The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 16:00 EDT

A lot of news podcasts give you information, the basic facts of a story. What's different about your world tonight is we actually take you there. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Aleppo. Jerusalem. Ottawa. Prince Albert. Susan Ormiston, CBC News in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica.

Correspondents around the world, on the ground, and at the source where news is happening. So don't just know, go. Your world tonight from CBC News. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Peter Dock. We've been hearing about wildfires burning across the prairies in British Columbia, but this weekend the Atlantic provinces are joining the list.

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are so dry, the governments are telling people to stay out of the woods. In Newfoundland, new evacuations have been ordered while older ones are lifting. CBC reporter Philip Lee Shenock has the latest. days after wildfire forced him out, Cecil Lucas is glad to be back in his home in Holyrood, Newfoundland. It was great to get back in the house again. But on the other side of Conception Bay, an immediate evacuation order went out for the burnt point area. John Hogan, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, says there are three active wildfires burning.

Obviously, some great news yesterday as people were able to return home. But almost 1,500 households and more than 3,000 people remain under an evacuation order. In New Brunswick, wildfires continue to burn near Miramishie. Premier Susan Holt is closing down Crown lands and asking everyone to stay out of the woods. And she says she expects people to do what's asked. Because New Brunswickers will have seen the risk to their neighbors. A fire ban and a ban on forestry activities was imposed earlier. Philip Lishanoke, CBC News, Toronto.

Heat warnings remain in effect for much of Newfoundland and Labrador. Parts of the province are seeing highs of 30 degrees. today. With the wildfire smoke, air quality warnings have also been issued. Parts of Ontario are under heat warnings. Temperatures will peak between 30 and 33 degrees, not just today, but over the next several days. Mixing in the humidity, it will feel more like 40. The heat is expected to stick around Ontario until Wednesday. In western Colorado, the Lee and Elk wildfires have burned through more than 40,000 hectares. They're far from being under control. Around 500 firefighters have been deployed. Bill Castangue is a Denver firefighter who has joined the fight.

We're just dealing with times of a drought-stricken Midwest all the way out to the West Coast. I think it's going to be a busy rest of the summer unless we start seeing a lot of moisture coming. Colorado Governor Jared Polis has also deployed the National Guard. And in Spain, wildfires are raging west of Madrid. Fire services and military emergency services have been deployed to fight the flames. Train lines have been disrupted and residential areas evacuated. In other news, the United Nations Security Council is taking the rare step of holding a weekend session after Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City. The meeting comes amid widespread condemnation of the Netanyahu government's decision to expand its war against Hamas. Kate Fisher reports.

The plan approved by the Israeli Security Cabinet sparked a wave of criticism from within Israel and around the world. At the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres described it as a dangerous escalation that risks deepening the already catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said it will not improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza or save the hostages. European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen said it must be reconsidered. The foreign ministers of Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK said in a joint state, that the plans risk violating international humanitarian law. Yet tomorrow's UN Security Council session is unlikely to produce any resolution

or even a joint statement, as the U.S. will likely block one. Kate Fisher for CBC News, Washington. And in Tel Aviv, thousands of Israelis have taken over the roads. They are protesting their government's decision to expand its military operations. in Gaza. The protesters fear that will result in the murders of any hostages still alive. There are 50 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. Israeli officials believe 20 are still alive. Most of those freed so far were released under ceasefire agreements. And that is your world this hour. You can listen to us any time on voice-activated devices such as Amazon Echo or Google Home.

For CBC News, I'm Peter Dock. Thank you.