World Report - August 27: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses Canadian troops in Latvia after extending Operation REASSURANCE to stand up to Russian aggression in Europe. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says the prime minister is moving too slowly on projects like an expanded port in Churchill, MB. US President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariff on India kicks in this morning. Denmark is summoning America’s top diplomat.At least 34 people are dead as monsoon rains continue to fall on parts of India and Pakistan.US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff says the war in Gaza will be settled before the end of the year.Peter Chapman First Nation in Saskatchewan hoping to get official recognition as Canada's newest First Nation.Minneapolis Police on scene of school shooting; at least 3 dead. 

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Thank you, morning. Prime Minister Mark Carney meeting Canadian troops stationed in Latvia this morning. They're part of Operation Reassurance, a mission to deter Russian aggression in Europe. Yesterday, Carney announced he will keep Canadian troops. troops in Latvia until 2029. The CBC's Murray Brewster is traveling with the Prime Minister. We reached him in a mess tent on the base. Murray, tell us about the Prime Minister's decision to extend this mission. Well, in many respects, the extension of this mission was expected. I mean, Canada is leading the multinational NATO brigade. It has for a number of years now. It would be a tough

commitment to walk away from. It is Canada's largest overseas deployment. And it is our biggest international contribution to deterrence. Now, the prime minister said that the threat from Russia is long term and that it's not going away anytime soon. Putin seeks darkness, not Glasnose. He seeks empire, not perestroika. We can't trust, but verify with Putin. We must deter and fortify. Now, this is coming on the heels of the Carney government, putting nine billion extra dollars into the Defense Department to get Canada to meet its 2% GDP NATO commitment. What does this mean for members of the Canadian military? Well, the military is facing personnel shortages at home.

It's also facing increased demands at home because it's being deployed more often to fight wildfires and to deal with natural disasters. So it's going to put a strain on the forces as they try to rebuild. The chief of the defense staff has said, that the military is looking to recruit more people, but it is still a building process. The commander of the multinational brigade is Canadian Colonel Chris Reeves, and this is what he had to say about the extension of the mission. And the government of Canada just told me that we got your back.

There are approximately 2,500 Canadian troops that are part of this deployment. Overall, the brigade that they're leading with 14 other nations makes it 3,500 troops in Latvia here to deter Russia in case anything goes wrong in the Baltics. Murray Brewster and Latvia. Thanks, Murray. You're welcome. Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav says the Prime Minister is moving too slowly on nation-building projects. The Germans built from concept to completion an entire LNG import terminal in 194 days. That's about how long Mark Carney has been prime minister.

And he still doesn't even know what projects he wants to build or how he's going to build them. Pauliev says he put forward a proposal to develop the port of Churchill three years ago, long before Carney started talking about it. Denmark is summoning America's top diplomat. Danish officials say U.S. citizens have been trying to stir opposition to Danish rule over Greenland. The semi-autonomous territory has been a focal point of U.S. interests since U.S. President Donald Trump expressed ambitions to acquire it. Dominic Volitus has more. Citing unnamed sources, Denmark public broadcaster, DR, claims at least three Americans with ties to the Trump administration are suspected of conducting covert operations in Greenland. The broadcaster claims they face a number

of allegations, including making lists of Greenlanders' opinions towards U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to take over the mineral-rich and strategically important semi-autonomous territory. Greenland, not for sale. Trump's ambitions to take control of Greenland, potentially even by force, sparked protests in Denmark and beyond. The Danish foreign minister has now summoned the U.S. charged affair in Copenhagen over today's claims, telling journalists any attempts to interfere in the kingdom's internal affairs would be unacceptable. The U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen has not responded to the allegations. Dominic Volaitis for CBC News, London.

Donald Trump's 50% tariff on India kicks in this morning. Trump threatened the levy in the past as a response to India's continued purchase of Russian oil. The White House says it is indirectly funding Moscow's war in Ukraine. But many say this could have severe consequences with one of America's key trading partners. The CBC's South Asia correspondent Salima Shivji has more. The machines polishing and cutting gems in India's diamond hub in the western state of Gujarat, are still running, but much more slowly, with the tariff on India's exports to the United States now doubled to 50%.

25% also was very difficult to digest. 50% to entire industries in trauma. A disaster scenario says Kirith Bonsali, who heads India's Gem and Diamond Industries Export Promotion Council. Some 175,000 workers will be directly affected, he says. And the worst of it? At present, I don't see any good news. The extra tariff is punishment, U.S. President Donald Trump says, because India buys Russian oil. It's cast to chill over U.S.-India relations, plunging not just India's diamond industry,

but also shrimp exporters, clothing manufacturers, and carpet makers into a panic. Mr. Trump, of course, wants a win, and everyone else seems to be giving him a win. But it's hard for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make concessions with a domestic audience paying close attention, says foreign policy analyst Harsh Panthe with Delhi's Observer Research Foundation, especially as Trump repeatedly tries to take credit for a de-escalation of tensions

between India and bitter rival Pakistan earlier this year. The public mood has hardened against Mr. Trump and the administration. And so trade talks to alleviate the new import duties are not in good shape, leaving many working in the factories affected, worried about what's next. Salima Shivjee, CBC News, Vancouver. At least 34 people are dead as monsoon rains continue to fall on parts of India and Pakistan. Several other people were injured in a landslide during a Hindu pilgrimage in India's northern Katra region area. Monsoon rains have been pounding both countries for weeks.

More than 150,000 people have been displaced because of flooding and landslides. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff says the war in Gaza will be settled before the end of the year. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to chair. a meeting on the war in Gaza today, Wutkoff says the focus will be a post-war plan in Gaza. It's a very comprehensive plan we're putting together on the next day that I think many people are going to be, they're going to see how robust it is and how well-meaning it is. So far, Israel and Hamas have yet to reach a new ceasefire agreement.

The latest proposal, which was accepted by the militant group, included the release of some hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there will be no agreement. until all hostages held by Hamas are released. A Cree community in Saskatchewan is pushing to become the newest first nation in Canada. The federal government forced the Peter Chapman ban to merge into a larger nation more than a century ago. But after a decades-long fight, the community has renewed hope it will get official recognition. Alexander Silberman has the story.

This was just the canola field a year half ago. In the heart of central Saskatchewan, Adam, Whitehead is giving a tour of his busy community of Peter Chapman First Nation with dozens of buildings quickly rising next to fields of wheat a new band office public works garage sports fields and 28 houses just the start of plans for the nation shows the government that we are serious Whitehead a band counselor says the construction boom is part of a renewed push to become an independent First Nation band. The federal government forced it to merge with two others in the early 1900s and still considers Peter Chapman part of James Smith Cree Nation. Historically, we were

supposed to be a first nation on our own. Chief Robert Head says regaining recognition will allow for funding agreements with Ottawa on health care, housing and education. Should have allowed us to evolve as our own first nation, but all that was taken away from us. The federal government says it's currently engaged in a process with the three communities to consider the split. Elder and former chief Phyllis Head says watching the community grow gives her hope. For many, many years, this issue has been worked on and it's going to become a reality, you know. A reality, the three communities say, will help right a historical wrong. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Peter Chapman, First Nation.

news from the United States. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says police are on the scene of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. It is the site of a school shooting. Students are being evacuated from the building. Local media is reporting about 20 victims and we're expecting an update from

a Minneapolis hospital shortly. The school is for kindergarten through eighth grade. Students started class on Monday. They were reportedly in mass at the time of the shooting. That's the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Kate McKenna. This is CBC News.