The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 23:00 EDT

So you're saying this airline forces the cabin crew to work for free. Tell me you're at least paid for boarding and de-plaining. No. Safety checks. No. Not even medical emergencies. No, but we'll always show up. But they're charging flyers more than ever.

And we're putting in thousands of unpaid hours. Where is that money going? Canada's airline, hey? Unpaid work is a true crime. Visit Unfair Canada.com to hear the whole story. A message from the Air Canada component of Cupy. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar a meeting between the u.s and russian presidents is set to take place in alaska on friday regarding the war in ukraine however ukraine won't be

there but donald trump sounds to be more confident about reaching a deal with vladimir putin to end the war ashley burke has more from washington i think that president putin would like to see a deal Trump says he's now convinced Vladimir Putin will agree to end his war in Ukraine and says there's only a 25% chance talks will fail. He would much rather take over all of Ukraine, but I am present and he's not going to mess around with me. In Russia, Putin met with negotiators and released a video. Saying the Trump administration is making quite an energetic and sincere effort. But in Alaska, the Kremlin's talk. top negotiator told CNN what's important is hearing their side.

And there's lots of misunderstandings, misinformation about the Russian position. And it's also a chance to sort of reset if the meeting goes well, U.S. Russia relations. Ukraine's president's concern Putin could convince Trump that Ukraine should give up land. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ordering the province's public workers back to the office. It's time to get back to work, as simple as that. Currently, provincial government employees are mandated to be in their offices at least three days a week. Ford says half of the public services already working full-time at the office.

For remaining employees, that will increase to four days starting this fall and five days in January. People in Newfoundland and Labrador are getting an idea of the scale of the loss happening in the ongoing wildfire crisis in Atlantic Canada. At least 100 homes have been destroyed. Nicholas Sagan has the latest. Everything can come to these cars, you know, we don't know what we're facing. In Conception Bay North, Newfoundland, a group of volunteer firefighters hose off their black and sooty gear, covering for nearby fire stations who are off fighting the biggest fire in the province.

The Kingston fire is burning more than 8,000 hectares, growing again overnight, new estimates from Premier John Hogan on the damage. There's potentially up to or around 100 structures, 100 homes. homes that had been lost. Others try to shirk the rules, like the newly imposed bans on fires and off-road vehicles. Police in St. John's have arrested and charged a man for arson with disregard to human life and find him $150,000 after brush fires were set in downtown St. John's. Nicholas Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. Israel is moving ahead with plans to build thousands of homes in a new settlement in the occupied West Bank. It would effectively cut the turn.

territory and two, feeling the already intense international anger over expanding settlements, including accusation that breaks international law, a claim Israel rejects. Susan Ormason reports from Jerusalem. Israeli finance minister, Bezalas Mottrish, provoked a political storm. Advancing plans to build out an Israeli settlement in the controversial E1 area, which would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem. It definitely buries. the idea of a Palestinian state, he said, because there's nothing to recognize and no one to

recognize. At a coffee shop in Ramallah, a strong rebuke from resident Jamila Johar. We do not accept any kind of partition or any kind of annexation of any meter in Palestine. Benjamin Netanyahu hasn't responded, even as Smatrish said he had the prime minister's support. Last month, Canada said it strongly opposed E1N. settlement, but final approval could come next week, adding another point of tension in an overhated region. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is your world this hour. Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. We update every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.

Thank you.