The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 21:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Kumar. We're learning more about the Prime Minister's overseas visit to Europe. Mark Carney will be in Germany on Tuesday to meet with the German Chancellor along with business leaders. He is also making stops in Poland to finalize a deal on energy and security

in Latvia for a firsthand look at a Canadian-led NATO military unit. Carney's meetings with allied nations come amid uncertainty over peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. The U.S. President has been trying to broker a truce, but has made little headway so far. Both policy experts and politicians are reacting to yet another change to tariffs after the Prime Minister decided to drop retaliatory charges on many U.S. imports. Sam Sampson reports. If this were a game of chess, some say Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision

to scrap tariffs was a pro move under pressure. We've removed a couple of pieces from the board so that we can play the bigger game. Fen Osler-Hampson is a professor of international affairs at Carleton University. Starting September 1st, Canada will lift its 25% retaliatory tariffs on most goods coming from the U.S. That means Kuzma-compliant goods won't have that extra levy. Meaning, Hampton says, consumers could see some relief. Alberta Premier Daniel Smith also applauds the decision for a different reason. I have said from the beginning that we have to have a diplomatic approach with the United States.

The removal of these tariffs on U.S. goods now empowers the Prairie Premiers, including Manitoba Premier Wab Canoe, on a different goal. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is taking it one step further, setting up meetings with Chinese officials to try and end the canola tariffs. Sam Sampson, CBC News. Edmonton. The blue and yellow Ukrainian flag is flying across the nation, marking the eve of Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union. And now 21 years after the first official flag day, Ukrainians are again fighting for sovereignty from Moscow. Breyer Stewart reports. A unit of honor guard stood for a moment of silence in Kiev this morning, a tribute to those killed in a war which keeps grinding on. It was part of a ceremony commemorating Ukraine's flag day.

In a short address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the flag is deeply symbolic for those living in areas. now occupied by Russia. They know that we will not gift our land to an occupier, said Zelensky. It's a message designed to halt any discussion about Ukraine giving up land to Russia as part of a peace negotiation. Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed a meeting between Zelensky and Russia's president Vladimir Putin. It's hard to imagine both leaders sitting down to work out a deal.

Russia says it hasn't abandoned its goals, which includes controlling four regions in eastern Ukraine. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, Earpene. In Northern California, a large wildfires burning in the state's popular wine country. Officials say it is growing and getting more ferocious. Crews are fighting the picket fire both from the skies and on the ground. The blaze is just west of Sacramento. It has torched about 16 square kilometers of... land near the Napa Valley and Sonoma County.

Thick black smoke plumes above the region, several evacuation alerts and orders have been issued. Owners of a BC ostrich farms say they are devastated after losing a legal appeal to save the birds. In January, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered a call of the herd of around 400 birds after two tested positive for avian flu. Katie Pasitney is with the universal ostrich farm. She says the ruling sets a dangerous precedent. Farmers like us can't defend our own animals, that we can't test them in independently without the threats of jail time, like we've been being threatened, six months in jail if we test our own ostriches.

In its decision, the federal appeals court ruled the cold was necessary to control the disease and protect public health. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The world this hour is updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.