The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 13:00 EDT

If you're absolutely loving your summer read and don't want the book to be over, your experience doesn't actually have to end when you finish reading. I'm Matea Roach, and on my podcast bookends, I sit down with authors to get the inside scoop behind the books you love. Like, why Emma Donoghue is so fascinated by trains, or how Taylor Jenkins Read feels about being a celebrity author. You can check out bookends with Matea Roach wherever you get your podcasts. from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips today is the last day canadian retailers can ship small amounts of goods to the united states duty-free the u.s is eliminating an exemption that allows for duty-free imports of less expensive packages as paula do hatchack reports it's left many small businesses scrambling Our U.S. customer, the last several years, has made up 35% of our sales. Jess Sternberg owns the Vancouver-based clothing brand free label.

She says Americans are loyal shoppers, but she can't keep relying on them to grow her business. So we've literally turned off shipping to the United States. Starting tomorrow, the U.S. is eliminating the de minimis exemption. It allowed orders of small value under $800 into the U.S. duty-free. That's going to hurt many small businesses, especially online. retailers, pushing up their costs. Some are scrambling to figure out how or if they can keep shipping to the U.S. Bob Kirk is Executive Director of the Canadian Apparel Federation. And it was a fantastic program. It allowed a lot of smaller companies to grow, and it's not here

anymore. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling for more support for small businesses affected by trade disruptions. Paula Du Hocchecks, CBC News, Toronto. Ottawa and New Delhi are taking more steps towards repairing their rocky relationship. Canada and India have named new high commissioners after leaving the posts empty for almost a year. Rafi Bujiccanian has the story. Excellency, Prime Minister, is a great honor to host you at the G7. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greeting his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in Canaanascus, Alberta last June. I'm saying he was grateful for the invitation, but it was controversial.

Two years ago, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of involvement in the murder of a Canadian sick activist Hardip Singh Niger in British Columbia. And last fall, the RCMP said India is playing a role in a rash of gang violence in Canada, including murder and extortion. Allegations India denies India recalled their high commissioner to Canada and extortion. spelled canadas from India. Many opposed Modi's presence in Alberta, but today a sign of warmer relations, both countries appointed new high commissioners to their embassies. Rafi Buccan, Yon-Civis News, Arwa. Canada is among several nations condemning Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine. Drone and missile strikes on central Kiev killed at least 18 people, including three children.

The EU headquarters in the capital is among 100 buildings damaging. in the attack. Ursula von der Leyen is the president of the European Commission. She says the EU is in the process of finalizing a new round of sanctions against Moscow. It shows that the Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine, blindly killing civilians, men, women, and children, and even targeting the European Union. Prime Minister Mark Carney calls it a brutal attack that deliberately targeted civilians. He says it proves Russia's Vladimir, Putin is interested in killing when he should be talking peace. At the United Nations, Germany, France, and the UK are pushing to reimpose nuclear sanctions on Iran. They're accusing the

country of not living up to commitments made in a 2015 agreement. The countries are giving Iran 30 days to negotiate. Its foreign minister is calling the motion illegal, and Russia's deputy envoy agrees, asking the Security Council not to consider it. However, U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio says he welcomes the initiative. Also at the UN, Gaza is piled with rubble, piled with bodies, and piled with examples of what may be serious violations of international law. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling on Israel to reverse its decision to occupy Gaza City. He warns the operation will have devastating consequences for hundreds of thousands of people. Gutierish is once again calling for an immediate ceasefire and release of all hostages held by Hamas.

And that's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.