The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 12:00 EDT

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independence day during a ceremony this morning ukraine's president vowed that the country will not seed any land and u.s president donald trump has again warned about potentially rolling out sanctions against russia if there's no progress towards a peace deal the cbc's briar stuart is in kiev this morning. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky greets a guard of honor in Kiev as part of national commemorations. Zelensky says that he believes Russia's president

Vladimir Putin is doing everything he can to prevent a U.S. proposed meeting between the two leaders. Russian officials claim they are open to a meeting and they're continuing to attack Zelensky's legitimacy as leader. Putin never mentions Zelensky by name, but yesterday during a visit to a nuclear research Center in Russia, he repeatedly talked about U.S. President Donald Trump, saying he believes there's

now a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the dismal relations between Moscow and Washington. Trump said he isn't happy that Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine and that a meeting between the two leaders hasn't been set up, but he said he would give the process another two weeks before deciding what to do when it comes to Russia. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Kiev. As Canada announces its dropping counter tariffs on U.S. goods covered under Kuzma with the goal of boosting negotiations, India is trying to head off a new set of tariffs coming from the White House. No, look, I mean, negotiations are still going on in the sense that nobody said the negotiations are off. That's Foreign Minister Sub-Romanian Jashankar, talking as a new 25% tariff set to take effect this coming Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump imposed the levy because India has increased. purchases of Russian oil. Jay Shankar calls that unfair. The same arguments which have been used to target India have not been applied to the largest oil importer, which is China, has not been applied to the largest LNG importer, which is the European Union. Jay Shankar says that issue hadn't come up in earlier talks with the Trump administration. There's already a 25% levy on goods from India entering the U.S. to New Jersey. Oh, Jesus. A man splashes through knee-deep, murky water on the streets of Margate.

Hurricane Aaron caused widespread flooding across coastal areas of the state. Aaron has since been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. The storm is not expected to make landfall in Atlantic Canada, but high winds and sudden shifts in wind direction could cause dangerous conditions for firefighters battling wildfires in the region. The road to the Canada summer games involves, hard work, talent, and skill. For two members of Nova Scotia's men's softball team, it's also involved fighting for their lives to make it to Canada's largest multi-sport event

in St. John's. And if successful, could be playing for a gold medal on Sunday. Elizabeth Chu has more. Nineteen-year-old Ty Campbell steps onto a softball field at the Canada Games in St. John's. For the co-captain of Nova Scotia's men's team, this dream come true almost. didn't happen after a medical emergency in December. I was diagnosed the brain aneurysm. I had a stroke. I'm still not 100% today, but I'm definitely very, very happy. Where I am, I'm able to play. The goal, making it to St. John's is shared by Garth Parenthood.

G, as he's affectionately known by the players, was the head coach until early May. He had to give up the job after contracting a dangerous infection in his spine and arm. He was recently released from hospital in Halifax just in time to root for the team. Blessed, I guess, to be here. Nova Scotia is the defending silver medalist, Elizabeth Chew. CBC News, St. John's. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg.

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