The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 12:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. 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 Canadian-German Critical Minerals Partnership. We had three new projects that were announced today between Canadian and German companies on the critical minerals front. It is energy minister Tim Hodgson.

The deals include a lithium agreement, a long-term agreement to send Canadian copper to Germany, and a plan to create a rare earth magnet supply chain. But it's not easy to get Canadian resources overseas, so Prime Minister Carney says his government is working on that too, and he will have an announcement within a matter of weeks. New port infrastructure and some of the examples in the public domain will include from reinforcing and building on the port of Montreal, Compturco, 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't 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. Currently, Carney is now in Riga, Latvia, for what is his final stop on his European tour. The 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. It isn't a proper 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. Heavy rains continue across Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Kajiki. It hit central Vietnam yesterday with devastating winds reaching up to 135 kilometers an hour. Damage is extensive with at least three fatalities. being reported. Laura Westbrook has the latest.

Residents in Neyan province are cleaning up after Typhoon Kijiki swept through Vietnam's central provinces. The storm, which means swordfish in Japanese, knocked down power lines, uprooted trees, and ripped corrugated roofs of people's homes and businesses. The roof collapsed on 42-year-old Teton's restaurant. Everything we earned during the last summer has been washed away by this storm. The storm weakened to a tropical depression as it moved across Laos on Tuesday, but Vietnam's weather agency is warning heavy rain will continue, raising the risk of flash floods and landslides. A study published last year warned seas warmed by climate change will result in Southeast Asia's tropical cyclones forming closer to land, strengthening faster and lasting longer.

Laura Westbrook for CBC News, Hong Kong. Statistics Canada says the number of people working from home continues to gradually decline. 17% of the workforce was working primarily from home in May. That's down from 18% year over year. It's a small drop, but it's the fourth year in a row the number of show workers continue to make their way back to the office. The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced this year's inductees. Andy Cam is among the notable talents, making up the class of 2025. He's being joined by Montreal-born Gino Vanelli, Toronto's Jane Sibri, and the Rock Group Triumph.

This year's induction ceremonies will be spread over two cities. The first event set for Toronto in October, and then the second will go a month later in Montreal. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website. cbcnews.ca.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.