The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 00:00 EDT

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm neil kumar canada set her move the counter tariffs on kuzma compliant u.s goods by september 1st but as olivia stavanovitch reports the tariffs on u.s auto steel and aluminum will remain in place for now we are working on something we want to be very good to canada i like karni a lot i think he's a good person the announcement had the desired effect at the White House, but faced criticism here at home. Today we learn that it has been yet another capitulation and climb down by Mark Carney. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he stressed to the Prime Minister, vital sectors like steel and auto are still being hurt by tariffs and need relief. Steel, aluminum and autos are still subject to tariffs in both countries, but the U.S.

levy on steel and aluminum is double canadas. asked if that will change. Those are part of the intensive discussions that we're underway right now. In the coming weeks, Carney says Canada's focus will also be on the upcoming renegotiation of Kuzma, the free trade agreement with the U.S. Karni calls it the best deal any country has in the world, covering the vast majority of goods that cross the border. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Manitoba's premiers criticizing Ottawa for dropping the counter tariffs on U.S. goods. Wab Knoos says this latest move caught him by surprise and that he isn't a fan.

Is this elbows down? I think Canadians want to see a stronger response to Donald Trump. And we've taken actions as a province to support business, to take American liquor off the shelves, to repatriate energy. I'm not sure that taking these steps that the prime minister announced is the right move at this time. Canoe would prefer to see the feds removed duties from Chinese EVs in the hopes that Beijing would lift fees on Canola. Carney says Canada is not letting its guard down and likens the tactic to hockey, saying players don't always need to have their elbows up. Lyle Menendez, one of the two brothers convicted for the 1989 fatal shooting of their parents in Beverly Hills, has been denied parole by a California Review Board.

The denial marks a significant development in the decades-long case. Lyle, who is now 57 years old, has spent more than 30 years behind bars. His brother, Eric, was denied parole on Thursday. Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, says that Russia is doing everything it can to stop a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin from taking place. Both Kiev and Washington were optimistic that peace talks were within reach, following a summit between Putin and Donald Trump. As Dominic Volaitis reports, now the U.S. President, isn't so sure. Ukraine's president, Volodymy 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. 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. A Canadian racehorse jockey who famously rode a secretary to the Triple Crown has died. Ron Turcott was 84. In a statement, Turcott's family says he died of natural causes on Friday at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick. Riding one of the sports most decorated horses, Turcote won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in 1973. It was the subject of the 2010 film Secretariat. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.