The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 11:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Wise. Our Canada says it will start winding down operations tomorrow, suspending flights and granting refunds to customers. This is after the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice. Mira Baines reports.

The earliest workers can walk off the job is on Saturday at 12.01 a.m. Eastern or 901 p.m. Pacific time. on Friday. Air Canada flight attendants held demonstrations at four major airports on Monday, and last night, the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants issued strike notice. The two sides have been negotiating a new collective agreement since March, going over key issues like wages, work rules, and unpaid hours. People worried about their flights this weekend have options. The airline says that any passengers booked to travel between August 15th and August 18th can change their flight if tickets were purchased no later than August 13th. These passengers will be allowed to change their flights for free

to another date between August 21st and September 12th. Meora Baines, CBC News, Vancouver. In Newfoundland and Labrador, some people who live near the town of Paradise are now being ordered to leave their homes due to wildfires. The state of emergency now includes more parts of Paradise, Conception Bay South, and St. John's. Crews fighting the fires are feeling strained, and as Peter Cowan tells us, residents are on edge.

People are really scared. Marlene LeShane has her bag packed, ready to leave her home in Upper Island Cove on the Bay Verde Peninsula at a moment's notice. The fire is just a five-minute drive away, but she's worried there aren't enough aircraft and crews trying to stop it. Hot dry conditions in most of the province have created a tinder box. Yesterday afternoon, a new fire popped up in a cemetery in Spaniards Bay, an hour from St. John's. Aircraft had to divert away from other fires to snuff it out, and crews are tired. Help is on the way. 70 Canadian forces members are arriving to provide relief on the ground,

and the Premier John Hogan says they're searching the continent for more air support. There's four high-capacity helicopters. Two Blackhawks are on route and should be here Thursday. Those are coming from Utah. That's on top of aircraft already here from Quebec, northwest territories, and New Brunswick. Extra resources aren't cheap. The province says it's paying a million dollars a week for one. one helicopter from Manitoba.

Peter Cowan. CBC News, St. John's. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he had a good meeting with European leaders this morning. He told the news conference that he hopes a ceasefire will be the main issue at Friday summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, but he says all three leaders need to meet. Trump did join this meeting's gathering in Berlin virtually. Zelensky said he told Trump that Putin was only bluffing about wanting to end the war.

And in Washington, D.C., national guard troops made their first patrols last night, part of U.S. President Trump's unprecedented takeover of policing in the nation's capital. The extra officers are causing some conflicted feelings amongst those who live there. Cameron McIntosh has more. Many don't like how President Trump has imposed this, but crime while improving is a big issue in D.C. In some hard-hit areas, extra policing is being welcomed. Sandra Seegers is a community activist in southwest Washington.

I've been one of the national guards in this area for years. I like it. I love it. I feel safe already. Now, D.C.'s mayor, Muriel Bowser, is walking a fine line here. She's critical of Trump, but also under a lot of pressure to fix crime. She and police chief Pamela Smith say they'll make the best of the additional resources. We will allocate and look at the locations around our city. where we have, where we believe there are areas of pockets of crime that we would like to address. Because D.C. has no state government, the president does have authority to take temporary control in times of crisis.

There is plenty of debate whether Washington's crime rate qualifies. The White House says it will all be re-evaluated after 30 days. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Wise. Thank you.