The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 00:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Australia is expelling the Iranian ambassador after Australian intelligence found evidence that Iran organized at least two attacks against the Jewish community in Australia. Here's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. A short time ago, we informed the Iranian ambassador to Australia that he would be expelled. We have suspended operations at our embassy in Tehran

and all our diplomats are now safe in a third country. The Iranian government has not responded yet to the claims made by Australia. A new executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump looks to expand the military's role in local law enforcement. It's been two weeks since he declared a crime emergency in Washington with the U.S. National Guard called in, and as Ashley Burke reports, Trump continues to threaten to do the same to other cities.

National Guard troops now out patrolling the Capitol armed. Some units seem carrying handguns and rifles. It's Donald Trump's latest escalation of what he calls a crackdown on crime. I think it's dangerous. Some Washington residents told CBC News it's intimidating, while others aren't phased. It's going to make certain people feel safe. It's going to make some people a half it. But with me, being born and raised here, it really don't have a impact.

me. Well, thank you very much. In the Oval Office, the clearest sign yet, Trump is planning to expand his model in Washington to other American cities. The president's signing an executive order to create specialized units of National Guard troops trained to handle public order issues. We can go anywhere on less than 24 hours to notice. Trump already warning he could target Chicago, New York, and Baltimore, all run locally by Democrats with policies he wants to get rid of. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. At any moment, federal officials could come and euthanize hundreds of ostriches at a BC farm. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered a call after an avian flu outbreak.

Yasmin Rania has more. I think we have an opportunity to do something helpful. Mehmet Oz, the U.S. administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, thinks saving hundreds of ostriches could lead to medical breakthroughs. They were ordered killed. after an avian flu outbreak. Oz, along with the owners of the farm located in the BC interior, claimed that the birds have survived for months since the outbreak

and now have antibodies. That has huge scientific value to the global community. The CFIA ordered the call after dozens of ostriches died in late 2024 and early 2025. Two birds tested positive for avian flu. The agency says the call is necessary to protect animal and human health. Oz says if the CFIA doesn't want to test the birds, that he would try to bring them to the U.S. Canada's health ministry, responsible for the CFIA, has declined to comment on Oz's proposal. Yasmin Ganea, CBC News, Vancouver.

Canadians looking to quit smoking have new guidelines listing which methods are proven and which are hot air. Jennifer Yun has more. I've tried to quit many times. Mark Rich first picked up a cigarette at the age of 15, but over 50 years, in countless attempts to quit, he's still not able to stop. There are a dizzying array of options. Dr. Eddie Lang is an emergency room doctor in Calgary, and one of the co-authors of the guidelines published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Why would you choose something that doesn't have good evidence supporting it when there are other approaches supported by multiple well-done studies that show that they work? Some methods not supported by a lot of evidence, according to the guidelines, acupuncture and hypnotherapy, and Lange says smokers should not use vapes and e-cigarettes to quit smoking unless they've tried everything else and failed. That's because we lack long-term data on the safety of that intervention. So what has been proven to work?

Well, nicotine replacement in general is something we make a strong recommendation in favor of. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurley. Lend.