The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 07:00 EDT

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first to keve where at least 15 people are dead following a series of russian missile and drone strikes on the ukrainian capital with close to 100 buildings targeted it is by far one of the most devastating bombardments of the summer and it comes as u.s and EU leaders have been ramping up their efforts to finalize a ceasefire. Breyer Stewart reports. There was not a lot of optimism for the political talks that are going on. I think people that I've been speaking with didn't have a lot of hope that they were going to lead anywhere because they said Russia will not negotiate.

We cannot trust Vladimir Putin. The fact that you're seeing attacks like this still being carried out on this scale with this number of people being killed, it is really devastating for people. I mean, this has been more than the three and a half years of war. And really what we have seen throughout the summer is attacks being carried out on the Capitol like they haven't been since the early days of this. And people now are spending much more time in shelters, much more time in metro stations and railway stations. The site that I'm at, I talked to a young man who's living in the building, he said that they all went to the shelter originally. And then after the first strike, they ran out because it filled with smoke.

And when they were on the street, there was a second missile strike nearby. And some of the people who left the shelter were actually injured by the shrapnel. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Keick. A number of vigils were held overnight across Minneapolis in honor of the victims of yesterday's school shooting. Two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed with another 17 wounded. And while there was grief and despair last night, there were also calls for stricter gun controls. Keith Ellison is the state's Attorney General. My thoughts, and what I'm thinking about is a national ban on assault rifles.

My prayer, my prayer is a national ban on these assault rifles. And you should know that when we used to ban them assault rifles, we used to keep a lot more people alive than we do now. Police say the shooting suspect, a 23-year-old male, died near the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say he was armed with a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol. As prolonged wildfire seasons become the norm here, in Canada were being offered a disturbing look at what it means to our health. Researchers at the University of Chicago have examined Canada's 2023 wildfire season and have determined it may have touched off a trend that is reversing any progress ever made at improving air quality.

Nicole Mordalellal has more. It's hard not to remember the 2023 wildfire season when more than 16 million hectares of forest were lost and thousands were displaced from their homes. Today's report found that during the 2023 wildfire season, more than half of Canadians breathed air that surpassed our national standard. And if those levels continued for a person's lifetime, the average Canadian would lose roughly two years of their life expectancy. The worsening air quality is a frustrating reversal of progress made by Canada

to reduce air pollution. Michael Greenstone is one of the report's authors. Air pollution is like the zombie that we thought we had killed, but it's coming back to life. But with climate change worsening droughts, the risk of wildfires increases. This year has been the second worst wildfire season on record, and experts warn that the risk to Canadians from exposure to smoke will likely increase each year.

Nicole Mortillero, CBC News, Toronto. Meanwhile, Newfoundland and Labrador has announced an additional round of financial support for those forced to flee the Kingston wildfire. It was first reported on August 3rd and has destroyed nearly two. 200 homes and structures along a 15-kilometer stretch of coastline in the area known as Conception Bay North. Premier John Horgan says households in the area that were forced to evacuate will receive an additional $500 from the province. That's on top of a $500 payment announced earlier this month. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website

CBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Compt. Thanks.