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

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

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

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg and we begin in washington this is liberation day in dc and we're going to take our capital back we're taking it back donald trump says he's getting tough on crime in the united states capital this morning the u.s president announced that he is placing washington's police department under federal control trump also announced he will deploy the national guard to the city And he plans to call in reinforcements to help lock up criminals and get those without homes off the street. In New Brunswick, hot dry conditions are prime for wildfires already burning there. New rules kicked in yesterday morning banning most activities in the woods.

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. The CBC Susan Armistin 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-Shifa 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. A man has miraculously been found after going missing for more than a week in northern BC. The search area was a huge 1,800 square kilometers, and Andrew Barber was finally spotted by Air Crews with the help of his SOS signs. Georgie Smyth reports.

He was in poor health. He was having a hard time standing. Bob Zimmerman from Quinell's search and rescue was part of the effort to find 39-year-old Andrew Barber, who had been missing in the Caribou Wilderness for nine days after venturing out in his truck for a hike. Aerial search maps from Cruz showed just how many times crews flew in over the terrain between Quinell and Williams Lake. Initially, the information received was quite vague as to a possible location for the truck. For days, they were looking for anything until they saw a wink of light. his truck. About an hour later, they found an SOS message written in the mud of a dried-out pond

and sitting on a rock nearby was Barber. I don't know that he would have made it another 24 hours without us recovering him. Barber, who had no food and was drinking from the pond, was taken to hospital and is recovering. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague. Thank you.