The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/20 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/20 at 20:00 EDT

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I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The U.S. is slapping sanctions on a Canadian judge serving at the International Criminal Court. Kimberly Prost authorized an investigation into potential war crimes committed in Afghanistan by both the Taliban and U.S. troops. The White House accuses her of meddling with American sovereignty. It also sanctioned three others who supported

the arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister. United Nations spokespersons Dufan Du Harik says the work of the ICC must be respected. Judicial independence is a basic principle that must be respected. And these types of measures undermine the foundation of international justice. The ICC says it stands firmly behind its judges and will continue fulfilling its mandates. Israel's military says it has begun the first steps of its push into Gaza City. That's as the nation orders 60,000 reservists to report for duty. Many nations and aid groups have condemned the Israeli plan to occupy new parts of the city.

Sasha Petrissik has that story. With Gaza City already emptying, Israel's moving ahead with two controversial plans, Palestinians see as attempts to deny them their territories, moves also condemned by many world leaders. In Gaza, the Israeli military says it's calling up 60,000 reservists as it begins what it calls a targeted operation to root out Hamas militants. For Gazans, Israeli troops are here to destroy the Palestinian people, says Ahmed al-Farra. Meanwhile, the Israeli government gave the final. go-ahead for new Jewish settlements that would cut off the occupied West Bank from annexed East Jerusalem. A move far-right cabinet minister Bezal Smotricks says buries any chance of a Palestinian state.

Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Toronto. Air Canada says it will cover certain transportation expenses incurred by their customers during the recent work stoppage. The airline says it will reimburse travelers if, if they had a cancelled flight originally scheduled to depart from August 15th to August 23rd. The refund will be offered if Air Canada was unable to rebook them and if they made alternative arrangements themselves. A form to request that refund is now available on Air Canada's website. The RCMP has arrested and charged a Calgary man in connection with the abduction of a 12-year-old boy.

But police say the abduction followed a vigilante plan gone wrong. The victim and six other boys had targeted the suspect in a catch-a-preditor scheme, RCMP Corporal Gina Slaney. These children actually started conversation with the accused on Snapchat and made arrangements to meet the suspect. And unfortunately, it didn't go as planned. The child did voluntarily get in the vehicle with the suspect, but then the suspect drove away. Slaney says the boy managed to escape and called police for help.

The suspect was picked up at his home in Calgary. He is facing charges of kidnapping, sexual interference, and forcible confinement. Hurricane Aaron is moving closer to the U.S. eastern seaboard. It has been downgraded to a category two storm, and forecasters don't expect it to make landfall, but the outer edges of the storms are expected to bring high winds, life-threatening rip currents, and storm surge to coastal communities. Drew Pearson is with Dare County Emergency Men. management in North Carolina.

Our biggest concern right now is the life-threatening ocean conditions that are out there. People need to stay out of the ocean. In Derek County, we have a twin prohibition in place. Our next threat is what's coming with the high tide. We're anticipating two to four feet of life-threatening storm surge with breaking waves of up to 15 feet on top. That is going to push water into our communities. Aaron is expected to lash Atlantic provinces with high winds and rain starting on Friday.

And that's the world this hour. ABC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.