear whether he will pursue his liberal predecessor's deep emissions cuts. David Thurton reports. Sorry, I was just warning you, the wheat paste is very gross. These climate activists are using a gooey substance to poster around the University of Ottawa. That homemade glue is not

the only thing that drips from these posters. These activists ooze with distrust for today. politicians. Those doubts are not without reason. Canada has five years to meet an international commitment. Can we meet a 2030 climate target or will we miss another goal? It's highly unlikely that we can. Simon Donner is the federal government's top climate advisor. It's going to be hard to get there given that so far all we know that is happening that we've been removing existing climate policies like the consumer facing carbon price. Canada has made considerable progress reducing planet warming carbon pollution. Emissions so far have fallen more than 8% below 2005 levels. Still a long way, though, from at least 40%

that the Liberals promised at the end of this decade. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. And David Thurton, guest hosts a special edition of the House looking at Canada's climate change commitments. That's after the local 9 o'clock edition of World Report. A crash between a bus and a truck on a toll road highway in Brazil has left nearly a dozen people, dead and dozens more injured. According to local authorities, the accident occurred in the center-western state of Mato Grosso late Friday, killing 11 people and injuring at least 40 others. Twelve of the injuries are deemed critical. There's no word so far on the cause of the crash. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Pag.

Thank you.