World Report - August 12: Tuesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: August 12, 2025

Newfoundland and Labrador premier John Hogan warns residents prepare to evacuate as wildfire threatens Paradise and Conception Bay South. 300 people flee campground near Port Alberni, BC as out-of-control fire grows rapidly. US federal judge hears arguments about legality of US President Donald Trump deploying National Guard to Los Angeles in June. Trump says he is considering taking control of local police departments in Los Angeles, Baltimore and Chicago.United States and China extend tariff truce for 90 days, but Beijing slaps 75.8% "anti-dumping duty" on Canadian canola. 27 countries, including Gaza, issue joint statement urging Israel to open up humanitarian access to Gaza. How the murder of Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe could give right-wing politicians a boost in the next election. 

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Certain conditions apply. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. If you add up all the land that has burned this summer across Canada, it would be almost the size of New Brunswick. Mike Flanagan is a professor of wildland fire at Thompson Rivers University. 2023, record smashing season.

2024, an active fire season. 2025. It's in second place in terms of area burned in our modern day record. There are hundreds of fires still burning from British Columbia to Newfoundland. Thousands of people have their go-bags ready, including in two communities, southwest of St. John's. The CBC's Heather Gillis has the latest on the fast-moving fire burning there. Nearly 14,000 people just outside St. John's in Conception Bay South and Paradise are on alert. As a new fast-moving fire is gaining ground, estimated at 200 hectares since igniting Monday.

Premier John Hogan. Everybody in this area must be prepared to receive an evacuation order on any moment's notice. The smoke is a stones throw away from homes and buildings. The Premier says it closed part of the Trans-Canada Highway and threatened a crucial power line into the province's largest communities. The Kingston Fire on the Beta Verde Peninsula, the province's largest, has grown slightly to about 5,200 hectares since Sunday. Monday. It's already destroyed more than nine homes. Monday conditions so fierce, crews were pulled out for safety. Samantha Fahey is wondering about the fate of her home.

We had people telling us that our homes were still in Stann in Western Bay, my grandmothers and my mothers, and then we had messages saying, your house is gone. Larry Baldwin is trying to provide some solace to evacuees to keep his mind off possibly having to leave his home, too. affecting everybody. Sleep is tough. People are thinking about your friends that lost their homes, you know? It's a quickly changing and volatile situation. More water bombers and helicopters are coming from other provinces, but what's really needed is rain. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. Across the country, another out-of-control wildfires threatening parts of Vancouver Island. It is burning near Port Albany. Officials closed part of the Bamfield Main Road, and they ordered about 300 people to.

leave a nearby campground. Mike Carter is with the Port Albany Port Authority. We have many campers who have left their tents, their RVs, their boats. We have cabins. We have infrastructure there. And, of course, always a concern. But number one concern with safety of our clients and staff. Port Albany itself is not believed to be in danger. The scope of Donald Trump's presidential power is being put to the test in a California courtroom. a federal judge is hearing arguments about whether or not it was legal to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles back in June. The Trump administration called on the military to help with immigration raids. Steve Futterman has more.

Just days after this, Donald Trump decided to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles to assist law enforcement. When you're witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order. Almost immediately, state and local officials said the troops were not necessary. needed and would only escalate tensions. Governor Gavin Newsom tried but failed to get it stopped. Police do policing. Military is for the battlefield. The trial, which is formally titled Newsom versus Trump, is to determine whether the president's action violates a law dating back to the 1800s, which prevents the U.S. military in most cases from taking part in civilian law enforcement. During testimony on day one, Army Major General Scott Sherman, who over

saw the military deployment was asked if the situation in Los Angeles ever reached the point of an actual rebellion. No one that you spoke with from the Department of Defense ever used the term rebellion, correct? That is correct. All these words are potentially important to determine whether sending the troops to L.A. was legal or even necessary. Whatever the ruling is here in California, the case is very likely to find its way eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court.

and it will have little effect on the latest actions in Washington, D.C., which is not a state and where the president has more power over the National Guard. Steve Fetterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Washington, D.C. is not the only city Donald Trump is considering taking over. The U.S. President says he is considering taking control of local police departments in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Chicago. Democratic Illinois Senator Dick Durbin says this is all part of Trump. Trump's political theater. It's a typical move by this president to create chaos and uncertainty and to draw the attention from other issues like Jeffrey Epstein and his papers,

draw the attention away from the concern of American families, that health care is beyond their reach and the cost of living is beyond their reach. He's trying to change the subject. Durbin called on Americans to stop what he calls the rise in authoritarianism across the country. Foreign ministers from several countries, including Canada, are calling on Israel to lift restrictions on aid entering Gaza. 27 partner nations and organizations issued the joint statement. It calls for more access for the UN, international NGOs, and humanitarian partners trying to reach Gaza, and more protections for civilians, humanitarians, and medical workers.

As Crystal Gomancing reports, it's part of a growing chorus of calls pressing Israel to end the war. The Netanyahu government strategy is just to keep going, just to keep doing more of the same. The stopping of aid, the killings near aid sites in Gaza, Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese listed a series of concerning issues for the international community. There has been too many innocent lives lost, both Israelis and Palestinians. And the world is saying we need a solution to this. conflict. Albanyazi says the Netanyahu government's reluctance to listen to its allies contributed to Australia's announcement yesterday that it plans to recognize a Palestinian state

following France, the UK, and Canada. In Norway, officials said its $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund planned to divest from more Israeli companies as a part of its ongoing review of investments in the country over its situation in Gaza and the West Bank. This past weekend, And the European Union's foreign policy chief, along with foreign ministers from nine countries, including Australia and Norway, called for Hamas to release all of the hostages, while rejecting Israel's decision to expand its military operations in Gaza. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. The United States and China have agreed to put their escalating tariff war on hold for now. They will not impose any new tariffs on each other for the next 90s.

days, but that grace period is not extending to Canada. This morning, Beijing slapped an anti-dumping duty on canola from Canada. It says the provisional rate will be set at 75.8 percent. This is an escalation in the trade dispute between Beijing and Ottawa. It began last August when Canada added a tariff on electric vehicles from China. Colombia is mourning the death of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe. He was shot. in an assassination attempt two months ago and died from his injuries yesterday. Colombia's government blames a rebel group for Uribe's murder. As Manuel Rueira reports from Bogota, analysts say this shooting could give right-wing politicians a boost in the next election.

Dozens of people gathered at the spot where Senator Miguel Uriou was shot two months ago to prey and light candles in his memory. The senator's death has shocked Colombians who fear growing crimes. rates. The security situation is spinning out of controls, said Sandra Leone, an Uribe supporter. We need to find a strong alternative to put this country back together. Analysts say that Uribe's assassination is tied to rebel groups in Colombia, becoming more powerful over the past three years.

Some of these groups have ties to violent Mexican drug cartels. Sergio Ushman, a political risk consultant, says that rebel groups are trying to intimidate candidates who participate in next year's congressional and presidential elections. A deliberate attempt to scare candidates and scare politicians, particularly those who speak strongly against them. Jorge Restrepo, a professor at Bogotas Haviriana University, says that next year, voters will be looking for candidates who can offer concrete solutions to crime. In my view, they will favor those candidates that have experience and rationality.

and will disregard those candidates that offer vindictive policies. Colombia's left-wing government has offered ceasefires to rebel groups and tried to strike peace deals with them, but so far with little success. It will have a tough time convincing voters to continue back in this approach, and that could lead to a more right-wing party winning power. Manuel Reda for CBC News, Bogota. And that is the latest national, and that is the latest national, And international news from World Report News Anytime, CBCNews.ca.

I'm Marcia Young.