The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/21 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/21 at 19:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Saskatchewan is joining Ottawa's diplomatic efforts to lift Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola. Beijing raised the levies to almost 76 percent, accusing Canada of unfair trade practices. Alexander Silberman has more. We've seen quite a bit of pressure on the price. Jeff Frost says tariffs are hurting the value of his canola crop in Olds, Alberta, just weeks before harvest. A new Chinese tariff on canola seed, in addition to existing

duties on canola oil and meal, has shut Canadian producers out of their second largest market. We're sort of hamstrung by what the government has been doing. The federal government says it will discuss the issue with China next week. At the Joint Economic and Trade Commission, Cody Bloy is parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. We know the anxiety of the uncertainty of the market access right now and what this means. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he plans to go to China to lay some diplomatic groundwork. But, you know, ultimately, as I said, it is going to be a nation-to-nation discussion. Moe says the clock is ticking to restore market access to China before the fall harvest.

Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. Israel's Prime Minister says he has ordered the immediate start of negotiations to release hostages and end the war in Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal would have to include terms acceptable to Israel, but he did not comment on a proposal for a phased hostage-release deal that Hamas accepted earlier this week. Netanyahu also says he is pushing ahead with plans to take over Gaza City. Many nations condemn that plan, saying it further displaces Palestinians already grappling

with famine, and endangers the lives of hostage. being held there. We have new details of the case of the four men accused of building up an anti-government militia. The Quebec men, charged with weapons offenses and terrorism, all had military ties. Catherine Tunney has the story. Recently unsealed court documents show one of the Canadian Armed Forces members, now charged with terrorism, allegedly spoke openly about his will to use violence against government authorities. The search warrant request showed that the RCMP were investigating Mark Aureel Chabot.

a 24-year-old military member. They accused him of wanting to create a community opposed to what he saw as government overreach and defended by force if needed. According to these documents, police alleged Shabat was a guest on a podcast, where he spoke about, quote, another wakeo. It's a reference to the 1993 deadly standoff in Texas

between a fringe religious group and U.S. officials that left more than 80 people dead, including children. The documents were used to execute a search warrant in early 2024, when police seized, a massive trove of weapons and ammunition. None of the allegations against the four have been tested in court. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. New research shows the world's largest carnivorous bats have acute and cuddly side.

Spectral bats are apex predators found in rainforests from Mexico to South America. But as Martin Halleck reports, the creatures are both affectionate and gentle. That's the sound of the world's largest carnivorous bats. forming what one researcher has dubbed a cuddle ball. It's one of several complex social behaviors documented for the first time in a wild population of spectral bats. The study found the bats sleep in a tight ball-like huddle and greet each other in a rather human way when returning to roost.

There's kind of a short wrapping its wings around the other, like a short huck, but then letting go. That is lead author Marissa Titka from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany. She set up a motion-activated camera to film the two parents and two pups over three months in Costa Rica. The videos also showed them co-parenting, sharing food, and playfighting. Tietka says these newfound behaviors might help soften their fearsome reputation. People can really see, hey, they're not these dangerous creatures that bite your head off right away or even drink your blood. Martin Halleck, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.