Trump sends envoys to Russia, A crucial state election in Germany, Super El Nino, and more

0:00Get lost in someone else's life, with personally from CBC podcasts. Someone like me, Rebecca Auerbach. In my series, Discount Dave and the Fix, I had a run-in with a rock legend that ultimately led to my own reckoning. Which rock icon you ask? Not another than David Lee Roth, you know, from Van Halen? At least that's who I thought he was. Experience what it sounds like to be human. Search for personally everywhere you listen to podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. I said, Steve Woodcoff and Jared Kushner, that two great negotiators to see whether or not we can get something done. Washington says it has a plan to end the Russia Ukraine war. US representatives are in Russia today, but after four and a half years of conflict, there's still a vast gulf between the two countries.

1:00This is your world tonight. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Also tonight we'll take you to Eastern Germany, where a far-right party could take power for the first time since the end of the Second World War. You'll hear how the AFD went from being a French party to a front runner. And... Get ready, because it's going to be a wild ride. Scientists, born a supersized El Nino, could throw the world's weather into disarray well into 2027. Since returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he would end the Russia Ukraine war quickly. In his latest effort to broker a peace deal, Trump has dispatched two envoys to meet with the leaders of both countries, starting today with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. As Steve Futterman reports, previous US efforts to solve the conflict have stalled. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made all sorts of predictions.

2:04Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled. It will be settled quickly. I will get the problem solved, and I will get it solved in rapid order, and it will take me no longer than one day. More than two years later, it goes on, and recent weeks have seen dramatic increase attacks from both sides. This is the sound of firefighters in keyed, putting out a fire in a warehouse attacked by Russian missiles. Imosco, dick mollegs, and well-composed, welcome to Moscow. The latest efforts to do something, Steve Whitkopf and Jared Kushner meet with Vladimir Putin. On Sunday, the two are set to meet with Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev. The American President-Key will be on the next day of Ukraine. On Friday, Zelensky said he is preparing for the meeting and has been given details from the Americans. While Zelensky gets ready for his meeting, Lisa Yasko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament,

3:09expresses doubt much progress can be made under the current conditions. We've seen a huge escalation in recent 10 days with the new types of reactive drones flying to Kiev and to other cities. So basically now every 30-40 minutes we have an attack somewhere nearby. On the other side, Ukraine with longer-range missiles has been able to bring the war to Russia, successfully attacking Russian logistic warehouses and oil depots. The two sides continue to have opposing demands. Russia still wants land it says is essentially Russian, and once Ukraine to abandon any attempts to join NATO. Ukraine has pretty much given a flat no to any territorial concessions and wants security guarantees. A deal would likely have to include significant concessions. I am in it eight wars. I hope you're proud of me. Donald Trump loves to claim that he has ended numerous wars. He was doing it yet again Friday at the White House. I am in it eight wars. I get no credit for it.

4:09I am in it eight wars. Did I get the Nobel Prize? No. So far, Trump's efforts with Russia and Ukraine have been a bust. And at the moment, it's not clear if these latest attempts will have any type of success. Steve Fuderman, CBC News, San Francisco. U.S. forces have struck three Iranian oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command says the strikes were retaliation for Iranian missile attacks on two American Navy ships. A statement from St. Comh says no one was killed in those attacks and accused the Iranian tankers of being part of a shadow network, helping to fund Iran's revolutionary guard and its armed proxies in the region. Iran has warned strikes on U.S. military ships will become more severe if their vessels continue to be attacked. Since the end of the Second World War, there's been a widely held belief in Germany that the far right must never be allowed to take power again. While a growing number of Germans are looking for an alternative to that post-war consensus,

5:14which is facing a crucial electoral test this weekend. Jessica Singer now, on tomorrow's state election in Saxony on halt. Thousands congregate in the eastern town of Kwedlinburg to listen to Overseh Sigmund, the AFD's candidate to lead the state of Saxony on halt, where the far right party is poised for a historic political breakthrough. Many supporters arrived on their Simzin motorcycles which have become a symbol for the AFD. Seventeen-year-old Lukashemler isn't old enough to vote, but he hoped Sigmund will come out on top in Sunday's election. Yeah, we find him also cooler. It's like an idol. Yeah, he's an idol for me. If the AFD forms government, that would put it in control of the state's education, cultural policy and policing. The party promises to focus less on the country's Nazi past. And pride flags in schools create separate classrooms for refugee children and carry out mass deportations of certain migrants.

6:20Protesters against the AFD fear it will challenge basic human rights, especially for migrants. Akinola Soniolu immigrated from Nigeria six years ago. He says he's experienced a lot of racism in Magdeburg, the state's capital. But he wants to stay in the city where he's built a home. They are not in my shoes. They don't know what it is to be a foreigner. I know what it is. I'm the one feeling it's all. I want to be happy. Saxony-on-Hulls domestic intelligence agency designates the AFD as a far-right extremist group. Party members have come under fire for using Nazi slogans and experts say the AFD has closed ties with Russia. At a family festival for party supporters in the rural town of Quarfort, Seagman told his supporters, no one is a right-wing extremist. Here everyone is extremely in their right. AFD support is strongest in eastern Germany where the economy has grown more slowly than the West since reunification more than three decades ago.

7:26Marcus Burke is a University of Cambridge historian from Saxony-on-Hulls. Burke fears winning a state election could normalize the party as a legitimate political force. This is something that might have ripple effects throughout Germany, throughout the European Union, and that's also on the global stage. The AFD is leading opinion polls in Saxony-on-Hulls at just over 40%. If the polls translate to votes on Sunday, experts say the party could secure an absolute majority and begin plans to overhaul key aspects of German society. Jessica Singer, CBC News, Saxony-on-Hulls, Germany. In Southeastern England. Shots! Shots! Shots! Dozens of anti-immigration protesters dressed in black and wearing ski masks block roads near the port of Dover. Police and the port authorities says the protests stopped all traffic in and out of the port. Anti-immigration protesters have converged on Dover in the past, focused on stopping migrants who crossed the English Channel from France.

8:29Police say the protesters were dispersed and no arrests were made. Still ahead, Italy has had 31 prime ministers since the end of the Second World War. In comparison, Canada's had just 13. So in a country where governments fall like dominoes, how has Georgia Maloney managed to hold onto power? More on that later, on Your World Tonight. Flight Attendance with jazz aviation have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike mandate. The Canadian Flight Attendant Union, which represents more than a thousand jazz flight attendants, says 99% of voting members supported the move following months of failed bargaining. Jazz is the primary operator of Air Canada Express flights. Canadian leaders say the key issues include wages and compensation for work performed on

9:29the ground. The workers have not had a contract since January. It's unclear how soon they could walk off the job. An immigration crackdown at a student rally in Calgary is sparking demands for federal intervention. Border agents singled out international graduates protesting their work permit rejections. Now 10 of the students are facing removal orders. The Stephanie Kram reports, migrant groups are calling the action a direct violation of their charter rights. If we can allow immigration enforcement or policing to go into places where migrants or anyone is expressing their charter-protected rights, then all of our rights are under threat. Saeed Hassan with the Migrant Workers Network says that's what happened in Calgary. When Canadian Border Service agents raided a peaceful protest of international students who were rejected from post-graduation work permits. Now an open letter signed by over 200 organizations are calling on the federal government to

10:30prevent this from happening again. To call and try Minister Karpney to make a swift and clear policy to say that immigration enforcement will not be targeting protests. This comes after sweeping changes to Canadian immigration regulations made in 2024, which includes a cap on new international students admitted to Canadian post-secondary schools. Gertremeet Singh came to Canada to study at Portage College. He was told his program would qualify him for a work permit. After waiting for over a year he was rejected, Singh is now facing a removal order to leave the country in 30 days. After a CBSA agent confronted him at the protest. They checked my license in my cell phone and scanned through their computer and they asked me why why haven't you applied for anything. Singh explained to the officer that he had just been rejected for a work permit and had 90 days to decide what to do next. They said no, we don't really care about those 90's a restoration period.

11:32Even though it's a legalized time by the IRCC that is given to us. A spokesperson from immigration refugees and citizenship Canada says not all programs qualify for the work permit and says students enrolled in programs before the 2024 changes were made are not affected. As for Singh, he says after all he's been through, his view of Canada has changed. When I came here I thought he's the immigrant country like everybody is open to people of other culture but when I came here nothing has people are saying. The migrant workers network says what the Portage College students went through speaks to a much larger issue with federal immigration policy. The government of Canada is basically blaming migrants for the housing affordability crisis and trying to solve it by pushing millions of people out. The migration workers network is planning a day of action for September 20th ahead of when MPs return to work. Stephanie Kram, CBC News, Edmund Tin. The miraculous stories of survival are bringing rare moments of hope to flood ravaged Nepal.

12:3410 days after the disaster rescuers continue to pull people from the mud and debris. But with 1300 dead and thousands more missing international aid groups are making an urgent plea for help. Philipply Chanuk has more. Rescuers gently move a 64 year old woman caked in mud from her partially buried home and know what coat a village in the Himalayan Valley. Chendika Shrestha's family said that given up hope she would be found alive and had already started her funeral right. She was airlifted by military helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu. Not far away in Razuwa a Chinese national was rescued from the upper Treshuli 1 hydropower project. Liu Haetao was located by Nepalese army rescuers with the help of a South Korean disaster expert team. He was also airlifted to hospital. More than 1300 people are dead and 5600 are still missing with rescue efforts concentrated

13:34on the power facilities. Shrirum now pain is a volunteer. He says there is a station inside the 225 meter long tunnel where workers could survive for a limited time. They can drink water and they get minimum oxygen level. Most people who risk their their position at that point will be alive. He says rescue teams have pulled three workers from the site so far but hundreds more could still be trapped. But as the days pass he admits the possibility of finding missing people alive in the tunnels is dimming. Key bridges have been washed away so getting heavy equipment to the site is difficult. No access road and even helicopter cannot lift 20 ton equipment. The poly soldiers are building makeshift bridges so relief supplies can be brought into hard hit areas. Thousands are in need of clean water, food and shelter. Avea Pokkara of airlift technology says they are using drones to get essential supplies

14:36to remote villages. We send a lot of relief materials to the outside of the village and right now our team is loading up some materials for the hospital. But aid workers say more than a week later for many survivors reality is beginning to sink in. Shubash Chandra Sharma is a clinical psychologist in Noatko. Some have anger issues, some have you know they cannot still believe what has gone through their life. Some are not sleeping or some are weeping. United Nations has launched a humanitarian appeal hoping to raise 50 million dollars for emergency assistance for more than 84,000 people affected by the catastrophic floods. Absolutely Shanoak CBC News Toronto. El Nino means little boy in Spanish. But there is nothing little about the El Nino forming this year. The warming phenomenon can make a mess of the world's weather. And as Nick Logan explains we haven't even begun to feel the effects in Canada yet. This El Nino looks to be off the scale.

15:39The head of the UK's National Weather and Climate Service, Adam Skafe. Learning this year's El Nino is gaining strength at a pace that hasn't been seen before. That's after a summer of historic heat, drought and fire in Britain and across Europe. And it's a similar situation for much of Canada. As the Northern Hemisphere swelled and burned these past few months, El Nino has been brewing in the South Pacific. It's a naturally occurring ocean warming phenomenon that emerges every three to seven years and disrupts weather patterns around the globe. In a lot of ways, it flips the weather upside down. Josh Willis is a scientist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. We have drought in some places that normally get rain and rain in some places that normally get drought. But Willis says it can't be blamed for the weather extremes already affecting places in Canada. The mainland US and Europe. But it's not really until the fall and winter that we begin to see these effects reach out of the tropics

16:40and touch places like the United States and even Canada. And when it does, it will mean a warmer, drier winter for much of Canada, especially along British Columbia's normally rainy South Coast. But El Nino is just sort of a temporary boost on top of this long-term trend. The background of her climate is warming due to the burning of fossil fuels. Zach Leib is with the non-profit organization Climate Central. He says human-caused climate change not only means an El Nino as strong as this year's will make weather events even more extreme. There's also more uncertainty. We have this understanding of what impacts are typically associated with El Nino. But I think this idea that Earth is warmer due to climate change could break the mold. And while Canadians wait and see what might happen in this country, El Nino is already affecting areas in the tropics, with dry conditions prolonging wildfire season in Indonesia. Warm water disrupting fisheries off Peru and in Panama this week. We are revisiting the traffic conditions that will apply

17:40as the event of El Nino. Officials placed restrictions on the number of ships that can pass through the Panama Canal. Over concerns El Nino will worsen already low water levels on the lake that feeds the vital trade artery. It's also disrupting hurricane season, a quieter year in the Atlantic, but... increased activity in the eastern Pacific. Get ready because it's going to be a wild ride. Josh Willis says we'll be seeing and feeling the effects well into 2027. And a lot more heat and weather records could be broken. Even after El Nino starts to cool down. Nick Logan, CBC News, Vancouver. In Croatia. Tens of thousands of people marched through Zagreb demanding the government clean up more than 30,000 tons of hazardous waste. The illegal landfill was uncovered last year in the Lika region, known for its pristine forests and rivers. Most of the waste comes from Italy. An environmentalist say it's contaminating the air, water, and soil

18:43and accused the government of being too slow to remove it. I don't want Croatia to become a dumping ground for Italy, Austria, Germany, or any other country. This protestor says. Demonstrators want the government to release a concrete cleanup plan in 20 days and to remove the waste within three months. Italy is known for many things. Pasta, ancient ruins, high in fashion to name a few. But political stability is not one of them. It has burned through 68 governments since the end of the Second World War. This week, Prime Minister George Maloney set a record, leading the longest lasting government in 80 years. Meghan Williams now on how she did it and what her staying power may have cost. I am George George. George Maloney, before becoming Prime Minister, chanting, I am George. I'm a woman. I'm a mother. I'm Italian. I'm Christian. So catchy. It was turned into a dance remix.

19:53Back then, she was a fiery populist, promising to shake up Italy. Four years later, she's done something a lot tougher. She stayed in power. On September 4th, Maloney's government reached 1,413 days, beating Sylvia Beplusconi's record for a single post-war government. But in office, Maloney's staying power has come less from the radical change she promised than from the caution she shone. After almost four years in government, Maloney's Fratelli Italia party is pulling slightly above the 2022 national election results. Says Polster Lorenzo Preliasco, who calls it highly unusual. Because usually, government parties tend to go down after six to 12 months. And this has not been the case for Fratelli Italia. Preliasco says that doesn't mean Italians overwhelmingly love her government. But Maloney is still seen as more credible than the divided opposition.

20:54Economist Veronica Deremani's credits Maloney with restoring fiscal discipline. But she says staying power is not the same as progress. Stability is not a goal. Stability is an instrument. The goal is growth, economic growth. And we haven't seen that. Deremani says Italy's economy is sliding backwards with women and young people paying the highest price. But our problem is that we don't have enough people in a labor market. So we cannot afford having one out of two women at home. Young Italians too face low wages, temporary contracts, with thousands leaving the country each year for better opportunities abroad. Maloney's talk of family, nation and tradition is her speaking the language of one of the world's oldest electorates. But beyond this record breaking first term, the pressures are growing. To her right, former army general Roberto Vanacci has launched a new far-right nationalist party, drawing support from Maloney's own coalition.

21:57Vanacci's party definitely poses a threat to Maloney and makes the next national elections more competitive. Those elections are still a ways off. The more pressing question is what Maloney does with the stability that she's worked so carefully to preserve. Meghan Williams, CBC News, ROM. Grab your parkas and get ready to head back to icecove. The critically acclaimed comedy, North of North, is coming back for season two. The first season was a streaming hit in dozens of countries, and its soundtrack has opened doors for several Indigenous musicians. Christine Pagulian reports, we first brought you this story in March.

23:02Ciaia, the main character of the hit Canadian series, North of North, starts a new job after a very public break-up, and assigns her daughter's school drop-off to her mother. Arriving at school, little button then flips off her teacher. And the song you hear as all this goes down is no evil. Mohawk artist Shawnee Kish is thrilled at its success. That song has reached Indigenous communities, non-Indigenous people, it just has that reach. And because North of North has blown up on Netflix, its music has too. The show's inupitude cover of dual-leapas levitating is all over TikTok. The soundtrack's praise isn't lost on the show's co-creator and executive producer, Stacey Agluck McDonald. It's unreal. It takes some time to sink in, and then we lavish in it.

24:02Her team was hungry and eager to feature Indigenous artists on the show. These are people who are just making music because they love making music. For our people, for our communities, and for Inuit, and for Indigenous people. Music supervisor Michael Perlmutter says every track has intent. The soundtrack mixes pop, rock, and throat singing, and inuctetude covers of popular songs like Ave Maria and Time After Time. Music is the universal language, and people don't speak the language that they're singing. But they can feel the emotion and they can feel the energy and they can feel the passion. That makes up traditional and contemporary genres is getting wider recognition.

25:02Last year, Red Future from Hazela Hip Hop duo Snottie knows Red's kids one big at the Junos. Best rap album of the year. And that matters, says Alan Gray Eyes, director for the Sakeway Festival because it's a category in competition with more than just Indigenous artists. When they continue to create more music, audiences grow, and also cultural practices hardly introduce the strength. For Kish, visibility is about more than awards. It's about making room for Indigenous people to be their whole selves. Advice she wants to pass on to the next generation of Indigenous artists. You are so worth fighting for, and you are so worth having a voice and a place in the world to use your gifts that the creator gave you, to use who you are, to use your pain to use your struggle to use your beauty to show up and to be exactly who you are. Christine Pagulaya, CBC News, Toronto.

26:05North of North season two premieres on CBC TV and CBC Gem on Tuesday, September 8th. We end tonight with a B.C. man eating pizza for the first time. You go to play tasty. After nearly a week of surviving off twigs and flowers. As I call my godfills, made it. This B.C. hiker speaks with a huge smile, despite a shiner on his right eye and other injuries from a hospital bed in Squamish. I'm very lucky. Stanislav Volo embarked up a mountain on Sunday above the sea to sky gondola. My phone died when I got to the top and unfortunately couldn't find a way down. So keep going in circles in circles. Drones, helicopters, police dogs, and volunteers search for the hiker. He says he saw the copters, but they didn't see him. So he suffered long days and cold nights alone. I learned a lot of things how to survive in the wilderness.

27:06He says he survived by drinking from a creek and eating a pink-floured plant. The fact that he survived at all is remarkable. According to Squamish search and rescue manager Tyler Duncan. This is not average hiking trails. These are very advanced areas, very technical areas to be in. Volo injured his foot and had to be holed up in a cave for four days. Where he says he learned the importance of staying busy. Sometimes I would travel rocks from one spot to another just so that I'm not sitting and doing nothing. And on the final day an animal instinct kicked in. That altered his mindset and kept him fighting for a way out. Fuck it up and get down from the snowsing. Doesn't matter what it takes. And finally yesterday he found his way out of the forest and onto a road. Tears of happiness were just running down my face. And when the search parties saw the injured and famished hiker walk out of the woods on his own two feet.

28:08They were crying too. And they could see how they were putting a lot of their thoughts and their hopes and trying to find me. The experience has left him filled with gratitude for the volunteers and search and rescue. I'm so happy to see the tears surrounded by so many of them. And he has a newfound mission to teach people how to navigate the wilderness without technology. This has been your world tonight for September 5th. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Good night. For more CBC podcasts go to cbc.ca slash podcasts.