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

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

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

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing new initiatives to support the economy of Atlantic Canada. As David Thurton reports, it's part of the measures from Ottawa to help businesses hardest hit by U.S. tariffs. Just last Friday, I announced a series of new and comprehensive measures to protect, build, and transform our strategic industries. so they can prosper in this new global economy. Prime Minister Mark Carney and St. John's Monday expanding on key supports for key sectors, all of which face terrorists from the U.S. or China. The long list includes support to train workers, a production incentive for canola farmers, a new by-Canadian policy, and billions in new financing initiatives.

And lastly, we're strengthening supports for our medium and small businesses. Ottawa is expanding a fund for businesses from $450 million to $1 billion. The Regional Tariff Response Initiative is supposed to support firms directly and indirectly impacted by the U.S. tariffs. Carney said $80 million of that new funding will be directed to businesses in Atlantic Canada, funding that he says is important for the strengthening of the country's ocean economy. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. Israel says a deadly attack at a Jerusalem bus stop was carried out by two Palestinians. Palestinians from the West Bank.

Attackers opened fire during rush hour, killing six people. The Israeli military is now raiding West Bank villages, searching for more suspects. Sasha Petrissik reports. The shooting happened at this busy transportation hub at the north end of Jerusalem. As people were waiting at bus stops toward the end of morning rush hour,

two men pulled up in a car. They were carrying automatic weapons and attacked a crowded bus at the curb, More than a dozen were shot. Many were injured severely. Several died on the scene. A soldier and a private citizen killed the attackers. Their bullets and casings are littered on the ground even now.

The road here leads from Israel into the occupied West Bank, where Jewish settlers and Palestinian villagers have clashed over the past two years, even as the war in Gaza has raged. Those tensions are likely to rise, Either further now. Sasha Kachersake, CBC News, Drew Salon. France is in political crisis. Prime Minister Francois Beirou has lost a vote of confidence.

He becomes the fifth French Prime Minister to be ousted in less than two years. The vote is a blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his fragile minority government. The Alberta government is making changes to its controversial book ban, now only removing books from school libraries that contain explicitly, images of sexual acts. The band no longer includes books with written descriptions of those acts. The revised book policy comes after the original order faced widespread criticism for removing well-known and classic titles. While the woman who calls herself the Queen of Canada has been released on bail, Romana Didolo, a Q&ON-inspired cult leader, was arrested

last week after an RCMP raid. Alexander Kwan reports on her release conditions. Romana Diedelow offered few words as she left court. The self-described queen of Canada has been granted bail, but the details are under a publication ban. Crown prosecutor Curtis Weeb says the judge made a thoughtful decision. Part of our concern was her willingness or unwillingness to abide by conditions, and I think that was fairly addressed by the court. Romana Diedelow will have to live at a residence in Regina until her trial.

She also cannot go within 50 kilometers of Richmond. Diedelow had been staying in the village in Saskatchewan for the past two years. That's until the cult's compound located in a decommissioned school was raided by the RCMP last week. Rich Mound Mayor Brad Miller says, Diedelow's arrest is good news. That's the feeling that brick has been taken off our chest and our kids are free to play, meaning they'll be at the park and everybody's face will have a big smile on. Didolo is due back in court next week. Alexander Kwan, CBC News, Swift-Current, Saskatchewan. And that is your world this hour.

I'm Neil Hurland.