The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 07:00 EDT

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prime minister mark carney has closed out his four-day trip to europe with a visit today with the canadian troops stationed in latvia if we're going to defend and advance our values of freedom of democracy and peace canada must do so from a position of strength. Canadian Armed Forces are in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance. It's an ongoing mission to deter further Russian aggression in Europe. And Carney has announced it's being extended until at least 2029. This European tour has also seen Carney visit Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. Carney is now on his way back to Ottawa. Now to the U.S. tariff campaign and a 50% American levy 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. Salima Shivji has more. 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 industries in trauma. disaster scenario says Kirid Banzali, 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 in the factories affected, worried about what's next. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Vancouver. 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 Whitkoff says the focus will be on the 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 the release of some of the remaining hostages. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal has to include all hostages. Police in Haiti say they've regained control now of a critical telecommunications hub. It was seized last week by armed guards and armed gangs, and briefly upended air traffic and internet connections.

The military-style operation to take back the site is being viewed as a rare success for Haitian authorities and the UN-backed mission led by Kenyan police. That mission to regain control of the Haitian capital has been underway now for more than a year. A petition is being circulated to save the Quebec version of The Simpsons. Since the early 1990s, the show has been dubbed for a French-Canadian audience, but that appears to be coming to an end. Sarah Lovett has more. It's the same faces and adventures with a twist.

Quebec's version of the Simpsons uses local references. Like there, about a Montreal area shopping center. But that dubbing may not be coming back. The work used to be done by chorus entertainment, but it didn't renew its broadcasting rights. Instead, it'll be up to Disney Plus, and it appears that's not happening. Disney didn't reply to requests for comment.

Joshua Piesotto has launched a petition to save Les Simpsin, saying it's about preserving Quebec culture, a sentiment that Terry Dubet agrees with. It's an American show, which is really, really Quebec. For the past eight years, Dubet has played the Quebec version of Homer. The hope is Disney listens to the outcry, or else for the first time in 36 years, the Simpsons won't be available

in French, Quebec. Sarah Levitt, CBC News.