The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 07:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg all four atlantic provinces southern ontario and southern quebec are bracing for another day of punishing heat and humidity daytime highs could reach 35 degrees Celsius in some parts in new brunswick conditions are prime for the wildfires already burning there new rules kicked in yesterday morning banning most activities in the woods And as Brett Ruskin reports, the Premier is calling the current situation unprecedented. On the Canadian wildfire map, the East Coast is lit up red with the fire threat level at extreme. Just outside Moncton, New Brunswick's largest city, crews are fighting an out-of-control fire.

The water hoses are taking such a toll on the municipal system that some parts of the city are under a boil water advisory due to stirred up sediment in the supply. Farther north, near Miramashie, another fire has seen three homes and a cottage evacuated with a dozen other families on alert, told to be ready to leave if the flames get closer. Even with water bombers, helicopters, and crews on the ground, the provincial minister of natural resources said under the current conditions, that fire is beyond control. In Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, officials have closed the woods,

banning any activities in forested areas for fear it could. spark, more fires. It will be at least a few more days without rain. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, Halifax. In Israel, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after several journalists with Al Jazeera were killed in an Israeli air strike. It happened yesterday in Gaza City. The CBC Susan Ormiston has more from Jerusalem. Funerals in Gaza this morning for journalists killed Sunday in an Israeli air strike. One of them, Anas al-Sharif, was a prominent. reporter for Al Jazeera. The IDF confirmed his death, claiming he was the head of a Hamas

cell advancing rocket attacks while posing as a journalist. Al Jazeera strongly denies the claim, managing editor Mohamed Mawad, said the Israeli strike targeted a media tent outside Al-Shefa hospital, killing five of his team. They weren't in a front line or in a military zone or something like that. The UN has launched an investigation. The Committee to Protect journalists had warned two weeks ago that al-Sharif was in grave danger. At a news conference Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he directed the Israeli army to allow more journalists to enter Gaza. International media, including the CBC, are barred by Israel from entering the territory.

Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Jerusalem. Ahead of a meeting between Russia and the U.S., Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky says Russia hasn't made any real steps towards peace. Zelensky called for increasing economic pressure and sanctions on Russia to stop the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. Trump says the goal of the talks is to end the war, but European leaders say peace can't be reached without Ukraine at the table. They issued a joint statement this weekend, which pushes for a just and lasting peace for Ukraine. Vice President J.D. V. President,

Vance said in an interview yesterday, the U.S. is working to set up a meeting that includes Ukraine. A 17-year-old wrestler from Chester, Nova Scotia, will be competing at the Canada Games in St. John's while wearing a hijab. Shahad Alouche will wear the scar formed by some Muslim women that covers their hair, neck, and ears as a symbol of their faith. She says wearing a hijab while wrestling is a challenge because few referees are familiar with how to deal with it. And she recalls a match where an opponent accidentally tugged at her hijab, leaving her shaken. My opponent was trying to take off my hijab, and I was really uncomfortable. I totally forgot how to wrestle, because knowing the fact that someone is trying to take

off your hijab, it's like same as me trying to take off her single-like. But my coach came up with the idea, like, just to let the rest know or just like let the opponent know about my heapsed. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fake. Thank you.