The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/24 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/24 at 12:00 EDT

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under tight security and comes as ukraine is celebrating independence day ukrainian president vlomir zelensky is calling on his western allies for more help as it continues to defend itself against russia's invasion the cbc's brier stewart reports from kiev it's obviously highly symbolic i mean this is when Ukraine is marking its Independence Day, it's a national holiday, but Prime Minister Mark Carney did say that he and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had some very serious conversations about how Canada can help not only in Ukraine's defense, but the whole notion of collective defense. And in his statements today, Carney had outlined a little bit more just the financial commitment that Canada has made. It was kind of introduced back in June at the G7 Summit. And he said

that Canada is going to be giving more than $1 billion for badly needed supplies now, like ammunition, like armored vehicles. There is money going towards drones. There was an event this morning in Sofia Square this afternoon. There was a press conference at the palace. Prime Minister Carney was asked about security guarantees. And if there is a ceasefire, will Canada commit to sending troops in? He said he wouldn't rule that out.

But he was very clear that Russia can't dictate the terms of any agreement. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Kiev. Allies around the world are also expressing their support for Ukraine. Many are pledging new support for the country as it continues to defend its borders against Russia. The CBC's Julia Chapman has more from London. In a video message, Zelensky says Europe sees Ukraine as a strong ally. Norway is pledging a fresh contribution to Ukraine's air defense systems. Speaking in Ukrainian, Lithuania's president says his country,

will always support Keeve. European Commission President Dersel of Ander Lyon says a free Ukraine is a free Europe. That's why European leaders are so invested in a possible peace process. In his message, the U.S. President says now is the moment to bring an end to the senseless killing. Until then, the fighting continues. Russia says 95 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight. Officials say debris from shooting one down, damaged a new enemy. nuclear power plant in Kursk. Moscow also claims to have taken control of another eastern Ukrainian village. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Here at home, Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to remove most of Canada's counter tariffs on U.S. goods had a major exception. Canadian tariffs on

steel and aluminum will remain in place. And that's got Canadian steelmakers in a bind. David Fritz is one of them. He's the President and Chief Operating Officer of Supervisor of Supreme. Steel in Saskatoon. He says the domestic steel industry needs projects to sell to, and they need them to come from Canada. Most of what's been thought of is focused on supply. We need to find a way to increase domestic demand. So I like to see the idea of fast-tracking some of the major projects that are being considered here in Canada. That would certainly help steel fabricators, no doubt. The federal government hopes removing the counter-tariffs will help spur a new trade deal with the U.S.

Carney says Canada is currently still in a better position than many other countries when it comes to American trade. At the Canada Summer Games in St. John's. 19-year-old Ty Campbell smacks a single to drive home two runs, helping Nova Scotia beat Saskatchewan 8-5. The win clinched a bronze medal for Nova Scotia's men's softball team. And even though the Nova Scotians were reigning silver medalists, going home with a medal wasn't guaranteed because of adversity faced by them. Campbell and Garth Perrin, who had to drop out of coaching duties, both battled life-threatening conditions in hospital in the months leading up to the games.

And that is your world this hour. You can listen to us any time on voice-activated devices such as Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag. Thank you.