The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 14:00 EDT

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From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Stephanie Skanderas. The Town of Conception Bay South in Newfoundland and Labrador has declared a state of emergency. It says the water supply could soon be completely depleted, meaning there will be no water available for homes or businesses. The town says it's due to water supply loss from the regional water authority. It's directing all businesses to close, effective immediately, to conserve the remaining water for fire-related emergencies. A mandatory water conservation order is also in effect, and residents must limit water use to emergency needs only. In the Northwest Territories, the fire threatening Fort Providence is still burning out of control,

but favorable winds over the past day have stopped it from advancing towards the community for now. Fire information officer Mike Westwick says that gives crews time to prepare for what's to come. We wouldn't expect to see additional advancement towards the community today. However, tomorrow is going to be a critical day in terms of fire management as wind shift to the north, becoming a concern for the community once again. Westwick says crews are setting up water cannon and sprinklers in the community in case the fire reaches the town. It remains less than a kilometer away.

Quebec's premier has testified for three hours at a public inquiry into cost overruns at the auto insurance board. Francois Legoe established the Gallant Commission six months ago. Katis Senei is following the hearings. The sacri-legoe, Prime Minister of Quebec. Thank you. The cyclic fiasco has been embarrassing Francoislego's government for months.

Today he was in the hot seat and had to explain what he knew and when. He said basically that he was kept in the dark. He only learned about the usual. cost overruns of $500 million of Quebec's auto insurance board's digital transformation that included the cyclic application in February 2025 from the Auditor General's Skathing report. Should I have known this information earlier? I think so, he said.

For Premier Legal, the SAQ is to blame, but he also said his transport minister is in charge over the years should have asked questions. There would have ask more questions. Lugo was testifying at the Gallant Commission has he's trying to relaunch his unpopular government.

Katsi-Suni, CBC News, Quebec City. A second earthquake has hit eastern Afghanistan, this time a 5.5 magnitude. The relatively shallow quake comes as the country's death toll climbs following Sunday's larger quake. The Taliban government says at least 14,000, 1,700 people have died, and around 3,200 others have been injured in the past two days.

The powerful quake on Sunday was one of Afghanistan's worst in years. It struck several provinces and completely destroyed entire villages. In Sudan, a landslide has wiped out an entire village in the western region of Darfur. More than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed in one of the country's deadliest natural disasters. As Naba Mohedin reports, the tragedy comes as the country grapples with war. Rescue workers are still trying to find survivors from the latest landslide tragedy in the Mara Mountains of Central Darfur, making that harder if the fact the area remains under the control of rebel fighters.

They say the village was completely leveled and only one person survived. The security situation in Sudan and Darfur in particular is hindering aid delivery. Sudan has been gripped by civil war since 2003, with tens of thousands killed and millions displaced in the world's largest-scale humanitarian crisis. The region has also suffered from poor infrastructure and soil erosion, increasing the risk of landslides. Sudan's government and the battle rebel forces are both vowing to provide aid to those in need and to help the rescue and evacuation efforts. Navamohydin. For CBC News, cut on. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skanderas.