The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/12 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/12 at 16:00 EDT

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more than 20,000 people living on the outskirts of st johns have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes a new wildfire erupted near the city on monday premier john hogan the paddies pond fire continues to be very active and the incident management team are utilizing air assets, ground crews, and the St. John's Regional Fire Department to respond continuously today. Hogan says more help is on the way, including two Blackhawk helicopters from Utah. But officials warn it won't be an easy job to put out the fires due to dry weather conditions. Fires across Europe are proving to be deadly. At least two people were killed and thousands more forced to evacuate due to the threat of wildfire.

Ross Cullen reports. is traditionally the hottest month of the year in Europe, but this current heat wave is exceptional. Temperature records have been smashed in the south of the continent, Bordeaux, France, hitting 41 degrees Celsius. Spain is also being impacted by this deadly heat wave, with evacuees rushing to safety after a fire tore through the town of Trescantos. Francisco Martina-Girre, a representative of the Spanish government, says the weather forecast could make things worse, and he urges residents to exercise extreme caution. Other European countries are suffering.

Thousands of firefighters are tackling three major blazers in Portugal, and Italian authorities had to close Mount Vesuvius to tourists on Monday after wildfires broke out on the famous volcano slopes. Ross Cullen, for CBC News, Paris. China is slapping Canadian canola with a 75.8% tariff. The heavy duties are the latest escalation in a trade dispute between the two countries. Trade tensions began a year ago when Ottawa imposed a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. Marina von Stackelberg has the story.

These tariffs are a huge blow to Canadian canola. China is the world's largest canola customer, and it buys more of the seed from Canada than anyone else. Billions of dollars worth every year. Eleanor Olshefsky, the federal minister for Prairie's economic development, would not say whether Canada plans to retaliate. We're just in the process of formulating our response to that, but obviously we disagree with those tariffs. Beijing says this tariff is meant to protect its own canola producers. It accuses Canada of dumping practices. That's when one country exports a product into another at a cheaper price than local producers in the importing country sell it for.

That can undercut a domestic industry. China says it's also looking into the potential dumping of Canadian peastarch. Marina von Stackleberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Law enforcement officers in Washington have begun the Trump administration's crackdown on crime arresting 23 people last night. That's after President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency in the nation's capital. He put police force under federal control and deployed National Guard troops. Spokesperson Caroline Levitt says the White House also wants to remove encampments in D.C.

Homeless individuals will be given the option to leave their encampment, to be taken to a homeless shelter, to be offered addiction or mental health services, and if they refuse, they will be susceptible to fines or to jail time. Trump has long claimed that violent crime is on the uptick in Washington, but police data shows crime is trending downwards. 97 Himalayan mountain peaks in Nepal will be free to climb for the next two years. It's a program aimed at boosting tourism in more remote areas and tackling over tourism at Mount Everest. In recent years, the world's highest peak has suffered overcrowding and environmental concerns. For the first time in nearly a decade, Nepal is also raising the price to summit Everest

to a permit fee of $20,000. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.