The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/10 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/10 at 19:00 EDT

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Find the latest season wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Wayne Tibur. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session today as a growing list of countries condemned the Netanyahu government's military plans in Gaza. But as Kate Fisher tells us, the U.S. is not among them. All members of the council supported the special session except for the U.S., interim American ambassador Dorothy Shea said the meeting was undermining efforts to hold Hamas accountable.

The United States government believes that today's meeting is emblematic of the counterproductive role that far too many governments have played on this issue. But UN Assistant Secretary General Miroslav Jenka warned that Israel's plans could trigger another calamity in Gaza, which would reverberate across the region and cause further forced displacement, killings and destruction. Just before the Security Council meeting got underway, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his government's proposed offensive at a news conference, saying he must protect Israel and wants to free Garzans from living

under Hamas control. Kate Fisher for CBC News, Washington. Meanwhile in Tel Aviv, the families of hostages are asking Israelis to join them in a major strike in a week's time. Lesha Levy's husband is being held in Gaza as a hostage. We are here today to call on Israel's largest companies, trade union and the tech sector to stop everything. In order to save our hostages and our soldiers, we are doing this because we have no choice.

Family members are opposed to Netanyahu's plan to expand military action in Gaza, saying any surviving hostages will be killed, They want Netanyahu to negotiate a ceasefire for the hostages. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey's northwestern province on Sunday. The quake caused about a dozen buildings to collapse. Officials say an elderly woman died shortly after being pulled out alive from the debris of a collapsed building. At least 29 others have been injured. The earthquake could be felt some 200 kilometers away in Istanbul and has been followed by aftershocks.

A wildfire emergency in Newfoundland and Labrador is changing fast. There are four out-of-control wildfires in the province. Kate Gillis has the latest. Extreme hot, dry, windy conditions aren't doing fire crews any favors. As they try to fight the Kingston fire on Newfoundland's Beta Verde Peninsula, it grew to nearly 4,900 hectares last night, burning at least nine homes in the region since it started last week. It's the second major fire in the area since May.

This time, one local mayor, Curtis Delaney, says it's still too early to tell how bad things will be. I have a home in Bogd Coast, and I mean, I don't know if I have a home to come back to. Today, Premier John Hogan promising government help, as more homes have been lost in three communities. With three other major fires burning, Hogan says all the focus is on the Kingston fire. With weather conditions and the forecast provoking extreme fire behavior, it could do. take days for crews to contain the out-of-control fire. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. In New Brunswick, a wildfire is burning out of control just outside the city of Merrimashie.

It was first reported on Wednesday and has grown to an estimated 240 hectares, more than 10 times its original size. New Brunswick has called in water bombers from Quebec to help fight it. Adam Lorden is the mayor of Merrimashie. You know, we're being told that there is no immediate evacuation requirement. and that they don't foresee that happening any time in the short term. So, again, I think people in the city are on a heightened state of awareness, wanting to pay attention. Loredon says the local fire department is providing support to provincial firefighters who are on the ground.

And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Wayne Tivodeau in Charlottetown. Thank you.