The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 06:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings we go first to gaza where the territory's health ministry is saying at least 15 people are dead following an airstrike on nasser hospital that's the sound of airstrikes and gunfire fire echoing today throughout gaza There are reports the victims at Nassar Hospital were killed in what's known as a double-tap strike. That's one missile striking followed by another moments after emergency crews arrive on the scene. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says the military campaign currently underway will continue until Gaza City is raised. That is, unless Hamas agrees to end the war on Israel's terms and release all the remaining hostages.

Following yesterday's visit to Ukraine, Ukraine. Prime Minister Mark Carney is now in Poland. This leg of Carney's tour will continue to be defense-related, but defense mixed with trade. Evan Dyer has more. Prime Minister Carney will be here in Warsaw to meet with the president and prime minister of Poland, a country that's become increasingly important to Canada over the last decade or so. It has one of the biggest militaries in Europe. And of course, this is also the place where Canadian forces train their Ukrainian counterparts under Operation Unifier. And Canada is hoping to deepen its trade ties to Poland with a focus on defense and aerospace.

And trade and defense are also a big part of the next leg of the trip, which is in Germany. And there we're going to see Prime Minister Carney tour the TKMS submarine building plant. That's a company that is one of the contenders to build a dozen submarines for Canada. And then finally, the trip will wrap on Wednesday with a visit to the 2000 Canadian troops who are stationed in Latvia, serving there as part of Operation Reassurance close to the Russian border. It's the CBC's Evan Dyer in Warsaw. A new national guideline is out today on smoking and how smokers can be helped to quit the habit. It is evidence-based advice that opts for a new natural medication over e-cigarettes or vaping.

Christine Beirach has more. Nicotine addiction grips people harder than their regrets. Canada's now launching its first ever national guideline, a push to help people quit smoking. We have some really powerful tools. Calgary ER Dr. Eddie Lang led the task force. The online guide offers a list of proven strategies from counseling and nicotine replacement therapies to medications that work.

We asked a doctor about some of those claims. Acupuncture. Doesn't really work very well. Dr. Matthew Stanbrook's a respirologist in Toronto. He says there's little or no evidence for hypnosis, laser therapy, acupressure, or St. John's wart to quit smoking. People need to know that their chances are way better if they get help, and that there are many options that work.

Including a well-studied natural medication called cytosine. It effectively mimics nicotine's effects in the brain, reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms. New help for a deadly old habit. Christine Beirak, CBC News, Toronto. Ottawa's annual pride parade was cancelled over the weekend following the arrival of a pro-Palestinian advocacy group. Nathan Fung has the details. It started like normal, with dozens of rainbow-colored floats, making her way through to downtown. But as the parade reached Parliament Hill, things changed.

Free Palestine! A group of demonstrators from the group Queers for Palestine halted the parade. They wanted to negotiate with Capital Pride, the organizers. Among their demands, that Capital Pride hold a boycott divestment and sanctions Town Hall. They also called on Mayor Mark Succliffe to apologize for last year's boycott when Capital Pride had issued several pro-Palestinian calls for action. is with the demonstrators. He has refused to come talk to us,

so we now know where he stands. He doesn't really stand with the queer community. He stands with himself. Capital Pride said they tried to change the route, but when that failed, they canceled the parade. They declined an interview request. Later that afternoon, Sutcliffe posted on social media, saying it was deeply regrettable

that a group of activists chose to block the parade, leading to it being canceled. Nathan Fung, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is the world this hour.