The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 03:00 EDT

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CBC News projects he will win the by-election in the riding of Battle River Crowfoot after he lost his longtime Ottawa seat during April's general election. Julia Wong reports. Thank you very much to the great people of Battle River Crowfoot. Pollyev will soon be back in Parliament after a by-election in rural Alberta. In front of a small crowd, Pollynev said how much he appreciated the people of Battle River Crowfoot. I am grateful that I will have the chance to be their humble servant. Polyev lost his Ottawa riding in April and chose to run in a riding where conservative MPs have always won with more than 70% of the vote.

Polyev appears to have won handily. David Stewart, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary, says the results should put to rest questions about Pahlia's future as conservative leader. With this kind of result, I don't think it has any impact, if anything, may be marginally positive. Pollyov will be heading back to Ottawa with a seat in the House and as leader of the official opposition. Julia Wong, CBC News, Camrose, Alberta. Plans are in the works for a meeting between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It comes one day after meetings at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump and several European leaders. Cameron McIntosh has reaction from Washington. Ukraine will never stop on the way to peace. Outside the White House, Ukrainian President Vlodomir Zelenskyy saying he's ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. And we are ready for any kind of form us, but on the level of leaders. U.S. President Donald Trump says he's setting up a meeting. after Zelensky and European leaders spent the day at the White House discussing plans to have Europe provide post-war security for Ukraine with U.S. support.

Trump says Russia wants to keep the Ukrainian territory it occupies. An early sign of how daunting this may be, Ukraine and Europe want to negotiate under a ceasefire. Russia is refusing. Let's try to put pressure on Russia. German Chancellor Friedrich Mers insisting a fair deal can't be reached while fighting continues. The credibility of this. efforts are depending on at least a ceasefire.

Last week, Trump couldn't get a ceasefire from Putin, who is still attacking Ukraine. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. Thousands of Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike. The union representing them says workers plan to stay on the picket lines, defying a federal back-to-work order. Sarah Mitchell is a stranded-air Canada passenger in Barcelona. It's so frustrating because you can't even get through to a person. It's just an automated system that picks up.

You have to listen through a message for about two or three minutes, and then it automatically hangs up on you every single time. Last night, the Union and Air Canada met with a mediator, but there's no word yet if they made any progress. The federal government says there are more than 700 fires burning in every province and territory. 68 are out of control, including the Kingston fire in Newfoundland. Karen Paul's reports.

All day, people, People stand on this hill between Victoria and Hart's content Newfoundland, watching plumes of smoke and the flare-up of flames on the horizon. It's been actually terror here. Max and Lorraine Warren live just outside the evacuation zone. Very stressful. And we don't know when we've got to leave our home. Water bombers scoop up water and dump it on the Kingston fire, Newfoundland's largest, at nearly 100 square kilometers.

3,000 people are evacuated, about 14,000 more on evacuation, Notice. Already more than 100 homes have been destroyed. As Newfoundlanders grapple with loss, Nova Scotians are holding their breath. The largest wildfire in the Annapolis Valley growing quickly. Ottawa says it's working on a plan to better respond to immediate threats and later to help communities rebuild. Karen Paul's CBC News near Victoria, Newfoundland. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Huron. land.