The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 11:00 EDT

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from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings we go first to keve where at least seventeen people are dead following a series of russian missile and drone strikes on the ukrainian capital close to 100 buildings targeted it is 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 final 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, Kyuk. In what is a rare foreign trip, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is in Beijing, and he's scheduled to make a public appearance alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. It's being called a three-country show of solidarity and defiance against the West. 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. While there was grief and despair last night, there was also calls for stricter gun control measures. 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 pistol, and a shotgun. The White House says it has fired the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. It comes on the same day as the CDC announced new restrictive measures governing COVID-19 vaccines. Steve Futterman has more.

The sudden move to dismiss. in Menaris comes after a clash over vaccine policy with controversial health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has been seen by many as a vaccine denier. The White House says Menaris isn't aligned with the Trump agenda. Her lawyers counter saying she is being targeted for standing up to science. What you saw at the CDC was a wholesale destruction of the leadership of the organization. Dr. Ashish Jha was the COVID-19 response coordinator. during the Biden administration. Along with the attempt to remove Maneras,

four other high-ranking CDC officials resigned late Wednesday, one of them accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing public health. All this comes as the Kennedy-influenced Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday restrictive guidelines on who is eligible to get the latest COVID-19 vaccines this fall. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. There's plenty of Canadian comments.

content to look for today at the U.S. Open in New York. On the women's side, Lela Fernandez is teaming up with legend Venus Williams and doubles play. In the men's draw, three Canadians are on the court, Felix Oje al-Aisim, Dennis Chappavalloff, and Gabriel Diallo. They all have second round matches. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.