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

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

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

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I'm Neil Kumar. 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 counterteriffs on American goods, dropping the levies on products that are compliant with Kuzma in the trade agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump is reacting positively to the move, and the Prime Minister hopes it will kickstart more negotiations. Rafi Bucci 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. 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. The FBI is investigating Donald Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton, who is reportedly part of an investigation into whether he legally possess or shared classified information. Lisa Xing has the latest.

Morning, I'm not a fan of John Bol. U.S. President Donald Trump, slamming his former national security advisor, saying he was not aware the FBI was going to raid Bolton's Maryland home. He's a real set of a low life. FBI agents searched both Bolton's home and Washington office. During Trump's first term, the two clashed over foreign policy. Since then, the Justice Department tried to block the publication of a memoir Bolton wrote by opening a criminal investigation, which ended under Joe Biden.

Bolton, now a vocal critic of Trump, including on his handling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump just wants a peace agreement that he can put on his resume for the Nobel Prize Committee. The Trump administration has repeatedly targeted political enemies, including former FBI director James Comey. Lisa Scheng, CBC News, Washington. In New York State, police say five bus passengers have been killed, with many others injured following the crash of a tour bus that rolled on a highway. The bus was on its way back from Niagara Falls and returning to New York City. 52 people were on board the bus. The crash happened on a highway east of bus.

At this time, it's not clear what caused the bus to hit a median and veer into a ditch. The world's leading authority on food insecurity is reporting that there is famine in Gaza City. The UN-backed IPC estimates half a million Palestinians face starvation, destitution, and death. It says that number is expected to grow. Margaret Evans has more on the report and Israel's response. There is no famine in Gaza, according to Israel. Even his mothers like Mudala Dawas sit watching their children slipping from their grasp. The UN says the IPC's extremely rare confirmation of famine is irrefutable.

Watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history. Tom Fletcher is the UN's Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief. It is a famine openly promoted by some Israeli leaders as a weapon. of war. Israel has dismissed the IPC report as a smear, Hamas propaganda. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement saying, Israel does not have a policy of starvation and that the report ignores Israel's humanitarian efforts. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.