The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 03:00 EDT
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00:26Certain conditions apply.from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar the union representing air canada flight attendants saysit will defy the back to work order and remain on strike as philip lee shannock reports the airlineis now looking to resume operations by this evening but it's unclear how the company plans to operatethese flights the union says pay is the big issue both wage improvements and the unpaid work they performbefore and after the planes are in the air.The airline says its latest offerwould have made its flight attendants
01:06the best compensated in Canada.Some say employers like Air Canadahave become too reliant on the federal governmentto settle contract disputes.Well, I think this is the chickens coming home to roost.Air Canada has taken,and other employers, federally regulated as well,have really taken advantage of trying to pressure governments
01:26and governments conceding to their demandto order people.back to work. In a statement to CBC News, Patty Haidu's office told us that, like many Canadians,the minister is monitoring the situation closely and referred us to the Canada Industrial Relations Board,which did not get back to us for the comment.Philip Lyshanock, CBC News, Toronto.Voters in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot will decide whether a conservative leader,Pierre Poliev, gets back into the House of Commons. A federal by-election will be held today.
01:55Polyeuf is expected to win handily in the small-sea conservative riding. He lost his Ottawa seat.in the last election.European and NATO leaders will join Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky in Washingtonfor today's talks with U.S. President Donald Trumpon ending Russia's war in Ukraine.U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, saysRussian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to allow
02:15U.S. and European alliesto offer security guarantee to Ukraine.Cameron McIntosh has more.We have to stop the killings.That is the stark choice facing Ukrainian PresidentVlodomier Zelenskywhen he meets U.S. President Donald Trumpin Washington on Monday.
02:31You don't have the cards.Famously berated on his last trip, this time, he's not going alone.The leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Finland, the European Commission, and NATOwill be with him, all meeting virtually preparing to present a unified front.We had an extremely productive meeting.Trump, after his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday, told them Putinwants Ukraine's occupied Dombas region.Zelensky insists Ukraine won't give it up
03:00and wants Trump to guarantee Ukraine's security and independence.This is our main task. We need security to work in practice like Article 5 of NATO.Cameron McIntosh, CBC News.In Russia, at least 20 people have been killed and 134 injuredfollowing a fire at a production field city in the Riazon region.The state news agency RIA reports the incident occurred during the overnight hours.Local emergency services have been called to the scene.It is not clear from Russian media reports what caused the fire.
03:34A mother in Toronto is in shock after her eight-year-old son was shot killed while sleeping in his bed.Police are calling the incident a disgusting act of violence.Mercedes-Gasimbi spoke with family and friends of the victim.The mother of eight-year-old Javei Roy says she and her son were in his bed at their apartment complexwhen a bullet came through the window, hitting him.Detective Sergeant Jason Davis says paramedics,him to the hospital, but the eight-year-old didn't survive.This young boy was in bed.
04:01He was in his home, the safest place that you can be.Marcel Wilson is a friend of the victim's family.There are no words that can capture the pain of losing a child in such a horrific andsenseless way.A family is shattered.Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkew has a message to anyone who was involved in the shooting.I encourage you to contact a lawyer and turn yourself in.We will leave no stone unturned in our pursuit of you, and we will bring you to
04:27to justice. Police haven't arrested anyone yet in connection with the shooting. Two other apartmentunits were hit by stray bullets, but no one else was hurt. Javeh's mother says he was a funny,sweet kid who loved his siblings and his cousins. Mercedes Gaston B-Day, CBC News, Toronto.And that is your world is hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.Thank you.
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