The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/17 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/17 at 05:00 EDT

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volonimir zalensky at the white house on monday this comes after trump met with the russian president vladimir putin in alaska on friday but did not manage to make a peace deal lindsay duncombe has the latest donald trump has changed his mind about what he ultimately wants he now says he wants a permanent peace agreement instead of a temporary ceasefire. Vladimir Putin is back in Russia. He held a news conference for reporters there and called the Alaskan summit successful. And Vladimir Zelensky is saying that he is actually going to be in Washington on Monday ahead of that meeting. Now, the perpetual sticking point seems to be what will happen in the Donbass region. Russia wants full control of the region. Ukraine has said that's not going to happen. Lindsay Duncombe, CBC News, Anchorage.

The federal government has stepped into the labor dispute between Air Canada and the Union representing its flight attendants just 12 hours after they went on strike and walked off the job. As Philip Lee Shanak reports, Kupi is now accusing Jobs Minister Patty Heidu of crushing flight attendance charter rights. Defiance on the picket line outside Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Now is not the time to take risks with our economy. Saying the two sides were clearly at an impasse, Jobs Minister Patty Heidu invoked Section 107 of the Canadian Labor Code

to order binding arbitration between the airline and its union. It means operations will restart, although it's not clear when the 10,000 flight attendants will return to work. A work stoppage would cause thousands of Canadians to be stranded abroad and across this country, and this is simply unacceptable. Howie-hide you? Shame on you! The Flight Attendance Union, Kupi, says Ottawa has rewarded Air Canada for not bargaining in good faith. It rejected the employer's last request for binding arbitration.

Fultesha, CBC News, Mississauga, Ontario. Nova Scotia RCMP are asking the public for help after a series of grass fires were reported near the town of Oxford. Evidence was found suggesting fires were set intentionally. RCMP corporal Troy Gill says it appears some kind of excellent was used. He says it's unsettling given they threaten both lives and livelihoods. Cameron County is a big farmland community and they rely on whether it be cattle, sheep, horses as well. Not only are these people who are setting these fires putting people's lives and their homes. at risk. They're also putting the animals at risk as well, which is very concerning for the

RCMP. Gil says police are looking to speak with witnesses and anyone who may have footage from the area. Hurricane Aaron has now been downgraded to a category three storm. The hurricane is currently in the area that is in the east-southeast of Grand Turk Island. Steve Furnerman has the latest. All along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean, they are keeping a close watch on Aaron. It's already surprised weather forecasters with its rapid intensification. For a while yesterday, Aaron grew into a Category 5 hurricane, and in places like Puerto Rico, they are feeling some of the effects, with strong winds and heavy rains. Aaron's path right now is keeping it north of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas, but all those

locations are being hit by significant rainfall. At some point today, Aaron is expected to start to turn north. And even though Aaron is not expected to make actual landfall along the U.S. East Coast, there still could be problems. Michael Brennan is director of the National Hurricane Center. The other thing we're very concerned about is the potential for surf and rip currents, dangerous conditions developing almost along the entire east coast of the United States, beginning Monday here in Florida, spreading up into the Carolinas. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is your world this hour for CBC News.

I'm Neil Kumar.