The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/03 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/03 at 00:00 EDT

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. A massive military parade was held 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, had a message that appeared to be directed at the West. 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 truth 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 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. A limited strike by public sector workers is now underway in British Columbia. Members of the BC General Employees Union are walking picket lines in Victoria, Surrey, and Prince George, Paul Finch's president of the Union. For the time being the over 2,000 members on strike, predominantly those are inward-facing functions. Government will feel it, the general public, less so. Finch says the union could escalate its strike if the government doesn't make a better offer. The Alberta government is temporarily pausing the ban on school library books with sexual content. The ban sparked outrage 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 class. 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 DiMani Ellie alleged that Cardi cut her face with a fingernail and spat on her in a medical clinic. Cardi B spoke outside the court. 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 sue. And I'm going to make you pay. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.