The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 05:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. The city of Anchorage, Alaska is about to host the two most important men on earth. U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow. Suzanne LaFrance is the mayor of Anchorage. There's certainly excitement being upon the global stage and a lot of attention worldwide. Trump and Putin will determine. discuss the war in Ukraine. Trump is hoping for a breakthrough that could lead to a peace deal. Sergei Sinovich is a fellow at Stanford University who specializes in Russian politics.

He says Putin can claim a victory just by showing up. I think he achieved certainly already an important goal of coming back to U.S. soil and having this summit with the leader of the free world. The U.S. even lifted for a few days some of the sanctions. so that meeting would be set up in Alaska. Ukrainian president, Volodemir Zelensky, isn't invited to the summit, although he spoke with Trump yesterday, ahead of the meeting with Putin. And if things go well Friday, Trump says Ukraine will play a greater role in future talks.

For two years, countries have been trying to come up with a treaty to end plastic pollution. They're meeting for the sixth time now in Geneva. Negotiators are hoping it's the last time they have to convene. But with less than 24 hours left in the talks, there are still deep divisions. Jennifer Yoon reports. Microplastics have been found all throughout the human body. Scientists like Dr. Chris Carlston are only just starting to find out exactly what it's doing to our health. I don't think there's any question that these are having effects on our body immunologically.

We create over 400 million tons of new plastic every year, and that number is on track to triple in the coming decades. Canada is among the countries that have gathered in Geneva. They're supposed to come up with a legally binding treaty that would end plastic pollution. Erin Sillsby is part of the Canadian delegation. But we have done much work, we have a long way to go. About 100 countries want to put a cap on new plastic production, but others oppose that. Talks are expected to wrap up today. All 175 countries gathered need to agree to the treaty.

If they manage to get it done, it would be the first ever legally. binding treaty on plastic pollution. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. A jury in Utah has just found a man guilty of raping a former girlfriend in 2008. Nicholas Rossi was accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade charges. He was arrested in Scotland after showing up to a hospital with COVID during the pandemic. As tropical storm Aaron intensifies into a hurricane, many in the U.S. are bracing for the potential impacts of cuts to the agency that studies and forecasts dangerous storms. Katie Nicholson has more from Miami.

This is just horrific. Veteran broadcast meteorologist John Morales broke down on air as Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified off the Florida coast last October. This year, something else is upsetting him. We're down 560 people in the U.S. National Weather Service. The Trump administration cut hundreds of jobs from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its National Weather Service. Last week, the administration greenlit hiring 450 people at the Weather Service, but it's unlikely they'll be in place in time for peak hurricane season. Hundreds of research jobs are still axed. Morales worries the cuts could impact how many hurricane hunter flights fly into the storms and collect data. Noah also shares information with Canada during

hurricane season. Environment and climate change, Canada says it has contingencies. It can work with. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Miami. Early advance voting numbers are in for the next week's federal by-election in Alberta. About 14,000 people cast a ballot in the riding of Battle River Crowfoot over a four-day period, more than 200 candidates are in the race, including conservative leader Pierre Palliev. He's trying to get back in Parliament after losing his Ottawa seat in April's general election. The by-election is Monday. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.