The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 03:00 EDT

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. A rail car crash in Portugal has killed 15 people and left another 18 injured. It's called a finicular and it goes up and down a steep hill in Lisbon. Global Affairs Canada says it's not aware of any Canadians on board.

Freelance journalist Enrique Coelho is at the scene of the tragedy. I'm at the wreckage area, basically 50 meters away behind me, the crash area. There are several dozen police cars here from different units, local police, national police, judicial police is actually investigating what happened here because the causes of the accident are still unknown. We know that one of the cable systems was broken, the steel cable that holds, The funicular was broken, and the electric traction system, that is a security system, didn't work either. So that's what caused the fall of the funicular that was coming from the top, and at some point it derailed, causing the death of 15 people and injuries to 18 others.

Freelance reporter Enrique Coelho in Lisbon. Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal Cabinet will finish their meeting in Toronto today. They'll hear from a prominent American conservative figure behind Project 2025, the blueprint that's shaping Republican politics in the U.S. as the Kearney government tries to improve trade relations with the U.S. Meantime, the Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on whether the president can impose his new tariffs. An appeals court has already declared the tariffs illegal. After a nearly decade-long hiatus, water bombers are warmers. once again being built in Canada.

The increasing threat of wildfires means demand for the aircraft is soaring globally, meaning buyers will have to get in line and could be waiting for years. Josh McLean reports. On a factory floor near Calgary, a work in progress. The skeleton of a DHC 515,

the latest incarnation of the aerial tanker popularly known as the Super Scooper. It's really exciting for us to be bringing the aircraft back into production. Neil Sweeney is, with the Havelin aircraft of Canada. The Havelin acquired the design after Bombardier stopped making the plane back in 2015.

After years of planning, production of an updated version began in October. We're getting right at it to build them. A hot commodity on a warming planet, where the threat of wildfires is growing. European countries ordered the first 22 planes, meaning Canadian provinces who ordered late, we'll have to wait. We need those bombers today. Mike Flanagan is a wildfire researcher in British Columbia.

Why our bombers can buy you time, especially when the conditions are extreme like we've been seeing. Manitoba and Ontario have both announced plans to buy the new aircraft. The first planes are slated to come off the line in 2028. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary. The biggest film festival in Canada is celebrating a special anniversary. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival starts today. As Eli Glastner reports, behind the glitz and glam, there are questions about whether Toronto and its festival

still matter. Most of the big movies are choosing to debut at Venice and Tell Your Ride. Matt Bellany is the host of the Hollywood podcast, The Town. He says other festivals are more promo-friendly with audiences who are less critical. But TIF with public screenings and the People's Choice Award is still special. It's not just European aristocrats. The first time these movies will premiere for a real audience is in Toronto. Film critic Rachel Hoagher. It's unfortunate, I think, that the prices are getting as high as they are. Resales through Ticketmaster can climb into the hundreds, and yet after the strikes and losing a major sponsor,

Ho sees a comeback for TIF. It's kind of a redemption year for them, and I think it's perfect that it's on the 50 year. Well, you think what you want about me. Which opens with John Candy, I Like Me, a documentary about the beloved Canadian actor produced by a Canadian star, Ryan Reynolds. Eli Glastor, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is your world this hour.