The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/21 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/21 at 06:00 EDT

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initial stage of a new military operation in gaza city israeli troops are already said to be advancing into the outskirts of gaza city with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he is speeding up the timeline for the IDF to target all remaining Hamas strongholds, all of which has led to a statement from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. It is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages and to avoid the massive deaths and destruction that a military operation against Gaza City would inevitably cause. Ahead of this new campaign, Israel announced it as calling up 60,000 military reservists

who were being told to be prepared to join the war effort by next month. Ukraine is reporting that Russia has launched one of its largest air attacks of the year. It's a wreckage of a residential building in Lviv being cleared away. the capital Kiev was also a target of the overnight attacks. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy is saying many, but not all of the 500 drones and 40 missiles fired by Russia were intercepted. And Moscow says it will continue these attacks as if efforts to end the war were not happening. Venezuela is in the process of mobilizing its military as U.S. warships make their way now

toward the southern Caribbean. The American vessels have been deployed by the Trump White House, which says it is launching a campaign to bring down the region's drug cartels. But the Venezuelan government says the real goal is to oust President Nicholas Maduro. Manuel Rueira reports. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is pushing back against the deployment of U.S. warships to the Southern Caribbean. Earlier this week, he announced his government will mobilize all of its reservists

to prepare Venezuela for a possible U.S. attack. No empire is going to touch the sacred soil of U. Venezuela, he said. U.S. officials have said that three destroyers are on their way to international waters near Venezuela's coast. Another group of three ships carrying a land enforced with 4,000 Marines is expected to arrive in the area next week. The Trump administration has accused the Venezuelan leader of being a major drug trafficker. Earlier this week, press secretary Caroline Levitt said that the U.S. government wants Maduro to face justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela. It is a narco-terrorism.

cartel. He is a fugitive head of this cartel. Manuel Rueda for CBC News, Bogota. A potentially deadly tick-borne illness is spreading to Canada. At this point, it's more common in the United States, but the infection is gradually being carried north. And as Jala Bernstein reports, it is treatable, but it has to be caught early. Don't stop enjoying the Great Outdoors, but do take precautions. That's the advice of McGill University biologist, Virginie Millien.

for closing. Then when will you get back home, tick check? Human-driven climate change means ticks are surviving farther north, and Lyme disease isn't the only threat they carry. This week, a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was reported in Quebec. Doctors suspect that infection was picked up in southern Ontario or Quebec's eastern townships. This is sadly not surprising. Dr. Isaac Bogosh is an infectious diseases specialist with Toronto General Hospital. It's a very serious infection. and it can result in death if it's not identified quickly and treated quickly. The signs of Rocky Mountain spotted fever are right in the name.

Fever, headache, nausea, and a rash, usually pinpoint spots or red splotches. Jela Bernstein, CBC News, Montreal. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Chio Cummings. Thank you.