The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/30 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/30 at 15:00 EDT...

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Starting point is 00:00:46 constitution to impose those levies trump called the court highly partisan and said the u.s would be destroyed if the supreme court doesn't overturn the ruling steve utterman has more it was on april second with great fanfare that Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs. My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day. The Trump tariffs impacted to different degrees every nation around the world. The Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that many of the tariffs, including the reciprocal ones, are illegal. Attorney Neil Cotill, who served in the Obama administration, argued the case before the appeals
Starting point is 00:01:22 court. The president under our Constitution is given no power to impose tariffs. The ruling may have little. if any immediate impact. The appeals court delayed enforcement until mid-October to allow the Trump administration a chance to appeal to the Supreme Court. Trump's reaction was quick. He said if these tariffs ever go away, it would be a total disaster. Trump aides suggested last night there are other ways to impose similar tariffs if these are struck down. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. In Ukraine.
Starting point is 00:01:59 Firefighters spray water on a burning building hit during strikes in Sapericia. Kiev says at least one person was killed when Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles during overnight attacks on several regions of the country, and at least three children were among dozens injured. Meanwhile, former parliamentary speaker Andrei Parabee was assassinated. A gunman shot and killed him on the streets of Leviv, then fled. A manhunt is underway. The Prime Minister of Yemen and several senior government officials were killed and Israeli airstrike Thursday. The Iranian-backed Houthi government confirmed those deaths today.
Starting point is 00:02:34 Ali Barrett reports from London. A Houthi statement says Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other government officials were targeted while working in the capital Sarnar. Israel says its forces hit what the military describes as a Houthi terrorist regime military target. The Houthis control parts of Yemen and the Iranian-backed group has repeatedly targeted Israeli and Western shipping vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in opposition to Israel's military operations inside Gaza. And Israel has regularly targeted Houthi positions in Yemen in response.
Starting point is 00:03:09 The Houthi statement confirming the death of Ahmed al-Rahawi claims the group's government will still be capable of carrying out its duties and it has previously insisted Israeli attacks will not deter its military operations. Oli Barrett for CBC News, London. A number of European leaders are criticizing Washington's decision to revoke a visa, allowing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to attend a UN summit in New York. It was expected to attend the meeting on the two-state solution. Abbas's office says the U.S. is violating its own agreement with the U.N., agreeing to allow foreign leaders and diplomats to visit the United Nations.
Starting point is 00:03:49 The Long Lake Fire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley is still burning out of control, but it hasn't grown and there are no new reports of damage. Fog last night and rain forecasts this afternoon are helping crews working to contain it. Transit strike on Vancouver Island is heading into its eighth month. Bus and handy dark drivers in the Cowichin Valley walked off the job in February, demanding higher wages and access to washrooms while driving. Katie Segal chairs the Cowichin Valley Regional District Board of Directors. She wants the province to do more to get buses back to.
Starting point is 00:04:23 on the road. Workers deserve to be treated fairly and equitably, as well as our residents deserve to have a mode of transportation that we have a Crown Corporation and a provincial ministry to provide. While the transit system is overseen by the Crown Corporation BC Transit, it's operated by a private company. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.

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