The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 12:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg the u.s president is deploying hundreds of national guard troops in the nation's capital to crack down on crime donald trump claims gang activity is rampant in washington that's despite dc police data showing violent crime overall is at a 30 year low trump says the increased surge in federal law enforcement will continue for as long as needed You'll have more police and you'll be so happy because you'd be safe. When you walk down the street, you're going to see police or you're going to see FBI agents. We're going to have a lot of agents on the streets. You're going to have a lot of essentially military and we will bring in the military if it's needed.

Trump also says he'll remove homeless people from the city but did not specify where they would go, adding only that they have to move out and go, quote, far away. It was a brutal weekend for firefighters in 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 individual.

as soon as we can. A regional state of emergency remains in effect for a large portion of the Bay DeVird. 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. Heron 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.

And all four Atlantic provinces, southern Ontario and southern Quebec, are bracing for another day of punishing heat and humidity. Environment Canada is warning, daytime highs could reach 35 degrees Celsius in some parts, and the humidity could make it feel closer to 40 degrees. It's recommending people drink water in these conditions and keep a close eye out for signs of heat exhaustion. European foreign ministers are holding an emergency strategy meeting on the war in Ukraine. U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to discuss paths to ending the war later this week in Alaska. But the EU says any ceasefire talks must include Ukraine.

Crystal Gamansing reports from London. Simon MacDonald, 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. Radixokoski is Poland. 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 Gamansing, CBC News, London. air travelers visited Canada in July compared to last year. New data from statistics Canada shows that air arrivals by non-residents was up 3% over the same 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 that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.