The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/07 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/07 at 08:00 EDT

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residents of gaza city to get out and for the second time in two days it has targeted a high-rise building the cbc sasha petrissik has the latest from jerusalem at a gaza city school they're digging out from another israeli air strike overnight israel says it's targeting hamas infrastructure, though Hamas denies its presence. But the attacks are also a campaign to get a million Palestinians to leave before Israel begins a major military operation to occupy the city. An Arabic language social media post by an army spokesman tells them of a new safe zone in the South. Israelis are dreading the new military offensive as well. Tens of thousands protested near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem last night,

worried that the 20 hostages believed to be alive are in greater danger. I am mortified by the fact that the Israeli army is conquering Gaza right now. Still, the Defense Minister Israel Katz has posted online. We have begun. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. to release workers detained at a massive immigration rate. More than 300 South Koreans were among the 475 people detained on Thursday at a Hyundai Motor Plant in Savannah, Georgia.

Officials say they plan to send a charter plane to bring the workers home back to South Korea. The raid is likely to complicate the relationship between the two countries. South Korea pledged earlier this summer to invest $350 billion into the states. Both sides are still working out details. Dozens of wildfires continue to burn across the national. Northwest territories. Some evacuees have been able to return home, but as Jasmine Renaya reports, other communities are still under threat. It's good to be back home. I miss my house. John Tinkwe is relieved to be back in his community of Wattie after he was forced to flee more than a week ago. Residents

returned Saturday to find none of their homes were damaged. Well all okay. My kids are okay. Wattie Fire Chief Brian Docombe says firefighters are still on standby. ready to put out any spot fires. It's just we got to do our due diligence, do our hotspot checks every day. Meanwhile, further west in the territory, another wildfire is threatening the community of Jean-Marie River, burning about a kilometer away from a major highway.

Senior administrative officer Tammy Neal says residents would flee to Fort Nelson, British Columbia, if their evacuation alert is upgraded to an order. Feelings in the community are, of course, antsy. People are worried. Yasmiranea, CBC News, Wattie, Northwest Territories. Since a fatal plane crash earlier this summer in Ottawa, the Transportation Safety Board has been searching for parts of the plane.

One turned up on a front yard. It was given to police, then hasn't been seen since. The CBC's David Fraser has more on the investigation. On a quiet street in Ottawa, Mary Dalmore and Craig Parfet were enjoying an end of July night. Living near the Ottawa River and between two airports, they're used to hearing planes over. overhead, but then something sounded off.

He heard it sputtering. That plane, a small recreational aircraft, crashed about 10 kilometers from their home, killing the pilot and injuring two others. Two days later, I saw this very shiny piping material. That's not something I put there. Craig came into the house with this pipe in his hand. Holy Mac. Parfet grew up around engines, and they figured the part a camshaft must have come from the downed plane.

They took pictures called the police. who took the part away in an evidence bag. In mid-August, the Transportation Safety Board put out alerts looking for missing pieces of the engine. The TSB wants to take apart the plane in hopes of finding out what caused the engine to fail. The investigation is expected to be done by next March. David Fraser, CBC News, Ottawa.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you. Thank you.