The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 10:00 EDT

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newfoundland and labrador as they tried to get several wildfires under control one of the largest is in the kingston area where the heat and high winds whipped up flames premier john hogan says that has made it difficult to relay news to those who have been displaced unfortunately we can't based on the suppression efforts and the smoke evaluate exactly what structures are lost at this time, but we will continue to evaluate and provide that detail information to the individuals as soon as we can. A regional state of emergency remains in effect for a large portion of the Bay Diverd, and the Kingston fire has now grown to more than 5,000 hectares. New Brunswick is asking for help from other provinces to battle the 12

wildfires burning there. John Heron is the Minister of Natural Resources. It is well known in this region in particular, is that we're usually the ones who actually send firefighters to other jurisdictions. For the first time, unprecedented, we have actually asked for boots on the ground. Aaron says the Irish town fire just outside of Moncton is still burning out of control. The province is telling residents, be ready to leave home on short notice. European foreign ministers are holding an emergency strategy meeting on the war in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir. Putin are set to discuss paths to ending the war later this week in Alaska.

Crystal Gamansing reports from London. Simon McDonald, the former head of the UK Foreign Office, warns the world should brace for the meeting between President's Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. He is going to ask for things that nobody else would concede, nobody else with the possible exception of Donald Trump. EU leaders will have to have faith that will happen. They're not invited Friday. neither is Ukraine. Today, EU foreign ministers are meeting virtually. Radix Akorski is Poland's foreign

minister. We all want peace, but it has to be a fair one. Since Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there's been no indication he's willing to give up on his war aims of permanently taking Ukrainian territory. Ukraine's president says they will not give up any territory land they've been defending with their lives. Constitutionally, it would need to be put to a vote for Ukrainians to approve. Crystal Gamanscing, CBC News, London. Now, Trump says he wants to crack down on crime in his country's capital by moving people who are homeless out,

and he's considering taking over the local police department to make it happen. Journalist Kate Fisher reports from Washington. He has taken to his social media platform, True Social to tell us that he says he intends to end crime, murder and death while also reintroducing cleanliness and general physical renovation and condition. He has said that he wants to immediately clear people who are homeless and take swift action against crime. We've already been told that a number of FBI agents have already started to be deployed overnight to work with their local law enforcement partners expected to announce that he intends to deploy the National Guard

in the city as well, something that is not wanted by the city's mayor, but the city's mayor points to, in fact, there has been, according to police statistics, a drop in violent crime, a drop of 26% this year compared with last year and a drop in homicides of 12%. Kate Fisher for CBC News, Washington. travelers visited Canada in July compared to last year. New data from statistics Canada shows that air travels by non-residents was up 3% over the same time period in 2024. But cross-border travel between Canada and the U.S. by car is way down. The data shows Canadians returning via land crossing from the U.S. fell nearly 37% in July compared to last year. And Americans visiting Canada by

The car also dropped by just over 7%. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag.