World Report - August 26: Tuesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

Canadian and German companies sign new critical minerals deals, Prime Minister Mark Carney signals new port infrastructure could be announced soon. Demonstrations are being held across Israel in what is being called a Day of Struggle.Vietnam lashed with more rain and wind following Typhoon Kajiki. US President Donald Trump says he is firing the governor of the Federal Reserve.The wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has more than doubled in size in the last two days.Technical glitch with Canada Disability Benefit prevents people from getting their money on time. 

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That's betterhelp.com slash Canada World. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Canada and Germany are working together on a critical minerals action plan. And energy minister Tim Hodgson says they are making good progress today in Berlin. We had three new projects that were announced today between Canadian and German companies on the critical minerals. front. Those deals include a lithium agreement, a long-term arrangement to send Canadian copper to

Germany, and a plan to create a rare earth magnet supply chain. But it is not easy to get Canada's resources overseas. Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working on that too. And he'll have a new announcement in the next two weeks. New port infrastructure and some of the examples in the public domain will include from reinforcing and building on the port of Montreal. a new port effectively in Churchill, Manitoba, which would open up enormous LNG plus other opportunities and other East Coast ports for those critical minerals and minerals. If Canada can start shipping liquefied natural gas from Churchill, Manitoba to Germany, that will be a significant development.

Berlin has signaled it is more open to using Canadian natural gas to transition away from Russian energy. Families and supporters of hostages being held by Hamas are demanding Israel's government make a deal now. They are demonstrating across Israel today in what's being called a day of struggle. They want the war in Gaza to end and the remaining hostages released. Our senior international correspondent Margaret Evans has more from Jerusalem. Demonstrators pounding drums and holding pictures of the hostages aloft, locked roads and highways in and out of Israeli cities, disrupting the morning commute. Dalia Kuzner's brother-in-law, Eitan, is one of 20 hostages still thought to be alive.

We're trying to make the Prime Minister sign this deal, even though we don't think it's the best hostage deal because it's only a partial one. Hamas accepted a deal put forward by mediators last week, based on a temporary ceasefire and an initial release of half the hostages. Despite having previously agreed to staged releases, Benjamin Netanyahu now insists all hostages be released at once. Israeli journalist Anshel Pfeffer says his refusal comes,

even though most Israelis favor such a deal. He is looking to the people who can keep him in power, and those are not the people up in the street. Those are those far-right parties in his coalition who make no secret of the fact that they want to hold on to God, in perpetuity. International pressure is building on Netanyahu after the UN's hunger watchdog

confirmed famine in Gaza City last week, saying half a million Palestinians are facing starvation and death and predicting those numbers are likely to grow. There has also been widespread outrage over the deaths of five more Palestinian journalists in an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza yesterday. Netanyahu called it

A tragic mishap. Margaret Evans. CBC News, Jerusalem. Vietnam is still being lashed with rain and wind after a typhoon Kajiki passed through. Officials say three people were killed in the storm and more were injured. The typhoon hit central Vietnam on Monday with winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour.

Laura Westbrook has more on the fallout. Residents in Neon Province are cleaning up after Typhoon Kijiki swept through Vietnam's central provinces. The storm, which means swordfish in Japanese, knocked down power lines, uprooted trees, and ripped corrugated roofs of people's homes and businesses. The roof collapsed on 42-year-old Teton's restaurant. Everything we earned during the last summer

has been washed away by this storm. A study published last year warned seas warmed by climate change will result in Southeast Asia's tropical cyclones forming closer to land, strengthening faster and lasting longer. Author Ben Horton says that means Vietnam will see more big typhoons. There was a hotspot offshore of Vietnam, so that gives a typhoon the energy to rapidly develop, which has problems for warning. You now don't have several days.

You have a day or a very few hours to warn your population and evacuate, so you need better evacuation, emergency management measures. The storm weakened to a tropical depression as it moved across Laos on Tuesday, but Vietnam's weather agency is warning heavy rain will continue, raising the risk of flash floods and landslides. Laura Westbrook, the CBC News, Hong Kong. The wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has more than doubled in size in the last two days. It has forced about 1,000 people from their homes.

New Brunswick and Newfoundland Labrador have offered help, but as the CBC's Nicholas Sagan reports, crews in those provinces are also still battling out-of-control fires. I'm going to try to find a place to stay. I'm living in my truck right now. Tim Donald was evacuated from his home Sunday night as the fast-moving Long Lake Wildfire pushed hundreds more people to flee.

As officials confirm, a number of homes have been destroyed, Donald's could be one of them. I'd hate to lose all our belongings, our house, our garage, our burn, all our equipment, stuff we've worked so hard to have. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says hot and dry conditions have fanned the flames. The wildfire more than doubling in size Monday to close to 78 square kilometers. It's an awful feeling and out of control fire. Houston's saying more evacuations are possible, speaking directly to homeowners. You're going through something that is completely unimaginable.

Most people's worst nightmare. Across the region, some fires are still burning out of control, but things are looking up. New Brunswick is fighting 18 wildfires down from 39 in weeks past. In Newfoundland, the Kingston fire that destroyed more than 200 homes is still not under control, but it hasn't grown, allowing some residents like Eugene Howell to return home. I think a lot of people traumatize when they go back to their homes. Though conditions are turning in some parts of Atlantic Canada, bringing hope after weeks of anguish. Nova Scotia is still battling the worst of it.

And though some rain is falling, officials warn it won't bring much relief. Nicholas Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. U.S. President Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Cook is one of the seven members of the Central Bank's Board of Governors. Trump wrote on social media that there is sufficient reason to believe Cook made false statements on mortgage agreements. She denies the allegations. The Trump administration has criticized Cook and some of her colleagues for voting against lowering interest rates last month. The attempt to fire Cook is being seen as an escalation of the conflict between the White House and the Federal Reserve.

Cook says she will not resign and that Trump has no cause to fire. her. A new federal program meant to help low-income Canadians with disabilities is off to a rocky start. Payments for the Canada Disability Benefits started going out in July. But in the second month, a technical glitch kept many people from getting their money on time. As Ben Andrews tells us, a lot of people recounting on those payments. Welcome. You've reached the Canada Disability Benefit Call Center. An automated message greets callers. A limited number of client pay Remain Outstanding. Many wondering what happened to an August payment that hasn't showed up in their account. John Redens is one of them. He's eligible for money from the Canada Disability Benefit. The program pays up to $200 per month. Being on a disability, it is, it does help. Every dollar helps. Any small amount is crucial to someone surviving.

The House of Commons passed the benefit in 2023. Money started going out this July, but already Redden. says his August payment was delayed. He had earmarked the money to cover an expense and faced service charges after it fell through. His experience isn't unique. They were counting on this money. They had plans for this money and then for this money not to show up into their account

is a huge disappointment. Rabia Khadar is with advocacy group disability without poverty. She says many people were affected by a technical glitch and need reassurances after the breach and trust. So people with disabilities are in deep, deep, deep, deep. poverty. And this $200 is inching closer to that poverty line. Employment and social development Canada confirmed some payments remain outstanding. It says the delay was due to an isolated systems issue, but most payments went through.

The department says efforts are underway to issue the remaining money in the next few days. Ben Andrews, CBC News, Ottawa. And there's more on this story at cbcnews.com.ca.com.ca.com.ca. page. That is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Marcia Young.