The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/10 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/10 at 18:00 EDT

My group chat thinks I'm the smart one, but I have a cheat code. I take 10 minutes each morning and listen to World Report. Knowing what's happening in the world helps me feel connected and make better informed decisions. But endless doom scrolling is not my idea of fun. So I just listen to World Report on my commute, get informed, and get on with my day. World Report, the day's top stories in 10 minutes, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Wayne Tibado. There has been some good news and bad news on the wildfires burning in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Premier John Hogan says hot, dry, windy conditions did lead to the growth of the biggest, the Kingston fire. As of this morning, it had grown to 4,895 hectares, and I think it's safe to say that's over 5,000 hectares now. and just to put it in perspective, it was 3,000 hectares yesterday morning. There were more structures lost, and they're not able to say exactly how many or where, and that fire is expected to reach Oakhir Pitt sometime this evening. The Martin Lake fire grew slightly. Plains and helicopters are dropping water on the areas where there are cabins nearby. And the good news, the Holly Rood fire is being held.

That means it has not grown and, in fact, has been contained. In nearby New Brunswick and out-of-control fire near Miramishie almost doubled in size yesterday. And tender-dry conditions prompted the province to close Crown lands and ask everyone the state of the woods. Officials say a spark can turn into a fire in just minutes. And hot-dry, windy weather is expected on Vancouver Island, where fire crews are still trying to bring the Wesley Ridge fire under control. Hundreds of people remain under evacuation orders. To Alberta now, where the Gets,

government there has decided to restrict how much information the public can access on politicians' expense accounts. As Taylor Lambert reports, they're no longer going to see receipts. The Alberta government has changed its policy for expense disclosures. Under the previous rules from 2020, senior officials such as ministers and political staff were required to publicly disclose receipts over $100 that they claimed as government business. Those receipts will no longer be released. The government also removed eight years of expense reports from its website. Alberta NDP House Leader Christina Gray says this isn't what Albertans want. Knowing what senior officials and politicians are doing with taxpayer dollars is something fundamental that

Albertans believe in. The province says the new rules are comparable to other provinces. James Turk, executive director of the Center for Free Expression, says that's not the point. I mean, making data less available to the public is harmful to the public. The fact that other provinces do it as well is not a good argument for doing it. A spokesperson for finance minister Nate Horner said in a statement that the changes were made to, quote, improve government operations and reduce red tape.

Taylor Lambert, CBC News, Edmonton. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defending his plan to intensify military action in Gaza, which has been widely condemned by many countries, including Canada, by humanitarian groups who say it will make the situation in Gaza worst, And by a growing number of Israeli protesters who believe any surviving hostages will be killed, Netanyahu says, because Hamas has not laid down its arms, it must be perched from Gaza.

No nation can accept a genocidal terrorist organization, an organization committed to its annihilation, a stone's thrill from its citizens. Our goal is not to occupy Gaza. Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists. The war can end tomorrow if Gaza, or rather if Hamas, lays down its arms and releases all the remaining hostages. Netanyahu call reports of Gazans, starving, lies. Al Jazeera says one of its Gaza correspondence has been killed in an Israeli strike. The broadcaster says, Anas al-Sharaf has been killed near the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, along with other journalists and a driver.

Israeli military confirmed the strike, insisting Al Sheref was a Hamas member posing as a reporter. The Committee to Protect Journalists said last month it was concerned for al-Sharef's safety, saying he had become a target of an Israeli military smear campaign. And finally, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey's northwestern coast. On Sunday, officials say the quake caused about a dozen buildings to collapse. One person has died and at least 29 have been injured. You're listening to The Worldless Hour.