The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 04:00 EDT

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Judge Christopher Beale delivered his sentence today. The total effective sentence is life imprisonment, and I fix a non-parole period of 33 years. The convicted killer, Aaron Patterson, will be in her early 80s by the time she's eligible for parole. Patterson served a lunch of Beef Wellington, lace with the deadly mushrooms. The case riveted Australia for the last two years. Police in New Zealand say they've shot and killed a man who was on the run for nearly four years and living in the wilderness. Jill Rogers is the New Zealand Deputy Police Commissioner.

The formal identification of this male is yet to take place, but we believe him to be Tom. Phillips. Phillips vanished in 2021 with his three children. A police officer was also shot during a confrontation with Phillips. The Prime Minister of Japan is resigning. After less than a year in the job, Shigeru Ishiba was facing a leadership vote today that could have pushed him out. His Liberal Democratic Party has been in power for seven decades, but lost control of the upper and lower houses of Parliament. Tobias Harris is an analyst with Japan foresight. think until there's a clearer picture of who's actually running what the likely outcome of the leadership election is going to be. I think the markets might bounce around a little bit,

trying to just figure out what exactly the government is going to look like in a few weeks' time, because I think right now there's just a lot of uncertainty. The outgoing Prime Minister of Japan will stay in power until his party picks a replacement next month. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a West jet plane to make a hard landing in the Caribbean. It happened yesterday at the main airport on St. Martin. Luckily, no one was hurt. As Sarah Reid reports, the landing was captured on video. Sounds on board the West Jet flight after one of the plane's landing gear collapsed at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Martin. The hard landing saw the right wing of the plane hit the runway, leading emergency crews to immediately evacuate all 164 passengers, none of who were injured.

Then they're going to get the cockpit voice recorder tape. It could be piled there and it could be totally mechanical. error. Keith Mackey is an aviation safety consultant and says it's hard to say what caused the incident. Well, we don't know whether it was a hard landing or it could have been a mechanical issue with a gear, but at any rate, the right landing year collapsed and dropped the wingtip to the ground. So consequently, they had to use the emergency slides to evacuate the airplane. With the damaged plane now sitting on the runway, the airport says it will remain closed until Monday afternoon. The incident will now be investigated by the Dutch Safety Board. And experts say

Canada's Transportation Safety Board will also be involved. Sarah Reid, CBC News, Edmonton. Cepsis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, including here in Canada. It's the body's extreme response to an infection. It can be hard to detect and fast action is crucial, but as Sarah McMillan reports, new research is highlighting significant gaps in policies and training. Their in-action caused us, our whole family, everything. Under Sidu's life was turned upside down when his wife died in June from septic shock days after giving birth at a Mississauga, Ontario hospital.

Sidu believes his wife's death could have been prevented if hospital staff had recognized early signs of sepsis. Now I learned that nothing was normal about those symptoms. The hospital hasn't commented on this case citing patient privacy but says it has a thorough review process. Since his wife's death, Sidu has been advocating for new sepsis policies. in hospitals across Ontario. The province doesn't have specific sepsis guidelines. And new research highlights that it's not alone. We found that there were pretty serious gaps.

Dr. Kelly Barrett is one of the researchers who looked at policies and training across the country. Some provinces like BC and Saskatchewan do have sepsis policies, but most do not. Sarah McMillan, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.