The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/24 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/24 at 09:00 EDT

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagy prime minister mark carney is in keith today for talks with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky ukraine is celebrating independence day this weekend with the trump white house pressuring zelensky to give up territory to russia to achieve peace as murray brewster explains that idea is threatening to split the ukrainian society A solemn military ceremony to mark Flag Day this weekend in Key. In most Western countries, including Canada, a celebration like this is greeted with a kind of benevolent, restrained enthusiasm. President Vladimir Zelensky brought that sentiment into sharp focus,

noting up to 20% of his country remains under Russian occupation. And he underlying, Ukraine will never hand over territory to an occupier. But that is precisely what U.S. President is, President Donald Trump wants to happen. This Ukrainian soldier, call sign Motto, speaks for many more troops when he says it isn't fair to fight to hold on to land only to be ordered to give it away.

Polling within Ukraine has shown an overwhelming number of soldiers oppose territorial concessions. Zelensky has told Trump he won't trade land for peace. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Warsaw. Israel is hitting Gaza City as it pushes forward with its military offensive to take control, with planes and tanks hitting the city's eastern and northern edges overnight. Israel's trying to force Hamas to stop fighting and return its hostages. But as Dominic Volaitis reports, it's taking an increasing toll on Palestinians.

At Al-Shefa Hospital in Gaza City, the funerals continue. At least 33 people have been killed by Israeli strikes and shooting so far this weekend among the dead two boys. Israel's tightened blockade on Gaza is plunging the territory into a humanitarian catastrophe. According to Palestinian health authorities, nearly 300 people have now died from starvation and malnutrition. The UN's aid chief, Tom Fletcher, says famine in Gaza is now irrefutable. It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed. The humanitarian medical organisation, Doctors Without Borders, is also sounding the alarm. Months of Israeli bombardment has pretty much destroyed Gaza's entire health system.

Mohamed Abu Mughab Sib is the organization's deputy medical coordinator in Gaza. No, I mean, it's really worse than to call it catastrophe. Dominic Volitus for CBC News, London. Saskatchewan Steelmakers are reacting to Prime Minister Carney's latest trade move. On Friday, Carney announced he was ending most counter tariffs on the United States. But he did not end Canada's counter tariffs on steel. and aluminum. And that's put people like David Fritz in a bind. He's the president and chief operating officer of Supreme Steel in Saskatoon and says Canadian steel makers rely on American

steel products that can't be sourced here. When tariffs are on U.S. steel, that only hurts us, and we don't really have an option for an alternative other than going overseas, which Canada is also telling us that they want to limit imports from. So we're stuck in a lot of ways. President Donald Trump said he wanted to be, quote, good to Canada after that move. Meanwhile, opposition leader Pierre Pauliev said Carney showed weakness. Canada's Brooke Henderson shares the lead heading into today's final round of the CPKC Women's Open. The Canadian National Tournament is being played at the Mississauga Golf and Country Club in Ontario. Henderson, the Smith Falls Ontario native, fired a six under par 65 yesterday to tie for the lead with Australia's Minji Lee at a

11 under par. Calgary's Aphrodite Deng, the 15-year-old making her LPGA debut, is at six under par, five shots off the pace. The 27-year-old Henderson is the last Canadian woman to win the event when she prevailed at the Waskana Country Club in Regina in 2018. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you.