The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 05:00 EDT

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it will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike as philip lee shannock reports the airline is now looking to resume operations by this evening but it's unclear how the company plans to operate these flights the union says pay is the big issue both wage improvements and the unpaid work they perform before and after the planes are in the air. The airline says its latest offer would have made its flight attendants the best compensated in Canada. Some say employers like Air Canada

have become too reliant on the federal government to 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 and governments conceding to their demand to 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. European and NATO leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky in Washington for today's talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending Russia's war in Ukraine. U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, says, Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to allow U.S. and European allies to offer a security guarantee to Ukraine.

Cameron McIntosh has more. We have to stop the killings. That is the stark choice facing Ukrainian President Vlodemir Zelensky when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. You don't have the cards. Famously berated on his last trip, this time, he's not going alone. The leaders of the U.K., Germany, Italy, France, Finland, the European Commission, and NATO will 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 Putin wants Ukraine's occupied Dombas region. Zelensky insists Ukraine won't give it up and 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. Voters in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot will decide whether Conservative leader, Pierre Poliev, gets back into the House of Commons. A federal by-election will be held today.

Poliyev is expected to win handily in the small-sea conservative riding. He lost his Ottawa seat in the last election. In Russia, at least 20 people have been killed and 134 injured following a fire at a production facility in the Rizan 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.

A mother in Toronto is in shock after her eight-year-old son was shot and killed while sleeping in his bed. Police are calling the incident a disgusting act of violence. Mercedes-Casimviti 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 complex when a bullet came through the window, hitting him. Detective Sergeant Jason Davis says paramedics rushed him to the hospital, but the eight-year-old didn't survive. This young boy was in bed. He 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 and senseless 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 the lawyer and turn yourself in. We will leave no stone unturn. in our pursuit of you, and we will bring you to justice. Police haven't arrested anyone yet in connection with the shooting. Two other apartment units 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.