The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 17:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Officials in Nova Scotia have confirmed an out-of-control wildfire in Annapolis County has damaged multiple homes. Premier Tim Houston says the province is reaching out to affected families first before confirming the extent of the damage. This is a crushing feeling. We really can't imagine what it must feel like. And also with the added anxiety of not knowing what. what's happening to your home, it's an awful time.

The Long Lake fire has grown to nearly 8,000 hectares. An expanded evacuation order has forced around 1,000 people to leave their homes. Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for Annapolis County. Rain is expected, but Houston says fire bans will remain in place until fire conditions improve. The province is also offering new financial supports of up to $3,000 to the evacuees. Meantime, New Brunswick is removing its restrictions on the use of crown land. Premier Susan Holt says it was made possible because of cooler temperatures and the efforts of firefighting teams and emergency responders.

But Holt says the province-wide burn ban remains in place. The fight to save hundreds of BC ostriches from a government-ordered cull is gaining attention south of the border. The farm has just lost its legal bid to block the cull. Now, TV personality turned U.S. health official Dr. Mehmet Oz says he wants to save the birds to study them. Georgie Smyth has a story. It's actually a slaughter of 400 animals. Dr. Mehmet Oz in a virtual press conference with billionaire John Katsimatidis claims the ostriches that live on a farm in BC's Kootenis region could hold value to the scientific community.

We have the opportunity perhaps to bring them to the United States. We like to explore those options. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull after two dead ostriches tested positive for H5N1 avian flu in December. Later on, dozens more died from the contagious viral infection that mainly affects birds but can sometimes infect other animals and humans. The Federal Court of Appeal recently rejected the farm's attempt at blocking the cull order, but Katie Patsini, whose mother owns the farm, says they're fighting on. We have had no illness and no death. on our farms for 223 days. They're thriving. They say they're preparing to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up his crime fighting efforts on the heels of his controversial crackdown in cities that

includes sending in the National Guard. Trump signed new executive orders, one aimed at restricting bail. Lisa Sching is in Washington with more. They kill people and they get out. That claim is why Donald Trump is pushing to reverse bail reform, signing several executive orders, threatening to take federal money away from jurisdictions where defendants awaiting trial can be released without paying bail. We're ending it, but we're starting by ending it in D.C. And that we have the right to do through federalization. That federalization of local police means national guard troops have started carrying firearms.

Trump also threatening to send troops into cities like Chicago. Congo. Leaders there have pushed back, including Mayor Brandon Johnson. What's being painted by the federal government is false. We love one another. We support one another. We put our arms around one another. Johnson has threatened to take legal action if Trump sends in the National Guard. Lisa Scheng, CBC News, Washington. Just days after he was released from custody, Kilmar Abrago Garcia is behind bars again. Garcia is the U.S. resident who had been wrongly deported to his native eliz. El Salvador. He was then returned to the U.S. and released while he awaits a trial on human

smuggling charges. Well, this morning, he was arrested again when he came for a check-in with an ice office in Maryland. Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Noam, says Garcia is being processed for deportation again, this time likely to Uganda. The proceedings are temporarily on hold as Garcia's lawyers challenge the order. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.