World Report - August 10: Sunday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: August 10, 2025

As the United Nations Security Council discusses Israel's plan for Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu defends plan to step up military action.Ahead of a meeting between the U.S. and Russia on the future of the war in Ukraine, European leaders say Keiv must be involved.Enviroment Canada is issuing heat warnings for large portions of southwest British Columbia and the conditions could intensify wildfire activity.Firefighters in Newfoundland and Labrador are up against more dry and windy conditions.Combatting human trafficking at hotels and motels.Coral bleaching threatens Australia's Great Barrier Reef.New clues about Pompeii past.A rare surgery using a human tooth has allowed a woman in B.C. to see again.

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This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Sam Samson. The UN Security Council is meeting this hour, discussing Israel's plans to intensify military action in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to go in and eliminate the last two strongholds of Hamas. He has a set of goals for the territory. One, Hamas disarmed. Second, all hostages freed.

Third, Gaza demilitarized. Fourth, Israel has overriding security control. And five, non-Israeli, peaceful civilian administration. By that I mean a civilian administration that doesn't educate its children for terror, doesn't pay terrorists, and doesn't launch terrorist attacks against Israel. That plan has been heavily criticized by several countries, including Canada. Just before the council meeting, members from EU nations, outlined their objectives.

Slovenia's representative Samuel Zabogar. This decision by the Israeli government will do nothing to secure the return of the hostages and risk further endangering their lives. It will also worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and risks further death and mass displacement of Palestinian civilians. The countries also called on Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid. Netanyahu says Israel is already allowing deliveries via truck and airdrop,

but critics have said it is not enough. The war in Ukraine and upcoming talks to try and stop it are the focus for several European leaders this morning. They want Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be included in next week's meeting involving U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Julia Chapman has the latest. Volodymyr Zelensky is walking a delicate balance.

The Ukrainian president is worried about being left out of talks, but he needs to stay on Donald Trump's good side. He says Ukraine has supported all of President Trump's proposals so far, but that would change if swapping territory is on the table, which the U.S. leader has suggested. On the streets of Kiev, Ukrainians expressed doubt that the Trump-Putin summit will amount to much. If they could make a deal or wanted to, they would have had already done it.

This is just for sure to calm society down. I believe that if Trump wanted to end the wall, he has every opportunity to do so. You can't play games with Putin. Europe is helping Ukraine to make its perspective heard. In a statement last night, European leaders said they welcome Trump's efforts towards diplomacy. But they stressed that Ukraine and Europe's security interests must be protected. and borders must not be changed by force. Sergei Radchenko is a professor at Johns Hopkins University.

He says Europe has limited leverage against Russia without the U.S. The United States, if it lifted sanctions on Russia, that would be a major thing because it will be so much more difficult than to sustain the European sanctions regime without the Americans. The White House says it's open to including Zelensky in talks, but that's something Vladimir Putin doesn't want. And it's not clear if Donald Trump can change his mind. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London.

Environment Canada is issuing heat warnings for large portions of southwest British Columbia. Forecasters say they expect temperatures to stay above 30 degrees Celsius in the region. The warm and dry conditions could intensify wildfire activity, according to the BC Wildfire Service. Firefighters are currently battling the Wesley Ridge Fire on Vancouver Island. Fire information officer, Madison Dahl. We have 197 firefighters and firefighting personnel responding. That's 165 firefighters and additional resources.

There are 14 pieces of heavy equipment and nine helicopters responding to the incident. There are 17 dedicated structure protection personnel responding. The wildfire is currently burning over an area of 580 hectares, about 50 kilometers northwest of Nanaimo. Hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes, but officials say some residents could return home as early as Monday. To the wildfire crisis in Atlantic, Canada, where crews continue to battle several out-of-control fires

and political leaders try to manage the situation. Newfoundland and Labrador has declared a regional state of emergency for the entire Bay-de-Vird Peninsula. It's not an evacuation order, but residents are being told they should be prepared to go. Public safety minister, John Hagey, says launching the state of emergency gives the province access to additional resources and that they are badly in need. The weather is really not cooperating and it's conducive to extreme fire behavior. It's a serious concern on the beta bird and so we feel we need the extra tools that a state of emergency will grant.

Meanwhile, in New Brunswick, an out-of-control wildfire near Meramishie nearly doubled in size yesterday. That province is now banning people from Crown land. As of this morning, that means there's no fishing, hiking, or camping in provincial forests. There's also a ban on all forestry operations. Many parts of Ontario and Quebec are going into a second day of heat warnings. Environment Canada says some communities are expected to see daytime highs about 30. 30 degrees, with the humidX making it feel closer to 40. Meanwhile, in the prairies, most of Saskatchewan remains under an air quality warning due to wildfire smoke.

It's a busy time of year for hotels and motels across Canada, and amid the summer rush, a new effort is trying to make sure some dangerous criminal activity does not go unnoticed. Staff are being educated about human trafficking, what to look for, and how to help. The CBC's Catarina Georgieva has that story. This is being proactive and protecting vulnerable individuals. Darmish Patel is the Windsor Regional Chair of the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association. He says hospitality workers can play a vital role in recognizing the signs of human trafficking. Windsor's locations of Border City and Travel Hub puts us at greater risk.

He is ensuring hotels and motels in the area and across the country know about a free national training program. Not in our hotel teaches staff to spot red flags, such as California. only payments or a lot of traffic in and out of a room and instruct staff to call authorities if they suspect something. Patel says the program gives staff important tools while keeping themselves safe. We don't want you to take action on it. We want you to report and escalate it. Shelly Gilbert is the executive director of legal assistance of Windsor. She's happy to see the hotel sector take action. They're an important piece of the ability for us to recognize what's happening in our communities and reach out to survivors. Patel is now making a push to get smaller hotels and motels on board with

the training, as they might not be as aware of the issue and the resources available to hotel staff so that they can be part of the solution. Katerina Georgieva, CBC News, Windsor. It was the site of a devastating volcanic eruption that preserved the ancient city to be rediscovered centuries later. Now, researchers have uncovered new findings about Pompeii and how life there resumed in the ashes of disaster. Megan Williams reports. The tourists who throng the uncovered streets of Pompeii, some four million this year alone,

are only the latest in a long line of people drawn to the ancient city. Long before it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site, people came here not for history, but for survival. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 Common Era, it buried Pompeii under meters of volcanic ash and rock, freezing the city in a moment of catastrophe, Now, new excavations confirm what many suspected, that survivors of the eruption who fled to nearby towns return to the ruins. Post-79, you could still see the upper floors of the buried city, and people started encampments that became sort of favelas.

Pompeii director, Gabriel Zuchel says, this second life of Pompeii was makeshift and likely lawless, made up of people drawn to the area to scavenge for Valleys. Buried in the ash, archaeologists believe this informal reoccupation of Pompeii lasted about 400 years, ending in the 5th century, possibly after another eruption. Megan Williams, CBC News, Salerno. A rare surgery using a human tooth has allowed a woman in British Columbia to see again. Gail Lane underwent the procedure that surgically implanted her tooth into her own eye socket. Lane is the first person in Canada to undergo the operation. She says she can now see her partner for the first time. It was a slow process for me of gaining some light perception in my eye,

having that increase over what it had been like, and gradually starting to see more shadows of things, increased light, having more the ability to see people In the procedure, the tooth is used as an anchor for a plastic, focusing telescope or lens in the eye socket. Teeth are strong enough to hold onto the lens but won't be rejected by the body. That's your latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Sam Samson. This is CBC News. For more CBC podcasts, go to cBC.ca slash podcasts.