The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 23:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. A series of airstrikes saw a hospital in southern Gaza's provoking international condemnation. Local health officials say at least 20 people are dead, including medical workers and journalists. Israel's prime minister called it a tragic mishap,

saying the military is investigating. Sasha Petrissik reports. Nasr Hospital was targeted, says Israel, because soldiers saw a camera pointed at them and reportedly thought they were being tracked. Then, as emergency crews took the injured down an outside staircase and Palestinian journalist ran to cover the damage, the hospital was struck again, a so-called double-tapped strike.

Secretary General strongly condemned the killings of Palestinians in Israeli strikes. UN spokesman, Defan de Jarek says journalists and medical staff have to be able to work without intimidation. In a statement, Global Affairs Canada says it is horrified by the Israeli strike. As for Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls it a mishap. Meanwhile, Nassar Hospital is struggling to keep operating. It's the last major health facility in the crowded south of Gaza. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Toronto.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Europe this week, working to deepen ties with several EU nations. On Monday, he was in Warsaw, where he announced a new strategic partnership on defense and trade. Poland has Europe's fastest-growing economy and military. The kind of expansion, Carney seems eager to emulate. The CBC's Murray Brewster is traveling with the Prime Minister. One of the last times Mark Carney saw Donald Tusk was during Brexit, when Carney was the governor of the Bank of England. We learn much from the Prime Minister, including the importance of pulling our full weight in NATO. An off-script, off-the-cuff, telling remark about the difference between Poland and Canada when it comes to defense spending.

And it will take us a few years to reach Polish levels of commitment. We have made that commitment. Ottawa hopes to get there by the end of this fiscal year. Poland is projected to spend 4.7% of GDP on defense this year, making it NATO's top spender with a defense budget. budget equivalent to $45 billion Canadian dollars. Defense Minister David McGinty is accompanying the Prime Minister on every leg of this trip. Canadians know that the landscape has changed. The threat landscape has changed. The Prime Minister is now in Germany, where he'll meet with Chancellor Friedrich Mers and tour a German shipyard where they build submarines.

Murray Brewster, CBC News, Berlin. Officials in Nova Scotia are confirming 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'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 about 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 stay in place. 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. There's a new development tonight in the growing fight between U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. Federal Reserve. Trump has fired one of the seven governors on the board of the U.S. Central Bank. In a letter posted on his truth social platform,

Trump says he's firing Lisa Cook because of allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. Trump has criticized the Fed for not cutting interest rates as quickly as he would like. The American Central Bank is supposed to operate independently when it comes to monetary policy. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.