The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/17 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/17 at 12:00 EDT

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I'm Claude Faye. We begin in Toronto. Hell no, we won't go. Hell no, we won't go. Saying they will not abide by the back-to-work order imposed by the federal government yesterday to end the one-day-old walkout. The CBC's Linda Ward reports from Pearson International Airport in Toronto.

CUPY leadership here holding a rally bolstered by other unions from the area. They say that they will defy the back-to-work order that was due to take effect at 2 o'clock Eastern time. More than 10,000 flight attendants across Canada will remain on the picket line. This

despite the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordering them to resume their duties. Wesley Lassoski is the president of the Air Canada component of QP. We've seen nothing but gaslighting from the company that employs you. We are done with that narrative.

We go back with respect when we go back. Now, I did speak with Lysoski after the rally. He says to passengers who have been stranded here at Pearson Airport, some for a number of days now, that the union sincerely apologizes, but says they're just at a breaking point. Linda Ward's CBC News at Pearson Airport. Now this afternoon on CBC Radio and CBC News Network,

cross-country checkup is asking should the government have forced Air Canada flight attendants back to work and if you've been affected by the labor dispute. Tune in starting at four Eastern time. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with European leaders ahead of their trip to Washington tomorrow. The so-called Coalition of the Willing held a video call to discuss its ongoing efforts to end the war in Ukraine and to figure out a united approach to their meeting with Donald Trump. Zelensky insists fighting must stop for peace talks to succeed. It's impossible to do this under the pressure of weapons. So it's necessary to ceasefire and work quickly on a final deal.

Putin does not want to stop the killing, but he must do it. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen will accompany Zelensky to Washington as well as the leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy and Finland. A one-day general strike is underway in Israel to protest the government's plans to seize all of Gaza. The action is led by the families of hostages and their supporters. Reporter Blake Sifton is in Tel Aviv. So the family members of the hostages held in Gaza are outraged by this plan by the Israeli government to seize and occupy Gaza City. They have called that a death sentence for their loved ones.

They're demanding that the government prioritized a ceasefire instead of going forward with that operation. They say that protests will be held at some 400 locations across Israel. We've already seen major highways in both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem blocked police on horseback and using water cannons have trying to clear those. There's been arrests. We've seen protests outside of homes of cabinet ministers, and all of the protests are expected to culminate tonight with a very large protest outside of the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.

So the government, as late as Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that, that they will not accept temporary ceasefires. They will only accept a comprehensive ceasefire, which gets all of the hostages back in one go, but is basically the surrender of Hamas. Blake Sifton for CBC News, Tel Aviv. Officials in Nova Scotia say the hot, dry weather is helping to fuel the long lake wildfire. It forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes in Annapolis County. The fire is now estimated to cover more than 1,000 hectares. On Vancouver Island, several communities will remain without power for up to two weeks.

BC Hydro says it's working to get the electricity back up and running as an out-of-control wildfire continues to burn south of Port Albarnie. The power has been out since Monday. Firefighting crews say significant rainfall has allowed them to make progress battling the Mount Underway Wildfire. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you.