The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 10:00 EDT

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings as part of prime minister mark carney's visit to germany today details are being released on a critical minerals action plan we had three new projects that were announced today between Canadian and German companies on the critical minerals front that is energy minister tim hodgson the deals include among others, a lithium agreement, a long-term agreement to send Canadian copper to Germany,

and a plan to create a rare earth magnet supply chain. It's not easy to get Canada's resources overseas, so Prime Minister Carney says his government is working on that too, and he'll have an announcement within a matter of weeks. A new port infrastructure, and some of the examples in the public domain will include from reinforcing and building on the port of Montreal, Contra Co, a new port effectively in Churchill, Manitoba, which would open up enormous LNG plus other opportunities and other East Coast ports for those critical minerals and minerals. If Canada can start shipping liquefied natural gas from Churchill, Manitoba to Germany, that would be a significant development.

Berlin has signaled it is open to buying Canadian natural gas as part of its move away from Russian energy. Still in Germany, the Carney government has narrowed down its shopping list for Canada's new fleet of submarines. Just two bids are still on the table. One is German. The other is South Korean. Canada is looking to replace its current fleet of four aging submarines over the next decade with up to 12 new vessels. A decision on the winning bid isn't expected until next year at the very earliest. Demonstrations are being held across Israel today as part of what's being called a day of struggle. Its families and supporters of the hostages being held in Gaza, demanding Israel sign off on a ceasefire agreement that Hamas has already agreed to. Margaret Evans reports.

Demonstrators, pounding drums and holding pictures of the hostages aloft, locked roads and highways in and out of Israeli cities, disrupting the morning commute. Dalia Kuzner's brother-in-law, Eitan, is one of 20 hostages still thought to be alive. trying to make the Prime Minister sign this deal, even though we don't think it's the best hostage deal because it's only a partial one. Hamas accepted a deal put forward by mediators last week, based on a temporary ceasefire and an initial release of half the hostages. Despite having previously agreed to staged releases,

Benjamin Netanyahu now insists all hostages be released at once. international pressure is building on Netanyahu after the UN's hunger watchdog confirmed famine in Gaza City last week. Merkard Evans, CBC News, Jerusalem. Prime Minister of Australia is accusing Iran of organizing two anti-Semitic attacks on Australian soil, and Anthony Albanese is expelling the Iranian ambassador and cutting diplomatic ties with Tehran. This is the most serious response that any Australian government has given. We don't expel an ambassador lightly, but we do think that it is an appropriate response,

given the extraordinary behavior. Albanese says Australian intelligence officials have evidence the Iranian government directed arson attacks last year on a kosher food company in Sydney and on a synagogue in Melbourne. Canada's tax agency is extending the contracts of more than 800 call center workers. The workers' contracts were set to expire in September. The extension comes after the union representing workers at the CRA launched an online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. The union says the loss of over 3,000 call center employees over the past year

has resulted in longer wait times and drop calls. And that is The World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. The World This Hour is updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.