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

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

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

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Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings we go first to latvia prime minister good morning good morning good to see you very much thank you sir thank you good morning sir that is prime minister mark carney meeting with canadian troops deployed to operation reassurance it's an ongoing mission to deter russian aggression in europe and carney has announced it will continue for at least another four years. Murray Brewster has more. In many respects, the extension of this mission was expected. I mean, Canada is leading the multinational NATO brigade. It has for a

number of years now. It would be a tough commitment to walk away from. It is Canada's largest overseas deployment, and it is our biggest international contribution to deterrence. Now, the Prime Minister said the threat from Russia is long term, and that it's not going away anytime soon. Putin seeks darkness, not Glasnos. He seeks empire, not Parastroika. We can't trust, but verify with Putin. We must deter and fortify. There are approximately 2,500 Canadian troops that are part of this deployment.

Overall, the brigade that they're leading with 14 other nations makes it 3,500 troops in Latvia here to deter Russia in case anything goes wrong in the Baltics. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Campadagi. Lafayette. Prime Minister Carney's European visit is now over. He's on his way back to Ottawa, with stops earlier this week being in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. Now to the Trump administration's soaring tariffs on India. Mr. Trump, of course, wants a win and everyone else seems to be giving him a win. That is New Delhi-based foreign policy analyst, harsh punth. As of today, American tariffs on Indian exports jump from 25 to 50 percent. The Trump administration 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. The Indian government says the tariff spike will cost the economy close to $50 billion. The United States special envoy to the Middle East is making a bold prediction. He says the war in Gaza will be settled before the end of the year. It says U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to chair a meeting today on the future of the territory. Lisa Scheng has more from Washington. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff said in an interview on Fox News, there will be talks later today on what the next day in Gaza looks like, referencing the end of Israel's war in the territory. Now, remember earlier this year, Trump floated the idea the U.S. should take over control of

the region, clear out its two million residents, and build seaside real estate, calling it the Riviera of the Middle East. That plan heavily criticized by European and Arab states. This is what Whitkoff said yesterday. We've got a large meeting in the White House tomorrow, chaired by the president. 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. And it reflects President Trump's humanitarian motives here. Wittkoff also said he expected the war to be settled by the end of the year, but did not offer any concrete details on that.

Lisa Sching, CBC News, Washington. Police in Haiti say they have regained control of a critical telecommunications hub. It was seized last week by armed gangs, and for a brief time, air traffic and internet connections went down. 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 Supreme Court judge in Brazil is ordering Titan security at the home of Jair-Belsenero. The former president is under house arrest and is considered a flight risk. He's accused of plotting a coup to overturn his 2022 electoral defeat and final arguments in that case are set to begin early next month.

Until then, security officials will be patrolling his property around the clock. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.