The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/03 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/03 at 22:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. We begin in Portugal. Ambulances raced to the scene of a rail car crash in downtown Lisbon, involving a finicular that moves people up and down a steep hill. Fifteen people are dead and 18 injured, some of them seriously. Witnesses say the historic yellow tram, popular with

tourists derailed and crashed into a building. The cause remains unknown. Authorities say both Portuguese residents and foreign nationals are among the dead. Canadian officials say no one from this country was involved. Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with his liberal cabinet in Toronto to plot strategy for the fall session of Parliament. Carney will table his first budget, and as Tom Perry reports, he's also trying to win favor from U.S. President Donald Trump amid a trade war. Thank you very much for taking the time to come here. In the past, this would have been called a cabinet retreat, but Prime Minister Mark Carney calling it a cabinet planning forum.

A very clear focus on what we're going to be doing over the course of the next six, 12 months. One of the first challenges for this new government will be bringing in its first budget in October. It too expected to be a departure from the previous liberal regime, as the government looks to cut spending in some places and, redirect it to areas like defense and critical infrastructure. The aim, Carney says, is a budget that focuses on investment and austerity. Adding to the economic pressure are U.S. tariffs. Canada has yet to strike a deal with the White House to lift or reduce levies on its exports,

though Carney provided an unexpected update on negotiations. I last spoke to the president Monday evening. We spoke at length on a wide range of issues, including on trade. Tom Perry, CBC News, Toronto. Canada's public health agency is eliminating about 320 full-time jobs. That's about 10% of its workforce. In a statement today, the agency said the move is part of a post-pandemic recalibration of its priorities. The statement says the cuts aren't part of Carney's expenditure review.

Decisions on that will come later. Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested the woman who calls herself the Queen of Canada, along with more than a dozen of her followers. The group has been described as a cult that has questioned the legitimacy of the Canadian government. Alexander Kwan reports. Leave the phone down. You're under arrest. All right.

The RCMP arrest of the woman who calls herself the Queen of Canada captured by her own phone during a live stream. Down on the ground, please. Romana Didalo and 15 others were taken into custody after a raid involving some 30 police cars, two tactical vehicles, drones, and a pair of swat units. The next phase of the investigation is now in its early stages. Investigators are still in the process of searching the building, collecting evidence, and interviewing those arrested.

Police say the operation was sparked by reports of an individual with a firearm. They say they seized four replica handguns. For two years, Dietolo and her followers have lived in a former school in the village of Richmond, population just over 100, 365 kilometers west of Regina. In July, the village office closed its doors to the public outside prearranged appointments due to harassment and intimidation of staff. Alexander Kwan, CBC News, Regina. Victims of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are urging the White House to release all files related to the case.

Today is the first time that I ever speak publicly about what happened to me. I never thought that I would find myself here. Marina Lucerta is among the Epstein survivors who went to Washington today to call on U.S. lawmakers to force the release of the full investigation details. Last night, more than 30,000 pages and several audio recordings and videos were publicly released. Despite that volume, it contained very little new information. U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the call for more documents, calling it a Democratic hoax. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.