The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 06:00 EDT

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american tariff going into effect as of today on india president donald trump says it's in response to india's continued purchase of russian oil which the u.s says helps moscow fund the war in Ukraine. Salamis Shivjee reports. The machines polishing and cutting gems in India's diamond hub in the western state of Gujarat are still running, but much more slowly, with the tariff on India's exports to the United States now doubled to 50%. 25% also was very difficult to digest. 50% to entire industry is in trauma. A disaster scenario says Kirith Bansali, who heads India's gem and diamond industry's export

Promotion Council. The extra tariff is punishment, U.S. President Donald Trump says, because India buys Russian oil. It's cast to chill over U.S.-India relations, plunging not just India's diamond industry, but also shrimp exporters, clothing manufacturers, and carpet makers into a panic. Mr. Trump, of course, wants a win, and everyone else seems to be giving him a win. And so trade talks to alleviate the new import duties are not in good shape, leaving many working and the factories affected, worried about what's next. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Vancouver. Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to Ottawa this afternoon from Europe.

His trip included stops in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany, and finishes this morning in Latvia. He's visiting a Latvian military base and meeting with members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Carney's already announced that Canada will be keeping troops in Latvia for at least another three years as part of an ongoing mission to deter further Russian aggression in Europe. U.S. President Donald Trump is chairing a meeting today at the White House on the

war in Gaza. And U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkov, says the focus will be on the Trump administration's post-war plan for Gaza. It's a very comprehensive plan we're putting together on the next day that I think many people are going to be, they're going to see how robust it is and how well-meaning it is. However, Israel and Hamas have yet to come to terms on a ceasefire agreement. Hamas supports the latest proposal, which involves a release of some of the remaining hostages. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal has to include them all. A Supreme Court judge in Brazil is ordering tightened security at the home of Jayao Bolsonaro. The former president is under house arrest and is considered a flight risk.

Bolsonaro is accused of plotting a coup to overturn his 2022 electoral defeat. Final arguments in that case are set to begin early next month. Until then, security officials will be patrolling his property around the clock. A Cree community in Saskatchewan is looking to become the newest first nation in Canada. More than a century ago, the federal government forced the Peter Chapman ban to merge into a larger nation. But after a decades-long fight, the community has renewed hope now that it will finally get official recognition. Alexander Silverman has more. This was just the canola field a year half ago. In the heart of central Saskatchewan, Adam Whitehead is giving a tour of his busy community of Peter Chapman First Nation with dozens of buildings quickly rising next to fields of wheat.

So is the government that we are serious. Whitehead, a band counselor, says the construction boom is part of a renewed push to become an independent First Nation band. The federal government forced it to merge with two others in the early 1900s and still considers Peter Chapman part of James Smith Cree Nation. Historically, we were supposed to be a first nation on our own. Chief Robert Head says regaining recognition will allow for funding agreements with Ottawa on health care, housing, and education.

The federal government says it's currently engaged in a process with the three communities to consider the split. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Peter Chapman. First Nation. And that is a world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.