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

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

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

Hey, it's Gavin from Because News. This week on the news quiz, Scott Thompson is here. I've known him for a long time. He always makes me laugh. And he always has something surprising to say about American politics. And it's never what I think he's going to say. Also, we'll talk about vicious compliance from the Ebbington School Board and double dating. Also, we've got Brandon Ash Muhammad and Jan Karwana who are going to try to get a word in edgewise. That's all coming up on this week's Because News. Get it wherever you get your podcasts, which is presumably here. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings.

Six people are dead after two gunmen opened fire today on a bus stop in Jerusalem. More than six people are injured with police saying six people. are in serious condition. Police say the attackers, who have yet to be identified, were shot and killed on the scene. The shooting took place at a major intersection on a road that leads to Jewish settlements located in East Jerusalem. Here is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's Netanyahu saying the murders do not weaken us.

They only strengthen our determination. There's been no claim of responsibility at this point. but Hamas has praised the gunman, saying their actions are, quote, a natural response to the occupation's crimes against our people. Now to Washington, where U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a new round of sanctions against Russia in the wake of this weekend's stepped-up bombing campaign on Kiev. Willie Lowry has more. President Donald Trump has been reluctant to use sanctions as a way to get Russia to end its war of aggression in Ukraine,

but this weekend's massive barrage of drone and missile attacks, which damaged the main government building in Kiev, may have changed that. I'm not happy. I'm not happy about the whole situation. I'm not happy with anything having to do with that war. Now, what the sanctions might look like, very unclear. And the Kremlin defiant. It says no amount of sanctions will get it to change course in Ukraine. The U.S. President said he expected several European leaders

to head to Washington as early as today or two. Tuesday, we know that EU sanctions envoy David O'Sullivan is already here. O'Sullivan and his team are expected to meet with U.S. officials to discuss sanctions. But just a few weeks ago, leaders from several countries, including France, Germany, and the U.K., met with Trump at the White House. It didn't really move the needle, and the war has only intensified. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. An editorial published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for federal restrictions to govern sports betting ads

and says gambling ads now dominate sports broadcasts and the legalization of online gambling has made every smartphone a potential betting platform. The lead author writes that the brains of children and teenagers are still developing and the constant exposure to gambling messages normalizes harmful behavior that they could potentially carry into adulthood. A prison sentence was issued today for the woman known as Australia's mushroom killer. Aaron Patterson has been sentenced to 33 years for three counts of murder and one

count of attempted murder after serving her relatives a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms. Phil Mercer reports. The total effective sentence is life imprisonment and I fix a non-parole period of 33 years. Justice Christopher Beale says Aaron Patterson had shown no remorse for killing her estranged husband's parents and an aunt. Ian Wilkinson narrowly survived them. fatal lunch at the killer's home. He spoke outside the court in Melbourne. We're thankful that when things go wrong, there are good people and services and systems available to help us recover. The court was told there was no clear motive for Patterson's crimes, criminologist Brianna Chesser. Justice Bill quite rightly said that Ms. Patterson

is in fact the only person who understands why she acted the way that she did. Australia's mushroom killer will be eligible for parole in 2050. She'd be in her early 80s. Patterson is expected to serve her sentence in solitary confinement in a high security unit for her own protection. Phil Mercer for CBC News, Sydney. And that is the world this hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcast.

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