Your World Tonight - Ozzy Osbourne dead, first ministers talk Trump tariffs, deadly Aussie algae, and more

Episode Date: July 22, 2025

Fans are mourning the death of Ozzy Osbourne. He took the rock and roll scene by storm with his dark lined eyes, leather pants, and outrageous acts on stage.And: Canada’s first ministers are in Huntsville, Ontario trying to talk tough on tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off his meeting with the premiers with a promise to battle the Trump administration at the negotiating table. The goal – "We are looking for the best deal for Canada; we are only going to accept the best deal for Canada."Also: Algae off Australia is killing thousands of sea creatures, and devastating economies. Climate change is heating the water – and local officials are calling it a natural disaster.Plus: Grief in Gaza, women are less likely to survive sudden cardiac arrest, U.S. lawmakers take early break to avoid Epstein vote, and more.

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trade deal with the United States. Their previous deadline has already come and gone and now August 1st is right around the corner and Prime Minister Mark Carney isn't sounding optimistic about that date either, saying he'll only sign an agreement when the deal and the time is right. His career spanned decades and genres of entertainment as a groundbreaking metalhead who, yes, once bent the head off a real bat on stage. Ozzy Osbourne helped define dark and heavy music before reemerging as a loving and clumsy father on reality TV.

Ali Shiasan has this look at Ozzy Osbourne's life and legacy. A fitting sendoff for an icon of heavy metal. Ozzy Osbourne's final concert just two weeks ago with Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham, England. Seated and singing from a black throne as a crowd of tens of thousands swayed along. He will be remembered as one of the most influential musicians of all time. Music writer Alan Cross says Osbourne, aka the Prince of Darkness, is the godfather of heavy metal. This is where my woman, the cheetah, let me with my...

Osborne started his career as the frontman of Black Sabbath in 1968, hitting the hard rock genre running, with hits like Paranoid and Changes, but had a hard partying lifestyle that quickly caught up to him. He became infamous for excessive drinking and drug use, eventually leading to Sabbath's breakup. Osbourne rebounded with a long, successful solo career, belting out songs like Crazy Train and Mama I'm Coming Home. His career was filled with accolades, including five Grammy Awards and spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with both Black Sabbath and as a solo artist.

But he also faced controversy. He bit the head off a bat on stage in Iowa in 1982. He claimed he thought it was a toy. Osborne was also accused of worshiping Satan, which he denied and being a negative influence on youth. That's how nutty this guy was. And he was a hero to millions of people. Audiences got to enjoy a warmer side of his persona when cameras captured his quirky family dynamic with the debut of the reality

TV show the Osborns in 2002. Heavy metal historian Martin Popoff says while his career evolved one thing remained consistent. I think through it all though the one thing that people love about Ozzy is that he always seemed like a really genuine salt of the earth guy. He had very humble beginnings and everything he did was just real. He loved pleasing the fans. That was evident in Black Sabbath's final tour this summer. Osborne, living with Parkinson's disease, remained seated and yet... He was singing great. I think the other thing that people loved about that performance is he seemed like he was straining to

get out of that chair and he wanted to stand up so bad he'd be he'd be shaking his legs and stuff and and again Ozzy right to the end he's up there entertaining the crowd and just wishing he could do more to entertain the crowd. Alan Cross characterizes it as going out with dignity as a showman in absolute rock and roll fashion. Today the world is a lot less metal. His family says he was surrounded by people he loved when he died this morning. Ozzy Osbourne was 76. Ali Chiasan, CBC News, Toronto. Osborne was 76. Ali Chasson, CBC News, Toronto. In Washington, American lawmakers are being sent home early for summer break, and a move

that will see Congress avoid a controversial vote about releasing more files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump is being pressured for more transparency and having trouble distancing himself from his former friend and convicted sex offender. Katie Simpson reports from Washington. We're not going to play political games with this. House Speaker Mike Johnson appearing agitated and defensive as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal now engulfs Capitol Hill. It's to the point that Johnson, a powerful Trump ally, is shutting down the House, sending lawmakers on summer break a day early

in order to stop a potentially embarrassing vote demanding greater transparency from the Trump administration. Johnson arguing a vote is unnecessary since the president already ordered credible documents be released. As I've said many times, there's no daylight between the White House and the House. You also have to allow the administration the space to do what it is doing. The move disappointing members of his own party, including Republican Congressman Tim Burchett.

Make some mistake. I think we just get on with it. Republican Congressman Thomas Massey called it a stall tactic. Sort of stick your head in the sand, let the administration maybe dissipate this by dribbling some stuff out. Democrats and some Republicans have joined forces in a rare bipartisan effort to learn more about the Epstein investigation. The convicted sex offender died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial in 2019. Plans are now in the works for a congressional committee to subpoena Galeen Maxwell,

Epstein's co-conspirator who is serving a 20-year prison sentence. The Department of Justice is also in talks to interview Maxwell. They say to see if she has information about anyone who may have committed crimes. An interview to be conducted by Todd Blanch, the Deputy Attorney General who previously served as Trump's personal criminal lawyer. I don't know about it, but I think it's something that would be sounds appropriate to do. Trump has struggled to distance himself from Epstein.

They were longtime friends before Epstein was charged with sex offenses involving minors and his administration has failed to release more Epstein files despite promises to do so. The president growing increasingly desperate to divert attention now making unsubstantiated claims his political opponents have committed crimes and should be jailed. After what they did to me, and whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Additional Epstein court documents could be released next month.

A judge is asking all sides involved to submit grand jury testimony that may be unsealed. The slow moving process guaranteeing this issue won't be going away anytime soon. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Coming up on the podcast, controlling our own economic destiny. Mark Carney touting Canada will not accept a bad deal with the US and Donald Trump. Plus Australia's toxic algae is killing hundreds of species of marine life but it's not considered a natural disaster. Those stories and more coming

up on Your World Tonight. Canadian US officials continue to talk but the Prime Minister can't say much about it. Mark Carney had a few specific details today as he updated premiers about ongoing trade negotiations. Negotiations that may still be ongoing even after an August 1st deadline. Olivia Stefanovich has the details from Huntsville, Ontario. We are looking for the best deal for Canada.

We are only going to accept the best deal. Prime Minister Mark Carney setting high expectations as he began briefing premiers on the state of trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. What we collectively can most control is building a stronger economy, Moving from alliance to resilience and division to unity. Among the First Ministers, Premier say they support him. It's refreshing to some of us that have been around this table for some time to have a Prime Minister that has our backs that are out there. Ontario Premier Doug Ford invited Carney to a dinner with Premier's last night,

Lakeside, at Ford's cottage near Huntsville Ontario about a three-hour drive north of Toronto. Prime Minister stayed at my place we had dinner we're up till 12 30 at night chatting in front of the fireplace solving all the world's problems. Then for more formal discussion today about U.S. trade talks knowing that even if there is a deal it may not be respected. They'll always have the Prime Minister's back dealing with President Trump we all know he can say one thing one day and he'll be out on Fox News or wherever changing everything.

Canadian officials are still working towards a new agreement with the US by August 1st but as the clock ticks down a consensus is emerging that the deadline doesn't matter. I haven't been focused on the date. Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston says Canada won't be forced into a corner. I would be worried that if we constrain ourselves that we have to get a deal by a certain date, that we maybe have to you know maybe do some things or give up some things. The uncertainty right now hurts a lot. Québec premier François Legault acknowledges the wait isn't easy but achieving an outcome perhaps even more challenging. Of course we would like to have the ideal deal the fastest possible but what can we get? You almost need to ask Donald Trump and I'm not even sure that he knows himself what he wants.

Yeah, they're complex negotiations and we use all the time that's necessary. In a short news conference following the meeting, Carney was asked what will happen if there's no deal within the next 10 days. We'll see. We're working to get the best deal for Canadians and that's the focus now. But Carney also says he and the premiers aren't just waiting around as they try to fortify Canada's economy and independence on the U.S. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Huntsville, Ontario. Well three of Canada's premiers are taking a step towards that goal of fortifying their own economy.

Today, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario put pen to paper on a plan focused on the flow of energy. But as Alexander Silberman explains, the agreement is already facing some pushback. Yet another positive step and a positive initiative forward. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe teaming up with Ontario and Alberta to call for new pipelines and energy projects. All of our exporting industries have faced far too many bottlenecks. Moe joined Ontario's Doug Ford and Alberta's Danielle Smith before Premier's meeting Tuesday in Ontario.

The trio signed an energy memorandum of understanding. Smith says they want significant changes from the federal government to get projects built. So it's time to get rid of the bad laws that have harmed Canada's ability to grow the energy sector and others. Those laws include Bill 69, an environmental assessment act, the cap on oil and gas emissions, and net zero vehicle and electricity mandates. But while the three premiers are leading a push for pipelines, industry experts say the

economic reality might not make sense for oil companies. Martha Hall Findley is director of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy. It's much more cost effective to get oil from the United States, from existing pipelines, than it would be to factor in a whole additional cost of building a pipeline across the country. Findlay says national energy security, given the trade war with the U.S., could also be a driver. But Smith, Moe and Ford also face the challenge of securing support from other provinces. They're calling for an end to an oil tanker ban on British Columbia's North Coast. There is no project. There is no proponent.

B.C.'s David Eby dismissed weighing in on the idea of a new pipeline, pointing out there's no private sector money behind it. When Premier Smith crosses those obvious hurdles to get a project done, then let's have those conversations. There's also the need to earn buy-in from Indigenous leaders who have concerns that Ottawa might fast-track pipelines without proper consultation. There's optimism and that trust still needs to be built.

Stephen Buffalo is with the Indian Resource Council of Canada, which represents oil and gas producing First Nations. He says communities want to know about the financial and environmental impacts and be involved in projects from the start. When we're heard, I think that brings a lot of impact in ensuring that we're all in this together. Bringing different groups together, provinces and Indigenous communities, and getting their support, likely the biggest hurdle to getting shovels in the ground.

Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. From pickleball to paddleboarding, it's a busy time of year for active Canadians, but over-exerting yourself when exercising or playing sports can be a real danger. And recent studies show men are more likely to experience sports-related cardiac arrest than women. But women are less likely to survive. Health reporter Jennifer Yoon has that story. 20 year old Ruth McDonald steps into her boat, straps in and pushes off away from the dog. The varsity rower has done this hundreds, if not thousands of times.

She's used to pushing herself hard, feeling the heat of the race, doing everything she can to win. You have to push past pain and every every sport you have to be uncomfortable. But what she's not always thinking about is the possibility of her heart suddenly stopping. Cardiac arrest is definitely not something that's on your mind because you're just focused on working so hard. A sudden sports-related cardiac arrest is rare, but it's a leading cause of death for young athletes. And while men are more likely to experience it, women whose hearts suddenly stop are less

likely to survive. Doctors are still trying to understand why. For every minute of delay, it leads to a 10% increase in death rates. Cardiologist Dr. Paul Dorian says someone stepping in to help fast is crucial. But several studies suggest people are less likely to get involved in resuscitating a woman, performing CPR or hooking her up to an automated external defibrillator, or AED. One pad goes in the left armpit. Obviously you have to take their clothes off to be able to do that.

Also the symptoms leading up to cardiac arrest look different often in women. Men are more likely to have the classic symptoms, like chest pain or chest tightness. In women, they're probably more likely to say, I'm just dizzy, I feel rotten, I feel weak. Male and female hearts also have physiological differences in size, electrical system, and blood vessels. But heart specialist Dr. Paula Harvey says there's still so much scientists don't know.

We are behind the game, so to speak, when it comes to understanding the biology of... Now Harvey is one of the researchers trying to fill in the blanks, studying how age and hormonal changes like menopause can affect cardiac health. You may look fit and healthy and feel that way, but there may be some other factors that are coming into play now that are putting you at high risk of high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol. Harvey hopes research like hers can help female athletes and coaches train safely, whether they're competitive or recreational.

Because she says as important as physical activity is for your overall health, it's also important to make sure you're doing it safely. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. New York State police say 9-year-old girl from Quebec died by drowning. Melina Fratulin's father has been charged with murder. The two were vacationing in New York when he called 911 Saturday to say that she'd been abducted.

Police say his description of the events were inconsistent. They found her body in a pond the next day. The war in Gaza may be described many ways. Today, the head of the UN called it a horror show. Antonio Guterres says the level of death and destruction there is without parallel in recent times. Nala Ayed brings us the latest developments and why food remains one of the most basic and pressing needs. A flatbed truck is careening through a crowd. On the back, men are already on board desperately hugging coveted bags of flour. And the moment it stops, others rush in, hoping to get their own.

I went to die to get a bag of flour for my children, says Mohammed Abu Jabal, who was injured in the crowd. This bag, he says, is soaked with blood. Even before all this, Gaza was heavily dependent on what comes in from the outside. Now aid is handed out by the American-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that the UN says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to access, something the GHF disputes. Israel acknowledges a shortage of aid but blames the UN and denies there is a famine. Now the UN says Israel's expanded offensive into central Gaza is threatening the last lifelines keeping Palestinians alive.

Antonio Guterres, the UN chief, called it a horror show. And now we are seeing the last gasp of a humanitarian system built on humanitarian principles. This system is being denied the conditions to function. Canadian Jacques Latour, who's a nurse manager with MSF in Gaza, says the decline and the hunger has been visible even among their own staff. But for me, I think what's worse is when I walk around the hospital before even getting into my patients, I am accosted a dozen times in all directions, just asking and pleading for food in any way, shape or form. It's every day. It doesn't stop. And there is no answer to it. And so

you feel incredibly helpless and powerless. The Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected a call by Western foreign ministers for a ceasefire. But today some of those ministers kept up their criticism. British Foreign Minister David Lammy. But when you see innocent children holding out their hand for food and you see them shot and killed in the way that we have seen in the last few days, of course Britain must call it out. On the ground, thousands of Palestinians from central Gaza are again on the move. Make-shift homes left behind, futures uncertain.

Nala Ayed, CBC News, London. We want justice! We want justice! We want justice! Hundreds of students protested after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet plowed into a school and burst into flames. Thirty-one people were killed, at least 25 of them children. The unrest over Monday's crash shut down traffic in parts of the nation's capital, Dhaka.

Police used tear gas to disperse the students who demanded those killed and injured be named. They also called for the decommissioning of what they said were old and risky jets and a change in Air Force training procedures. Hassan Mahmoud Khan is Bangladesh's Air Force chief. We are doing our inquiry. It was a very sad incident. We will try our best to find out the causes. And of course we are with the people who got hurt, who got killed, who got injured. The whole country is with them. 68 people remain in hospital, 10 of them in critical condition. The future is being built in the clouds.

It must be powered by the sun, the wind, and the promise of a better world. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world has reached a tipping point with renewable energy. UN reports released today show three-quarters of the growth in electricity generation last year from wind, solar, and other green sources. Guterres says globally green energy sources are now less expensive than the cheapest fossil fuel. He says countries that concentrate on fossil fuels are sabotaging

their own economies. The clean energy future is no longer a promise, it's a fact. Of course, the fossil fuel lobby of some fossil fuel companies will try and we know the lengths to which they will go. But I have never been more confident that they will fail because we have passed the point of no return. Most of the growth in renewables has been concentrated in countries including India, Brazil and China, where one-tenth of the economy is tied up in green energy. Meantime, there's trouble in the waters of southern Australia, a blooming and lingering

mass of toxic algae. Triggered by climate change, the organism is consuming vital oxygen, killing off marine life and local economies. Jill English explains. I want to be really clear about this. This is a natural disaster. After months of scientists sounding the alarm, a powerful statement. The premier of the state of South Australia invoked state powers Tuesday. This is an unprecedented event. We've never seen an algal bloom of this size and this scale in the history of our country's coastline. Peter Melanouskas declared a 4500 square kilometer algal bloom a natural disaster.

We don't really know how it's going to play out over coming weeks and months. The toxic bloom was first reported in March with brown foam washing ashore. Now deep green algae fills the water impacting 500 kilometers of coastline and lining shores with dead fish. 14,000 carcasses from 400 species have been recorded so far. In many cases the seafood industry suffers from this. Mike Parsons, a professor of marine science at Florida Gulf Coast University says that's part of the spin-off effect of blooms. Either the fisheries are shut down or people won't buy seafood because they're afraid of the risk. Runoff from inland floods and warm water can create conditions for this kind of event,

and research shows that oceans absorb over 90 percent of excess heat trapped by fossil fuel emissions. Global sea surface temperatures broke records in 2024. Warming is definitely an issue. Patrick Martone is a professor with UBC's botany department. So the warmer the water, the longer the warm season is, that's going to prolong these blooms. Waiting it out is the only option. Not much can be done to force the breakup of an algal bloom once it forms. There's no way for people to go in and filter out all of the water of all the algae that are living there.

So there's just not a good solution, unfortunately. Back in Australia, Malinouskas hopes investments by his state's government and the federal government can help with preventative measures for these kinds of toxic blooms in the future. I think it's reasonable to assume that it won't be the first incident of its type in this country. Australia is expected to convene an inquiry into the bloom and its impacts as early as tomorrow. Jill English, CBC News, Toronto. We close tonight on the streets of Winnipeg and three siblings on the move helping residents cool down. We bought the freezer and a trailer. Our mom bought the popsicles. We paid off our IOU.

We have their signs on magnetic boards in a plastic case and there's a sign that says cash only with an umbrella. We also have a calculator on the top. I drive the bike and I take care of the money. That's Hannah Malachai and Micah Gringas. Giving a tour of their business, Tip Top Popsicle Shop, the three siblings have a freezer filled with frozen treats, rigged on a bicycle trailer that they tow around their neighborhood. They have uniforms, a loyalty program, there's even a jingle.

I punch the punch cards. Buy 10, get one free, freezy, for free, duh. Dip, dop, popsicle shop, dip, dop, popsicle shop. Dip, dop, popsicle shop, I said dip, dop, popsicle shop. This is the second straight summer. The popsicle shop has been in business. The kids say they're not only earning some pocket money but learning valuable life lessons about responsibility, cooperation and generosity.

We're supporting families by giving them some portions of money to help them out with food or new vehicle or stuff to help them out in life because people need help in this world even if they don't want to admit it and we're just happy to help out. A summer job selling cold treats and making their community feel a little warmer. Thanks for being with us. This has been your World Tonight for Tuesday, July 22nd. I'm Angie Seth. Appreciate you spending your time with me. Chat soon. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca slash podcasts.