The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/29 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/29 at 11:00 EDT

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and follows a slight first quarter increase of point five percent stat scan says a slump is due primarily to a drop in exports caused by the Trump tariffs. Still with economic news, more than 150 workers near Windsor, Ontario, who helped make Crown Royal Canadian whiskey, are losing their jobs. The company they work for, Diageo, says it's moving some of its operations to be closer to its American Crown Royal customers. Kathleen Sailor's reports. I can guarantee you there's a lot of tears coming out of that plant.

News of job losses in southwestern Ontario rippled across the country. Diageo, owner of iconic Canadian brand Crown Royal, announcing it'll close its Amherstburg, Ontario bottling plant in February. At least 160 unionized workers stand to lose their jobs. John Degnolo is president with Unifor Local 200. This is something that you never want to hear. The members there are going, what are we going to do? It's not like we have an abundance of jobs.

We have the highest unemployment in our community. The company says it will maintain its distilling and bottling facilities in Gimley, Manitoba and Valleyfield, Quebec. Dan Jemis is the president of Amherstburg's Chamber of Commerce. Now they're going to be focused on saving money between now and February. And so there's no doubt that all the small businesses in town will feel the effect. It has a major effect on all businesses locally and not just here in Amherburg, but across Windsor, Essex County. Kathleen Sailor's CBC News, Windsor. The day after Keeve was in.

hit by a devastating Russian missile and drone bombardment. The EU defence ministers are meeting in Denmark for talks on the Ukrainian war effort. Yesterday's barrage was by far the biggest of the summer, claiming at least 23 lives in the capital. Julia Chapman has more. EU officials are working to put more pressure on Moscow. That could include placing secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners. Radik Sikorsky is Poland's foreign minister. An invader only stops fighting when he thinks he cannot win. And Putin still thinks he can win.

But Europe can't end the war alone. Donald Trump has favored dialogue over weaponry, so far without any impact on the ground. He was not happy about this news, but he was also not surprised. That was Trump's spokesperson Caroline Levitt. The White House has now announced an $825 million sale of arms. including missiles that can reach a distance of 450 kilometers. It's thought to be the first offer of new weapons to Ukraine under Donald Trump's administration. Ukrainian officials are in New York today for talks with Trump's team about possible security guarantees.

Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Thailand's constitutional court has removed the country's prime minister and dissolved her cabinets. In Bangkok, that's ahead of the court ruling that Paysung-Shanowat violated constitutional ethics in a telephone call with the head of the Cambodian Senate. The conversation was about easing border tensions, but when a tape of the discussion was leaked in June, it revealed the prime minister appearing to be critical of a senior Thai general. Sunoat has been office for less than a year. The Edmonton Public School Board has received a list of more than 200 books. It has been ordered to remove from school libraries.

The order comes from Alberta's Ministry of Education, and CBC News has obtained a document that names some of the titles. They include Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. The ministry has determined the books contain explicit sexual content that isn't considered age-appropriate. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.