The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 16:00 EDT

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now these kids were literally praying minneapolis mayor jacob fry says the city is in shock after two young children were shot dead at a catholic school this morning 17 others are injured most of them children minneapolis police chief brian o'hara says the attack happened during morning mass marking the first week of school. During the mass, a gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building, and began firing a rifle through the church windows, towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass. This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children.

O'Hara says the suspected shooter, 23-year-old Robin Westman, took his own life shortly after. The FBI is now investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, and hate crime targeting Catholics. New data shows U.S. border officials are searching the mobile phones of travelers much more frequently. It is part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. Legal experts say agents are allowed to search devices and can deny entry to Canadians who don't comply. Thomas Daigla has more. From this past April to June, and while the number of Canadians traveling stateside continued

to plummet, U.S. border officers were searching more mobile phones than ever before. Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows its staff looked through nearly 15,000 electronic devices. That's almost 25% more than during the same period last year. They held me there for three hours. I missed my flight. Sociologist Nathan Coleman Lamb had his phone searched as he traveled from Fredericton

to a conference in South Carolina. But Toronto-based immigration lawyer, Heather Siegel, warns, The discretion that these officers have is absolutely 100% legal. U.S. officials say if a traveler refuses to hand over their unlocked mobile device, that may be part of the reason they're denied entry. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Canadian troops stationed in Latvia at the conclusion of his four-day trip to Europe.

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. Some 2,200 Canadian troops are in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance. It's an ongoing NATO mission to deter further Russian aggression in Europe. Carney has announced it as being extended until at least 2029. Montreal police have arrested a man after an Israeli flag was set on fire twice in four days. The flag was flying outside the town hall in the suburb of Hampstead. 39-year-old Frederick Byron Carmel is facing four charges.

They include arson, inciting hate, and mischief motivated by hate. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is demanding that Ottawa drop its clean fuel standards. They were brought in a few years ago in a bid to lower Canada's carbon emissions. But Polyev says people struggling with affordability can't afford the regulations. Olivia Stefanovic has the story. We are making it a priority to boost take-home pay. and reverse the liberal cost of living crisis by opposing Mark Carney's carbon tax 2.0. Even though the liberals scrap the consumer carbon pricing system,

Conservative leader Pierre Polyev still wants to campaign against it. We need to get rid of the carbon taxes altogether, make our lives affordable again. Polyev is now attacking the federal clean fuel regulations, calling them the second carbon tax. The standards were introduced a few years ago to reduce carbon emissions. But the parliamentary budget officer estimates that by 2030, the price of gas will increase by 17 cents per leader. Pauliev says Canadians can't afford that. And the conservative leader is trying to convince the federal government to dismantle the regulations altogether. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.

Thank you.