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

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

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

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The debater's 20th anniversary season, comedy, worth arguing about. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Six people are dead after two men opened fire today at a busy bus stop in Jerusalem. More than a dozen people are injured with six reported to be in serious condition.

Sasha Petrissick reports. This happened at a big traffic interstate. section, the north end of Jerusalem, at the end of morning rush hour. So a lot of people there waiting for buses to go into the West Bank, into Jerusalem, and into Tel Aviv. Two men dressed in black arrived in a car. They ran across a busy road and boarded a bus. That bus was packed, according to eyewitnesses, and they started shooting. This, of course, set off a panic. A lot of people were injured. At some point, security forces arrived, and the two men were shot and killed. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a statement saying that we are at war against terror

on several fronts. There was a statement from Hamas this morning as well. They do not take responsibility for the attack, but they did praise the two attackers. They said this was a natural response to Israel's actions in Gaza and especially in the West Bank. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Jerusalem. Now to Nepal, where at least 11 people have been killed in protests just outside the grounds of the country's parliament. Tens of thousands of people are protesting the government's decision to shut down most social media outlets.

Police are using tear gas and water cannons, but a large crowd has forced many officers to retreat inside the parliament buildings. The government is blocking about two dozen social networks, networking sites, including Facebook and YouTube. It says the tech companies are ignoring orders to formally register in the country. TikTok and other platforms that complied are still operating. New research is highlighting the significant gaps in policy and training that exists surrounding septus. Septus is one of the leading cause of death worldwide. It's the body's extreme response to infection, and in the early stages, it can be hard to detect. Sarah McMillan reports.

Their in action caused us, our whole family, everything. Garinder 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. Callie 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. Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year at his West Palm Beach Club in South Florida. The court has blocked off four weeks for the trial of Ryan Routh. Opening statements are planned for Thursday. An Australian woman who killed three of her relatives with poison mushrooms will spend the next three decades in prison.

Here's the judge in the case delivering the sentence. The total effective sentence is life imprisonment. and I fix a non-parole period of 33 years. A convicted murderer, Aaron Patterson, will be in her early 80s by the time she's eligible for parole. She was found guilty in July and three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder for serving her relatives a lunch of Beef Wellington laced with deadly mushrooms. It's a case that has been headline news in Australia for the last two years. And that is the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. From C.