The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 00:00 EDT

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Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Kumar. We begin with what could be a major shift in foreign policy for Canada. During a surprise visit to Kiev, the Prime Minister says the door is open for our troops to return to Ukraine. Marie Brewster is traveling with the PM and has this report. We need a cessation of hostilities. We need a ceasefire. We can call it a ceasefire, a truce, and armistice. Prime Minister Mark Carney in Kiev, laying down the main conditions for

Canada reintroducing troops to Ukraine. The structure of security guarantees ease up in the air because nobody knows what conditions would be attached to a possible ceasefire. We are working through with our allies and coalition of the willing and with Ukraine the modalities of those security guarantees on land in the air and the sea, and I would not exclude the presence of troops. with all of the talk of security guarantees at the moment is that Russia totally rejects the idea, especially the reintroduction of Western troops. It's also unclear how far the U.S.

is prepared to go with guarantees should the war restart. Karni says Russia doesn't have a say in Ukraine's future security arrangements. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Warsaw. Peter McKay was Canada's defense minister under Stephen Harper. He says putting soldiers back in Ukraine is a good idea. This commitment of troops on the ground, I think, is still some way off, way into the future in terms of getting past the critical phase of stopping a shooting hot war, but it shows the level of support that Canada is prepared to bring. Carney did not clarify what role Canadian soldiers could play in Ukraine.

They left the country in 2022 following the Russian invasion. They're now helping to train Ukrainian recruits in the UK alongside British forces. Canadian golf star Brooke Henderson has captured her second CPKC women's open title on home soil. As Ed Climmon reports, she's now calmed to the feet twice in seven years. In a tense and well-played one-on-one battle with Australian Minji Lee, the pivotal moment for Brooke Henderson came on the 17th hole, where she arrived with a one-shot lead. Lee drained a 12-foot birdie to momentarily draw even.

But the native of Smith Falls, Ontario was unfazed. She calmly made her own 10-foot birdie to regain her slender lead. After both players parred the final hole, Henderson had clinched her first win on the LPGA tour in more than two and a half years. It's been an amazing week and this year has not gone very well up to this point and it just feels like this was meant to be. I felt like I got a lot of breaks out there and this week and I just felt like, yeah, it was meant to be. Henderson became the first Canadian woman to ever win two Canadian open titles and the 42nd player in the history of women's golf to record 14 or more career victories.

Ed Climmon for CBC News, Mississauga, Ontario. And closing out on a musical note, Calgary hosts the National Karaoke Championships this weekend. More than 100 singers from across the country were competing to represent Team Canada at the World Championships in Bangkok. Terry Trembath reports. The lyrics might be lighting up a screen, but this is far from a night out at a karaoke club. Sharon Quinn is the National Director for Karaoke World Championships Canada.

We start kind of in the karaoke bars early in the season in the springtime, and then we move our way to regional finals and provincial finals and national finals and then our world final, which moves around every year. A panel of judges score competitors in three categories, duets, soloists, and original songs. they are looking for vocal quality, vocal technique, artistry, and stage presence. Camille Pango is in the final round, despite her lack of experience singing in front of a live audience. My partner, Carl, loves singing, and he sings every Sunday in church. Me, I pretty much exclusively sing in the shower, and, yeah, this is a big step up for me.

The winners move on to compete at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, in November. Terry Trembath, CBC News, Calgary. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.