The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 14:00 EDT

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Find the latest season wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. We begin in Ottawa. The Canadian sports system is in crisis. It is broken. That's Lise Méz-Nouve, the head of the Future of Sport Commission, presenting its preliminary report. Its mandate is to look at maltreatment and abuse in sports. Mesaunov says the Commission found widespread problems, including the biggest two.

Lack of protection for our children, widespread abuse and maltreatment within sport environments across the country, from grassroots participation to the national stage. A culture of silence that often discourages individuals from speaking out for fear of retribution. She says new measures are needed to prevent abuse and maltreatment and to respond to complaints. She recommends federal funding be conditional on sports bodies adhering to best practices. Today is the last day Canadian retailers can ship small amounts of goods to the United States duty-free. The Trump administration is eliminating the so-called de minimis exemption starting tomorrow. It allowed duty-free import of orders under $800 into the U.S.

The change is likely to hurt small Canadian retailers who sell goods online to U.S. customers. Nova Scotia officials have been finally able to confirm the losses from a wild-finding. ravaging part of the Annapolis Valley. I can confirm with a heavy heart that 20 homes were lost. Emergency management minister Kim Maslin says the Long Lake fire has burned more than 8,200 hectares. She adds that evacuees will be allowed home once it's safe to do so, and she expressed sympathies for those who no longer have a home to return to. My heart breaks for what you're going through.

I can't even imagine the stress, this devastation has put on you and your family. Premier Tim Houston says the saving grace is that no lives were lost. The province is upgrading its emergency alert system to cover areas using older networks and those connecting via Wi-Fi. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has appointed Canada's new High Commissioner to India. Veteran diplomat Christopher Couter gets the job nearly a year after. both countries expelled their top envoys. Relations between Canada and India have been strained

since Canadian police accused New Delhi of being involved in the 2023 murder of a sick activist near Vancouver. India has also named its representative to Canada weeks after Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, attended the G7 summit in Alberta. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the world leaders condemning Russia's latest deadly attack on Ukraine. At least 19 people are dead after the overnight barrage on Kyiv.

With Carney accusing Vladimir Putin of killing when he should be talking peace, the U.S. warns, these negotiations are now at risk. Julia Chapman reports. After one of Russia's biggest attacks, a wave of condemnation, as well as residential buildings, offices of the European Union and the British Council were damaged. Ambassadors have been summoned in Brussels and London. It shows that the Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen vows further sanctions against Moscow.

We cannot be naive about Vladimir Putin, and last night is evidence of that. NATO Secretary General Mark Russia says he hopes dialogue will lead to lasting peace. So far, Donald Trump hasn't managed to achieve that. His envoy, Keith Kellogg, called the strikes egregious, adding that they threaten the peace effort. Ukrainian officials will meet Trump's team tomorrow to discuss security guarantees. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. France, Germany and the UK triggered the UN Security Council process, reimposing sanctions on Iran.

They warned Tehran about their intentions weeks ago after it halted inspections of its nuclear facilities. Iran is calling the motion illegal. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks.