The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 11:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fagg. 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 all of his... 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 Defence. Certainly we would love to have a ceasefire, but not with political concession and irreversible political concession. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Police in London, England, have started to crack down on a protest in support of the controversial activist group, Palestine Action. Several officers arrest a protester near Westminster Abbey. Police say they've made more than 100 arrests in the square.

Palestine Action was recently designated a terror group under UK law, making the act of expressing support for the organization a criminal offense. Members accuse the U.K. of being an active participant and what they consider a genocide in Gaza. Three wildfires are burning out of control in Newfoundland and Labrador. There are six in total with three deemed 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, as thousands of athletes, descend on San Francisco. 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. I'm frustrated. I that this is reckless and irresponsible behavior. Fines now range from $50,000 to $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. The New Brunswick government has placed restrictions on some forestry operations to decrease wildfire risk in that province. The restricted forestry activities include harvest, chipping, and all pre-commercial thinning and cleaning until Tuesday. There's also a burn ban in place for the entire province, including all provincial parks. Much of Manitoba and Saskatchewan remain under air quality warnings. Environment Canada says wildfire smoke continues to contribute to the very poor air quality in the region and it could lead to reduce visibility in the coming days.

The agency says Saskatoon and the northwestern Manitoba City are expected to see an air quality index of over 10 throughout the day. It's advising residents in those regions to limit the time that they spend outdoors. And that is your world this afternoon. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg.