The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 09:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings for the first time the u.n department that assesses global hunger is officially confirming there is famine in gaza tom fletcher is the u.s. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs it is a famine on all of our watch everyone owns this the gaza is the world's famine. It is a famine that asks, but what did you do? A famine that will and must haunt us all. The UN agency declares a famine when at least 20% of households are experiencing extreme food scarcity. Last month, it warmed of famine-like conditions. Now it's confirming the

situation has worsened dramatically. This says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly denied there is a hunger crisis in the territory. There are reports the FBI is searching the Maryland home of former Trump administration National Security Advisor John Bolton. It appears as well that his Washington office is being searched. It's being suggested as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents. Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and as the White House National Security Advisor during Donald Trump's first term in office. But Bolton has since become a vocal critic of the president, repeatedly saying he is unfit for office.

The Trump administration says it's in the process of scrutinizing more than 50 million people who are currently holding U.S. visas. It is looking for violations that could lead them to being thrown out of the country. That includes criminal activity, terrorism, or what they deem to be threats to public safety. Among other things, government officials will be examining social media accounts and police reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting this hour with his cabinet the day after he spoke on the telephone with the U.S. President. Rafi Bujucanian reports. The cabinet will be focused on the Canada-U.S. relationship. Just yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney had that call with U.S. President Donald Trump.

One, a source says Carney initiated. On the same day, Carney's Foreign Affairs Minister, Anita Anand, was in D.C. meeting her counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Now, everyone's describing this call and this meeting as productive, but the two countries are still in a trade war. At one point, they were going to come to some kind of agreement for a trade deal in July, then that became August, and now the pressure is starting to mount. And that means the official opposition, the conservatives who just got their leader Pierre Pallivre re-elected, will have a big criticism to point to once the House is back in session. Rafi Wooducanian, CBC News, Arwa. There are mounting concerns among health care advocates about the State of Canada's National Pharmacare Program. To date, Ottawa's finalized agreements with three provinces and one territory. But it isn't saying if it has plans to negotiate deals with the rest of the country.

Ian Fraze reports. On the front line, when you tell someone that they don't have to pay anything, they're happy. Aaron McKenzie says National Pharmacare has left some islanders surprise. Now, their diabetes meds and prescription birth control are free, fully covered by the federal government. McKenzie is with the PEI Pharmacists Association. I think a lot of pharmacy teams have the affected list of drugs hung up somewhere close to the computer and are becoming quite savvy with which ones those are. So far, there's only drug coverage from the feds in PEI and Manitoba.

It'll be expanded next March to BC in the Yukon, and after that, who knows. Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has only promised to protect existing pharmacare deals, leaving many to wonder when and if any other deals will be made. Elizabeth Thompson advocates for reproductive health in Ontario. For us to not be signed on to a program like this, you're missing nearly a third of the population of Canada. Ian Freyze, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is The World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcast.

The World This Hour is updated seven days a week. every hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.