The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 09:00 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. Prime Minister Mark Carney has closed out his four-day trip to Europe with a visit to 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.

The 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, and now he's 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.

Slima Shivji 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 anti-industries in trauma. A disaster scenario says Kyrid 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 a 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. Meanwhile, at least 34 people have been killed as monsoon rains continue to swamp parts of India and Pakistan. This year's primary monsoon season has been unusually long and severe. Indian officials say at this point more than 150,000 people, people have been displaced by the flooding or landslides. U.S. President Donald Trump is chairing a meeting today at the White House on the war in Gaza,

and the U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, says the focus will be on the administration's post-war plan for the territory. 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. It's despite the fact Israel and Hamas have yet to come to terms on a ceasefire agreement. Hamas supports the latest proposal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not. A petition is being circulated to save the Quebecwa 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 reports. 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 Pia Soto 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, Les Simpsons won't be available in French, Quebec. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And that is the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.