The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/05 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/05 at 07:00 EDT

It's not just you. News in Canada and around the world is moving at an incredible pace, which is where we come in. I'm Jamie Poisson and I host Frontburner, Canada's most popular daily news podcast. And what we try to do is hit the breaks on a story that you actually want to know more about. So try us out. Follow Front Burner wherever you get your podcast, Front Burner, stories you want to follow five days a week. News. It's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Prime Minister Mark Carney is making an announcement today on what his office is calling Canada's strategic economic sectors. Industry Minister Melanie Jolie has hinted that an update is in the works on support for those industries

in the country hardest hit by the Trump tariffs. Jolie says the government is looking at ways to help some of those companies retool. That includes getting steelmakers to turn away from the American market and instead look to domestic projects. Also today, the latest employment numbers are coming out. This is the jobs report from last month. The previous report from July saw the loss of more than 40,000 jobs coast to coast. Even with that, Canada's unemployment rate this summer has held steady at 6.9%. Russian President Vladimir Putin is issuing a warning today to Ukraine's allies. Putin says any troops deployed to Ukraine once the fighting is over, would be considered by Moscow to be enemy combatants.

Crystal Gamansing has more. Talk of the war in Ukraine spilled over into a Russian economic forum. Vladimir Putin said foreign military contingents in Ukraine will be legitimate targets for destruction. There are commitments from 26 nations for an international post-war reassurance force for Ukraine. What's happening with the coalition of the willing is even bigger than Russia and Ukraine. Admiral Tony Radican was until this week the chief of the defense forces in the UK.

It's much more about European security, this adjustment with America, the reassurance to America that Europe is taking more responsibility for its security. Putin says if a lasting peace is achieved, there would be no need for international troops in Ukraine. that Moscow would respect a peace deal. Crystal Gamanssing, CBC News, London. Two Canadians are now confirmed to be among the dead in this week's Lisbon streetcar crash. Portuguese police say 11 of the 16 people killed in the incident were foreign tourists.

The glory of finicular went off the rails Wednesday night. Crews have now removed the wreckage with government officials scheduled to release a preliminary report into the incident at some point today. protests are being held across Israel ahead of the second anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks. The demonstrations come as the Israeli military intensifies its assault on Gaza City. Sasha Petrissik reports. Israel streets are filling with protesters, marking 700 days since the war in Gaza started,

angry at the government for continuing to fight without bringing remaining hostages home. Hamas militants released a video today. showing two of these held in Gaza City, Israel's next military target, and Hamas's most active base, says the IDF. One of the only places in Gaza that we haven't operated at all. Not in any sustained way, says IDF Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, is targeting remaining Hamas fighters. Some of them have stayed in Gaza City from the beginning of the war. And some have moved back during the latest ceasefire with the aim of rebuilding and re-arming.

The IDF says it already holds some 40% of Gaza City with a major offensive ready to start in the coming days to occupy the rest. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. Tensions are escalating in the Caribbean over the illegal drug trade. Days after a U.S. naval vessel opened fire on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela to Venezuelan military planes circled over an American warship. The move the Pentagon is calling highly prevent. provocative. This is Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has now designated two drug gangs from Ecuador as foreign terrorists. It's believed Ecuador has now gained prominence in the global cocaine trade after political changes in Colombia last decade. And that is the world this

hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.