The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/10 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/10 at 20:00 EDT

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Wayne Tibido. The stakes will be high at this week's summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are to meet in Alaska on Friday for talks about ending Putin's war on Ukraine.

But as Mike Crawley reports from Washington, Ukraine and its European allies are worried they are being sidelined. The Alaska Summit on Friday will be Russian President Vladimir Putin's first face-to-face meeting with a major Western leader since he started the war in Ukraine. This is President Trump making sure that Putin is serious. The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Ruta, is praising Donald Trump for getting Putin to the table and downplaying concerns that the U.S. president will offer Russia concessions that are unacceptable to Ukraine. It is crucial to know that Ukraine itself, the side of the president, know what they want to do or not want to do in terms of a peace deal.

What Kyiv and its European allies fear is a deal that rewards Putin with the large parts of eastern Ukraine now occupied by Russian forces. Vice President J.D. Vance. It's actually very simple. If you take where the current line of contact between Russia and Ukraine is, we're going to try to find some negotiated settlement that the Ukrainians and the Russians can live with. Mike Crowley, CBC News, Washington. Al Jazeera says,

one of its Gaza correspondence has been killed in an Israeli strike. The broadcaster says Anas Al-Sharaf was killed near the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, along with other journalists and a driver. Israeli military confirmed the strike, insisting Al-Sharaf was a Hamas member, posing as a reporter. The Committee to Protect Journalists said last month, it was concerned for Al-Sheraf's safety, saying he had become the target of an Israeli military smear campaign.

It's a bold order meant to prevent wildfires. Two Atlantic provinces with tinder dry forests and active wildfires are ordering people to stay out of the woods. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are restricting recreational travel hiking, camping, and ATV use. But as Alexander Silberman tells us, some people are pushing back. We must do everything possible to protect each other. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston ordering residents of his province to stay out of the woods. or face a $25,000 fine.

Houston says the strict measures are the price to pay to avoid devastating wildfires. Get out of the woods and stay out of the woods. Premier Susan Holt is urging people to be extremely cautious. She says New Brunswick is not imposing new penalties for now. The restrictions in both provinces are sparking pushback. I don't think it's reasonable. Julissa Stewart can't take her dog for a walk on a trail near her home. Stewart is trying to launch a charter challenge, but fire officials argue the measures are necessary.

Scott Tingley is Nova Scotia's manager of forest protection. The vast majority of fires in Nova Scotia are human cause. We should be able to prevent virtually all of our fires here in Nova Scotia. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Saskatoon. A heat wave in southern Europe has sent temperatures soaring into the high 30s and bringing strong winds. In Spain, soldiers and firefighters are battling wildfires and it's a similar situation in Italy. In Madrid, the thermometer hit 39 degrees Celsius.

Astonishing both locals and tourists, Louise Woodward is travelling from England. Last night was absolutely just the worst heat that I've ever experienced. You're not constantly drinking water. You can find yourself going quite light-headed. It's really quite dangerous. The current heat wave isn't expected to break until Thursday. Canada is also dealing with its own heat wave, parts of BC, Ontario, Quebec,

and the Atlantic provinces are under heat warnings. Environment Canada says daytime highs will feel like 40 degrees Celsius with the humidex. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Wayne Tibado in Charlottetown. Thank you.