The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/05 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/05 at 04:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles we'll be keeping a close eye on the canadian labor market this morning statistics canada is set to release the latest jobs numbers at 830 eastern time economists will be watching to see if the economy is still getting worse or potentially beginning to show signs of a rebound peter armstrong reports just walk down the main street of your town or neighborhood. In most of Canada, it's not exactly overbrimming with optimism. And yet, the Canadian economy has shown a remarkable resiliency in the face of sweeping U.S. tariffs. Yesterday, trade numbers showed a sort of stabilization after a plunge in exports in April.

And BMO Capital Market Senior Economist Shelley Koschuk says the jobs data should broadly paint a similar picture. But she warns, there's a lot of distortion in the economy and a lot of moving parts, consumers and businesses adjust to the volatile moment we find ourselves. Hopefully we do get to some sort of normal or some sort of, you know, stability. BMO expects Canadian employers added jobs, but that the unemployment rate still rose in August. One more sign of an economy that may be doing better than expected, but is still struggling to find its footing. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto.

Two people arrested in this week's rate of a decommissioned school in Richmond, on have court appearances this morning. Self-proclaimed, Queen of Canada, Romana Didulo, and site owner Ricky Manns were arrested Thursday. RCP say they violated a condition of their release that they not contact each other. They're also accused of intimidating a person in the case. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's still working to talk to his U.S. counterpart about ending hostilities in Ukraine. President Trump and I have an open dialect. There is an arrangement in place that if needed, we can get in touch, talk to one another.

President Trump knows that I'm open to those dialogues. I know that here is also open. Putin spoke at an economic forum this morning. He was asked about yesterday's meeting of the Coalition of the Whaling, where France says 26 countries have pledged to deploy troops in Ukraine once the fighting ends. But Putin called that a provocation. Should any troops be placed in Ukraine, especially now in the course of the military action, we would treat those as righteous goals for an attack, a righteous target that we will aim for.

Putin added it would be okay for Ukraine to join the EU, but not NATO. US President Donald Trump's been long concerned with security along the border with Canada, calling it a gateway for fentanyl smuggling. Now his attorney general is ramping up security on the other side to deal with human smuggling. Steve Utterman explains. Pam Bondi says U.S. officials will begin to put more focus on the U.S. Canadian border. It follows a number of cases of people being smuggled into the U.S. through Vermont and New York. It's just not the southern border.

She says a growing number of undocumented immigrants are entering the U.S. from the northern border. On Wednesday, a Michigan woman was charged with seven counts. In one count, she's accused of transporting immigrants last November from Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. Bundy says the surge has been going on for some time. In 2023, parts of Vermont and New York started seeing unprecedented traffic law enforcement officers operating in these areas encountered aliens from 97 different countries, including China, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran. The U.S. has cited the illegal crossings to justify some of the tariffs on Canadian goods. Steve Futterman for CBC News. Los Angeles. In Portugal overnight.

That sound of the wreckage being dismantled from Wednesday's fatal funicular train derailment in Lisbon, two Canadians are believed to be among the 16 dead, but that's not been confirmed by foreign affairs. Another Canadian is among the 21 injured. A mass was held Thursday night to remember the victims. It's not known yet what caused the derailment. That is your world this hour for CBC News. I'm Mike Miles.