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

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

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

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we go first to gaza where health officials are saying at least 19 people have been killed in an airstrike today on nassar hospital and included in the dead are four journalists julia chapman reports chaos and confusion after a hits the roof of the Nassar hospital in Han Yunus. Minutes later, local reporters say there was a second explosion. It struck emergency workers and journalists responding to the first one. After a perilous night, there were also more strikes on Gaza City this morning. Tess Ingram is a spokesperson for UNICEF.

We've got heavy bombardments happening in Gaza City last night. It was particularly intense. And this morning, there were some really very very very very. visible strikes over to the east, four in a row, which just turned the sky black. Israel has told civilians to leave the city for designated safe zones, but even those have come under attack. This Gaza city resident says he won't flee, because he expects to die whether he stays or goes. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Warsaw today, rolling out Canada's new strategic partnership with Poland. It focuses primarily on trade, defense, and energy. However, the war in Ukraine is at the very top of the agenda with Canada and Poland, both in the process of establishing how they plan to go forward once the war comes to an end. Murray Brewster reports. The Prime Minister spoke with his Polish counterpart today about post-war security guarantees in Ukraine. Now, Canada might be in for sending troops into Ukraine if there is a ceasefire with Russia,

but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reinterrated his country's position this morning that no Polish troops are going to be going into Ukraine if there is a ceasefire or even a potential peace deal. He said that Poland will continue to provide logistical support to get troops and equipment in and out of Ukraine and it will be guarding its border with Belarus. Now, Poland is in the midst of a major rearmament drive and recruiting drive, so it can't spare the manpower to be part of any post-war arrangement within Ukraine. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Warsaw. Mark Carney's overseas tour, which started yesterday in Kiev,

will see the Prime Minister fly next to Germany and then to Latvia. Montreal City Council is scheduled to adopt today its new anti-racism policy. But five community groups working with minorities in the city say there's a key component missing in the policy. Kabina O'Duro explains. It has clearly omitted those two important words which are anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Farida Muhammad of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women says Montreal's anti-racism policy doesn't explain how the city intends to address hate and extremism. We're not actually naming the problem and the biggest problem at the moment in Montreal

and as we're in Canada for that matter is the hate directed at different communities and a lot of them are religious-based communities. As it stands, the policy focuses on urban safety, cultural, economic, and territorial equity, and inclusive participation. According to Montreal Police, there's a 6% increase in hate crimes reported between 23 to 2024, and hate incidents were tripled that at 18%. In a statement, the city of Montreal says it's determined to fight hate crimes head on with the help of the Montreal Police Crime Unit.

The five organizations are hoping the city will change the anti-racism policy. in time for the city council meeting later today. Kubino-Duro, CBC News, Montreal. Contract talks between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of postal workers are set to resume today. Canada Post is reviewing the union's latest offers and have requested further details to support the process, noting it's in regular contact with the union through federal mediators. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.

Thank you.