The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/15 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/15 at 18:00 EDT

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vladimir putin are meeting right now in alaska and the future of ukraine hangs in the balance the leaders greeted each other this afternoon after landing lisa shing has more as russian president vladimir putin walked toward him u.s president donald trump clapped they smiled shaking hands before We're driving off together in Trump's presidential limo. I want to see a ceasefire rapidly. Trump was clear he wants the war in Ukraine to end. But I'm not going to be happy if it's not today. He has long stated his desire to end the fighting,

but neither Ukraine nor Russia have indicated they'll budge on key demands. Moscow wants territorial concessions. Kiev security guarantees. Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, reminding the world, Russia continues to attack his country even amid these times. We count on a strong U.S. position, he said. Everything will depend on it. Both the White House and Kremlin say if the initial meeting goes well, there could be a second summit, one that includes Zelensky.

Lisa Shing, CBC News, Washington. The Union representing Air Canada's flight attendants has rejected the company's request for binding arbitration. They're urging the airline to continue collective bargaining. Meanwhile, hundreds of flights have been canceled ahead of a potential. strike. Philip Lyshanock has the latest. Andres Mendes' flight out of Toronto's Pearson Airport has been pushed back three hours. We're hoping that is just a delay. Air Canada says it's ramping up cancellations after the union representing its flight attendants

rejected the company's request for federal arbitration. Spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick says the airline is winding down operations, upending travel for tens of thousands of passengers. We're already experienced a labor disruption, even before the strike started. So that's why we're having the cancellations. Natasha Stey is with the Flight Attendance Union. She believes the company would rather the government intervene than bargain in good faith. Why are they canceling your flights? We're at the table. We want to talk. The strike deadline is 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Air Canada says check its website

before heading to the airport. Philip Lyshanock, CBC News, Toronto. In Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, new evacuation orders have been issued for homes in the West Delhousie area. A wildfire sparked by a lightning strike is burning out of control, and it's already about three square kilometers in size. Wildfires are also burning in New Brunswick, including the largest, which is an out-of-control blaze near Miramashie. But no communities are in any imminent danger. Firefighters on Vancouver Islands say the weather has helped calm and out-of-control wildfires, near Port Albany, BC. The BC Wildfire Service says about 17 millimeters of rain overnight

has lowered the behavior of the Mount Underwood Blaze. Carly de Rose is with the service. She says there has been minimal growth on this fire since yesterday. The rain combined with cooler overnight temperatures has really helped to moderate fire behavior and that's allowing our crews to get in and work in areas that were previously just too dangerous to access. Smoke from the Mount Underwood fire triggered an air

quality statement in the region, along with parts of Vancouver Islands East Coast and the Sunshine Coast on the BC mainland. The city of Port Albany has opened a relief center for those looking to escape the smoke and escape the heat. Spanish firefighters are battling 14 major wildfires driven by high winds and aggravated by extreme heat. So far, seven people have been killed by the fires. Southern Europe is having its worst summer for wildfires in 20 years. A teacher at a BC Secondary School has been charged with several offenses, including internet luring of a child, making an importing child pornography, and making sexually explicit material available to a child under 18 years of age. Levesh Ramzaha taught at Pitt Meadows Secondary School, and it's not

clear if the victim or victims were students at that school. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.