The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/29 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/29 at 03:00 EDT

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the de minimis exemption meant businesses could send packages worth up to $800 to customers south at a border without any extra duties that exemption ended today as paula duacic explains businesses in this country are figuring out how to adjust to the change taking a market where you are growing and turning it off is not my favorite thing to do in the world. Christy Sumer is founder and CEO of the Toronto-based clothing company encircled. She says U.S. customers represent about 35% of her revenue, but as of this week, she's cut off shipping to the U.S. altogether. Since there is just a lot of uncertainty around what that is even going to look like, how

it's going to be a process, and how much it's even going to cost. It hits mom-and-pop shops disproportionately. John Boscarial is a trade lawyer with the firm McCarthy Taitro. And many of them who have relied on these low-value shipments to the United States as part of their bread and butter for survival are being hit by this and possibly may have to go out of business because of this. Boscarial says he'll be watching to see if de minimis comes up during trade negotiations between the two countries. Paula Duhatchek, CBC News, Toronto. The number of people killed in Thursday's Russian drone and missile attempt. on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has now risen to 23.

European leaders strongly condemn the heavy Russian bombardment. In his nightly dress, President Zelensky said the attack proof that Russia didn't want peace. This strike clearly demonstrates that Russia's goals have not changed. They want to wage war, striking not only our people, but our cities and our communities. Russia is now striking everyone in the world who wants peace. This is a strike against Ukraine and a strike against Ukraine. and a strike against Europe. It's also a strike by Russia against President Trump

and other global actors. The White House says President Trump was unhappy, but not surprised. France, Germany and the UK have triggered the UN Security Council process reimposing sanctions on Iran. They warned Iran about their intentions weeks ago after halted inspections of its nuclear facilities. Iran is calling the motion illegal, saying it will, in its words, respond appropriately.

The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says, Washington is ready to talk. In Minneapolis, investigators are now learning more about the shooter behind the shooting of a school mass that claimed the lives of two children. Ashley Burke has more from Washington. A father's agony, Jesse Merkel's son, one of the victims of a shooter, police say was obsessed with the idea of killing kids. 10-year-old Harper Moisky also killed.

Police say the shooter fired more than 100 rounds of ammunition through church windows right at children celebrating their first week back at school. I told my two buddies to get down and to get under the pew, and I knew that I had to try to keep as many people around me as I could safe. Some hid, others ran to a nearby room. We all started to help, like putting tables on the doors, locking the doors, putting all this stuff on the doors as much as we could. Haunting stories about kids protecting other kids.

kids. We had one kid that covered up another kid and took a shotgun blast to his back. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. And the return of Zellers is set to take place in Edmonton's London Dairy Mall. According to federal registries, this comes after the defunct Hudson's Bay Company transferred the discount retailers brand trademarks to the owner of Fairweather and International Clothiers. The former Hudson's Bay location will be opening as a Zellers with the soft launch today. And that is your world this hour.

Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. We update every hour seven days a week. Or get all the news you need anytime anywhere. Download the free CBC News app today. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.