The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 14:00 EDT

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Tees and Cs apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pledging to track down anyone involved in today's deadly attack in Jerusalem. Israeli officials say at least six people are dead and several more injured after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop. The suspects were also killed after an Israeli security officer and a civilian returned fire. Netanyahu says forces are now surrounding the villages in the occupied West Bank where the suspects came from. One East Jerusalem resident suspected of being involved has been arrested so far. Hamas did not take responsibility for the attack, but has welcomed it.

The Palestinian Authority, which oversees the West Bank, says it condemns any targeting of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. France's Prime Minister has just lost a vote of confidence. The Prime Minister must remit to remit to the President of the Republic the demission of the government. Francois Beiru is the third French Prime Minister to be ousted this year. The vote is a blow to President Emmanuel Macron's fragile minority government. He's now tasked with appointing a new Prime Minister, members of a left-wing alliance,

which emerged as the largest winning bloc in last year's legislative election, are urging Macron to pick a member from their coalition. Right-wing politicians want Macron to call snap elections. The president has ruled out that possibility. Clashes at protests in Nepal have killed at least 19 people and injured dozens more. Violence broke out after thousands of young demonstrators rallied against the government's recent social media ban and alleged political corruption. Rebecca Bundin reports. chaotic scenes broke out in the capital of Kathmandu.

Protesters set cars on fire and some managed to scale the walls of the parliament building. Security forces used rubber bullets and water cannons against the demonstrators who are calling themselves Generation Z. There are people dying in the streets being shot. There is not enough ambulances. A ban on several social media platforms seems to be the main trigger for the protests. But there also seem to be wider concerns. corruption in the country from the local level to federal level, all the Nepal's citizens are fed

off corruption. Nepal's government insists it is trying to regulate social media to tackle fraud and hate speech. Social media networks that complied with the government's registration requirements continue to operate in the country. Rebecca Bundin for CBC News, Mumbai. The woman who calls herself the Queen of Canada has been released on bail. 50-year-old Romana Didalo was arrested last week after RCMP raided her place of residence. Diedelow's release is subject to a long list of conditions. They include staying at a residence in Regina until her trial and staying away from the small village of Richmond in Saskatchewan. That's where she'd been living with members of her cult in a decommissioned school for the past two years. Diedelow is scheduled to appear in court on September 17th.

The federal government is allocating $80 million to businesses in Atlantic Canada as part of its Regional Tariff Response Initiative. That initiative, now worth a billion dollars, was first announced in March. Its aim is to support small and medium-sized businesses affected by U.S. tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney says this funding will maintain the strength of Canada's ocean economy. This region's a giant in fishing, manufacturing, forestry, IT, energy, shipbuilding, and its overseas trade corridor sitting in St. John's Harbor, connect Canada with the rest of the world.

Ottawa announced a series of measures last week to protect, build, and transform Canada's strategic industries. They include a $5 billion fund to help businesses develop products and find new markets and help with training for up to 50,000 workers who want to learn new skills. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.