The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/31 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/31 at 07:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg major world leaders are in china today for a summit of the shanghai cooperation organization and what is seen as a counterweight to western-led global institutions president gijing ping is holding bilateral meetings with some leaders ahead of the larger forum among those attending today's summit Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The SCO is the world's largest regional bloc by population. As Patrick Falk reports, this year's summit comes as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration wages its international trade war.

Security has been stepped up in Tianjin as this summit of the Shanghai Corporation Organization gets underway. Also known as the SCO, the gathering brings together heads of state and delegations from across Asia and the Middle East. It's been touted as an alternative to the NATO military alliance and comes as Washington is at shaking up its partnerships and waging a global trade war. Russian President Vladimir Putin will be China's key guest at the event. Earlier today, Chinese leader Xi Jinping held bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She told his Indian counterpart that two countries must handle their relationships strategically and with long-term perspective. It's the first time Modi is visiting China in seven years and comes as relations between India and the US have been

strained. That's after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods as a response to New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil. Patrick Falk, for CBC News, Singapore. A threatening wildfire has forced the evacuation of a community in the Northwest Territories. Residents of Wadi are being moved to Yellowknife about 250 kilometers away. Meanwhile, B.C. officials are grappling with dozens of new blazes. The Provincial Fire Service says more than 40 have sparked since Friday. Most were started by lightning strikes, tender, dry forests. 142 wildfires are now burning across the province. That's up from 68 on Wednesday. Quebec universities are dealing with a drop in admission requests from international students wanting to come to study in the province. The school says it's

due to the recent tightening of immigration laws. And as well as hurting them financially, it's damaging their reputation. Quabino-Dourouro reports. Christian Blanchet, the president of Universite de Quebec at Troire Revere, says applications for international students drop 46% between April 2024 and April of this year, across all universities in the network.

And international students are key to enable us to reach the economic goals that we have. The federal government has implemented a two-year cap on international study permits with a target of 437,000 permits for this year and next. While in February, Quebec cut the number of international students that can enroll by 20%. University de Montreal spokesperson Jean-Riev Omira says these policies are the issue. The message that the numerous policy changes send is that maybe Canada and Quebec are no longer. welcoming international students. Blanchette agrees and says both levels of government need to understand the damage being done.

Kubino-Rourou, CBC News, Montreal. Critics are saying Edmonton Public Schools banned book list goes too far. An internally distributed list obtained by CBC News on Thursday shows more than 200 titles are being banned for students in kindergarten to grade 12. John Hilton O'Brien with parents for choice in education says, his group wanted some books banned, but that's not what he had in mind. An Edmonton Public School spokesperson told CBC that board chair Julie Cousiak will be contacting Premier Daniel Smith directly about compliance with the ministerial order.

And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. We updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fake. Thank you.