The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/01 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/01 at 22:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. A desperate search continues in the mountainous eastern region of Afghanistan for survivors of an earthquake. It hit last night before midnight, flattening houses and killing at least 800 people. Anna Cunningham reports. A young boy cries next to the ruins of his destroyed home. Afghanistan's public health ministry says entire villages have been wiped out in Kunar province.

Blocked roads, landslides and the remoteness of the area is complicating rescue efforts. Helicopters are the only way to get the injured to hospital from this mountainous terrain. A lot of the homes are made from just mud and timber. Says to Mindry de Silva, director of the Humanitarian Aid Organization World Vision Afghanistan. They stood no chance, she says. They just sort of collapse in. The earthquake is the latest blow to the country following four decades of war. Foreign aid to Afghanistan has been cut since the Taliban's return to power

and its ability to respond to this earthquake and the needs of those affected in such remote areas will prove difficult. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The President of China is hosting his Indian and Russian counterparts for a major summit of non-Western nations, a sign of growing ties between the three powers that could shake up the global order. Lisa Sching explains.

Hand in hand, like old friends, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendor Modi cemented a solidarity while sending a message. We have developed cooperation at various levels, said Putin, during a meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. A signal, India is moving toward Beijing and its allies over the West.

Our close cooperation with Russia matters not only for the peoples of our two nations, said Modi, but also for ensuring global peace, stability and prosperity. The alliance, the turn toward these leaders, a boon to China's aspirations to rebalance global power. As Modi leaves the summit, she and Putin will be joined by North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un at a military parade in Beijing later this week. Lisa Singh, CBC News, Washington. A huge wildfire threatening Fort Providence Northwest Territories is now within one kilometer of the community.

The hamlet, with a population of about 700 people, was ordered to evacuate on Sunday. Mike Westwick is a wildfire information officer for the territory. Still a lot of work to do, but today, no homes lost. and our team's going to be looking at additional tactics today with some more favorable wins to be able to hold this fire back and keep that community safe. The fire is so big it has burned an area larger than the city of Toronto, 89,000 hectares. In BC, the union representing more than 34,000 public sector workers says job action will begin

tomorrow. They want higher wages to reflect the soaring cost of living. The CBC's Pinky Wong has more. We will be taking job action at some locations across the province. President of BCG-EU Paul Finch says the government has not come back with a revised wage mandate that addressed the affordability crisis. They need to amend their approach and ensure that the people who work hard to keep this province running aren't left behind to pay for the poorly procured capital project overruns. It's not acceptable.

No details of the job action has been released. Labor Minister Jennifer Whitesitesites says she believes in the right. of workers to engage in job action but did not comment on the specifics. We also are a government that believes strongly in the right of workers to organize, to engage in collective bargaining, and to engage in job action. We will leave the discussion about how to settle those disputes at the bargaining table. Union members of the public sector workers include government administration staffers, firefighters, and social workers, among others.

Pinky Wong, CBZ News, Vancouver. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.