The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 22:00 EDT

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A massive military parade is underway right now in the Chinese capital. President Xi Jinping is hosting leaders from 26 countries, including Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. In a speech last hour, she had a message that appeared to be directed at the West. And friends, the Chinese nation is the great nation that is never intimidated by any bullies and always values independence and forges ahead. And U.S. President Donald Trump is reacting tonight on his true social site. He says, give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

as you conspire against the United States of America. A lack of spare parts is hampering the Canadian-led NATO mission in Latvia. The issue is affecting military vehicles and equipment. That in turn affects the battle readiness of our troops. The CBC's defense correspondent Murray Brewster has exclusive details. CBC News has obtained internal D&D documents that show during a recent training exercise alongside NATO allies in Latvia this summer, up to 30% of the Canadian contingent was considered combat ineffective

because vehicles were not available. The government of Canada just told me that we got your back. Colonel Chris Reeves is the Canadian commander of the NATO Brigade in Latvia. He acknowledges supply chain issues are something they're trying to manage. The government's pursuing a major rebooting of the Canadian Armed Forces. Defense Minister David McGinty, noting that some of the $9.3 billion recently announced by the Carney government, He is meant to help unplug supply chain bottlenecks.

Not all of the woes are money-related. Some of it is bureaucracy. For example, the leopard tanks. Spare parts are manufactured in Germany, but instead of shipping them directly to Latvia, D&D has required they be sent to Canada, where they're logged in the system, and then ship back to Europe.

Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. 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. Mike Westwick is a fire information officer. 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.

The Alberta government is temporarily pausing the ban on school library Brooks with sexual content. The ban sparked outrage at across Canada. Emily Williams reports. At a news conference near Medicine Hat, Premier Daniel Smith told reporters, the ministerial order restricting school library books is on pause while it gets rewritten. It comes after CBC News obtained an internally distributed list of more than 200 banned books for Edmonton public schools, including titles like Margaret Atwoods, The Handmaid's Tale. Smith says school divisions misunderstood what the government is trying to achieve.

The direction will be to take books with pornographic images out of the libraries and to leave the classics alone. The original order was in response to concerns about four coming-of-age graphic novels on school library shelves. Smith says the government will also be posting the graphic images from those for a third time in hopes that it clarifies what the government is concerned about. Emily Williams, CBC News, Edmonton. A California jury has found rapper Cardi B not liable in a civil lawsuit. Yes.

Yes. The jury members each confirming their decision. A security guard named Imani Elie alleged that Cardi cut her face with a fingernail and spat on her in the hallway of a medical office. Cardi B spoke outside the courthouse. I did not touch that woman. I did not touch that girl. I didn't lay my hands on that girl.

And with that being said, this time around I'm going to be nice. The next person that tried to do a frivolous lawsuit against me, I'm going to counter soon, and I'm going to make you pay. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.