The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 16:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips mark carney is calling it a gesture of goodwill as the trade dispute with the united states drags on the prime minister says canada will remove many counter tariffs on american goods dropping the levies on products that are compliant with the kuzma trade agreement u.s president donald trump is reacting positively to the move and the prime minister hopes it will kickstart more negotiations. Rafi Bujic Canyon has more. We have the best deal with the United States right now.

We have the best deal. Look at the numbers. Prime Minister Mark Carney defending his conciliatory approach with the U.S. He says the Americans have not imposed tariffs on Canadian goods that comply with the Kuzma trade deal. It has been a complaint of President Donald Trump's administration that Canada was not doing the same until today. We will now match the United States.

by removing all of Canada's tariffs on U.S. goods, specifically covered under Kuzma. Tariffs will remain in place on steel, aluminum, and auto products, 25%. That's still just half of what the Americans charge for Canadian goods going to the states in those sectors. Carney spoke to Trump yesterday the first publicly acknowledged conversation between the two men in weeks. He says the U.S. President assured him this move would unblock negotiations toward a trade deal. Rafi Bucanion, CBC News, Ottawa. New York State Police say multiple people are dead after a tour bus crashed and rolled on a highway. The bus was returning to New York City from Niagara Falls.

51 people were on board. The crash happened on a highway east of Buffalo. It still isn't clear what caused the bus to hit a median and veer into a ditch. Global food security experts confirmed there is famine in Gaza City. The UN-backed integrated food security. Phase classification is calling the situation catastrophic, and it warns it will likely get worse. Sasha Petrissik has the latest. Amid faint cries at Nassar Hospital in southern Gaza, mothers comfort babies, weak from hunger.

Famine has now hit more than half a million Palestinians. NGOs and UN agencies have been raising the alarm for weeks, but now it's been officially declared by a UN-backed body, which specializes in malnutrition. It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed. The UN's human rights chief, Tom Fletcher. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel. Israel posted its response online. There is no famine and accused the hunger monitor of smearing Israel.

Experts say the worst hit area is around Gaza City in the north, the scene of Israel's latest military push to control more of Gaza. But famine, they say, is spreading fast. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Toronto. Ukraine's president says Russia is doing everything it can to stop a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin from taking place. Both Kyiv and Washington were optimistic, peace talks were within reach, following a summit between Putin and Donald Trump. But as Dominic Volitus says, now the U.S. president isn't so sure. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has repeatedly called for Putin to meet him.

On Friday, he accused Russia of not only avoiding a meeting, but also actively prolonging the war. I think in two weeks we'll know which way I'm going. Now, another deadline from U.S. President Donald Trump, who's already begun making arrangements for a Putin-Zelensky meeting. Clearly frustrated at the lack of progress, he once again raised the possibility of punishing Russia. It's going to be a very important decision, and that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs or above, or do we do nothing and say it's your fight. Meanwhile, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has claimed Putin is indeed ready

to meet Zelensky, but only when an agenda for such a summit is ready, while blaming Zelensky for saying no to everything. Dominic Volaitis for CBC News, London. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise. Phillips.