The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 13:00 EDT

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U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end cashless bail. The White House is calling the practice a catch-and-release policy in one Trump claims led to a surge in violent crime. That was when the big crime in this country started. And somebody kills somebody, they go in, don't worry about it, no cash. Come back in a couple of months. We'll give you a trial. You never see the person again. And, I mean, they kill people and they get out. We're ending it.

Trump's directive will first take effect in D.C. He insists the recent federalization of law enforcement gives him the authority to do that. The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify jurisdictions that have cashless bail with the goal of making sure federal money doesn't go there unless they change their policy. Just days after he was released from custody, Kilmar Abrago Garcia is behind bars again. Garcia is the U.S. resident who'd been wrongly deported to his native El Salvador. He was then returned to the U.S. and released while he awaits a trial on human smuggling charges. This morning, he was arrested again when he came for a check-in with an ICE officer in Maryland.

His lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Motionberg, calls it an abuse of power. The government is far more interested in throwing around their weight and demonstrating what they think is their power to do whatever they want, whenever they want to whoever they want, that's clearly far more important to them than any particular outcome in this case. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem says Garcia is being processed for deportation again, this time likely to Uganda. The proceedings are temporarily on hold as Garcia's lawyers contest the order.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy says he is horrified by an Israeli attack on a hospital in South Gaza. Germany is calling the strike shocking and is demanding an investigation. A missile hit the top floor of Nassar Hospital in Khan Yunus. Officials say another missile exploded minutes later as rescue workers scrambled to the site. The strike killed at least 20 people, including five journalists. Israel says it does not target journalists or civilians and is looking into the incident. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Warsaw, talking about expanding trade, defense, and energy relationships with Poland.

Following his meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Carney says, that is part of Canada fulfilling its NATO responsibilities. We learn much from the Prime Minister, from his government, including the importance of pulling our full weight in NATO. And it will take us a few years to reach Polish levels of commitment, but it's possible. And we have made that commitment. We will quadruple our spending on defense between now and the end of the decade.

Carney's overseas tour started yesterday in Kiev. he will also fly to Germany and Latvia. A fast-growing wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County region has more than doubled in size since yesterday. Officials say the Long Lake fire has damaged a number of homes in the area and residents are waiting anxiously to find out if their homes have been affected. Nicholas Sagan has the latest. I'm going to try to find a place to stay.

I'm living in my truck right now. Tim Donald was evacuated from his home Sunday night as the fast-moving long-lake wildfire pushed hundreds more people to flee. Officials expanded the evacuation areas twice in the Annapolis County region, nearly 200 kilometers from Halifax. Around 1,000 people are now under mandatory evacuation orders. The province now confirming a number of homes have been damaged, but saying it's too early to know how many.

Donald isn't sure if his property is safe. I'd hate to lose all our belongings, our house, our garage, our burn, all our equipment, stuff we've worked so hard to have. Provincial officials estimate the Long Lake Fire has grown to nearly 78 square kilometers in size as air and ground crews struggle to push it back. Nicholas Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. And that is your world this hour. For news any time, you can visit our website at cbcnews. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skanderas.