The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 19:00 EDT

A lot of news podcasts give you information, the basic facts of a story. What's different about your world tonight is that we actually take you there. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Aleppo. Jerusalem. Prince Albert. Susan Ormiston, CBC News in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica. Correspondence around the world where news is happening.

So don't just know, go. I'm Susan Bonner. Host of Your World Tonight from CBC News. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips police in minnesota say the shooter who opened fire on a catholic school this morning bought his weapons legally at least two children are dead and many more injured in a shooting in minneapolis the fbi is now investigating it as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting catholics lisa shing has the story Just yelling out my daughter's name, Clarissa, Clarissa, where are you? Where are you? Suzanne Garcia, describing the frantic moments searching for her daughter after a shooter with a rifle

opened fire through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, killing children at a mass that was meant to mark the start of school. Children are dead. They're families that have a deceased child. The city's mayor, Jacob Fry, devastated. Now, these kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church. Two of them, ages 8 and 10, died in the pews where they sat. 17 others were wounded. 14 of them, children.

Police chief Brian O'Hara says the shooter was armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol. This was a deliberate act of violence. The suspected shooter, 23-year-old Robin Westman, took his own life behind the church. Police say they're looking for a motive. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Washington. Denmark has summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest an alleged covert operation by the Trump administration. The Danish public broadcaster reports it involved U.S. nationals with ties to the White House. They allegedly carried out influence operations aimed at promoting Greenland's secession from Denmark.

But Greenland MP Pele Broberg says Denmark has been using similar tactics in its campaign against the territory's independence. We've experienced thousands and thousands of Danes going to Greenland doing the exact same thing. So I don't know why it's all of a sudden intelligence operations or covert infiltrations as you like. Broberg says Greenland will decide its own fate and is not worried about U.S. interference. Canadian officials were in Washington today to discuss border security between the two countries. The high-level talks included Canada's justice and public safety ministers and the U.S. Attorney General. They were reportedly focused on criminal justice reform. It's the latest round of meetings meant to kickstart trade negotiations after the Prime Minister said he would drop retaliatory

tariffs on most American goods. All United Nations Security Council members except the United States say the famine in Gaza is a man-made crisis, and they stress starvation as a weapon of war is banned under international humanitarian law. In a joint statement, the 14 council members are calling for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire. They demand the release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups, and for Israel to lift all restrictions on aid delivery. While a long-awaited rocket launch from a small Newfoundland town is facing another delay, the rocket is built by Canadian company Nordspace. It's small and is not expected to fly, all the way to space. Peter Cowan reports.

It's our first launch, so we wanted to be perfect. Rahul Goyle and his team have been waiting on the weather. The first day of Nord Space's launch window was Monday. But winds and rain at their launch site in the Newfoundland town of St. Lawrence have scrubbed the launch every day since. You know, these are very sensitive, very expensive, and safety's involved. So everyone wants to make sure that they go really well. So this is something that we're totally used to.

The company is trying to be the first to design, build, and launch arrive. from Canada, eventually giving the country the capability of launching its own satellites into space. After a year of planning, the mayor of St. Lawrence, Kevin Pittman can't wait to see the launch. But to actually see it go out in the space, it'll make it real. The company is hopeful the weather Thursday or Friday will let them finally see their rocket fly. Peter Cowan, CBC News, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.

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