The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/09 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/09 at 07:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The Israeli military is warning the people of Gaza City to leave their homes and move south.

It's people reading leaflets dropped by Israeli planes. They warn that a major military operation has been launched and ground troops are on the way. Volker Turk is the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights. Its commission of war crime upon war crime are shocking the conscience of the world. I'm horrified by the open use of genocidal rhetoric and the disgraceful dehumanization of Palestinians by senior Israeli officials. About a million people live in and around Gaza City. Over the weekend, the IDF destroyed a number of high-rise buildings, saying they housed surveillance. infrastructure being used by Hamas. In the wake of this week's violent protests against a ban on social

media platforms and government corruption, the Prime Minister of Nepal has resigned. K.P. Oli says his resignation goes into effect immediately. Ali's resignation comes after protesters set fire today to the homes of several senior political officials. Yesterday, 19 people were killed when riot police opened fire on protesters outside the country's parliament. Ukraine's president says at least 21 people were killed today when a small village was targeted by Russian glide bombs. Vladimir Zelensky says the bombs hit the village of Yorova in the Dinesk region. And he's urging the international community to make Russia pay economically for what it calls ongoing atrocities. The U.S. governments take over of police

and the nation's capital is set to come to an end. The government took over the Washington, D.C. police force last month, but National Guard troops will remain on the city's streets. Willie Lowry has more. Well, the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police force is set to expire tomorrow. President Donald Trump has already declared victory in Washington. The U.S. leader, who for years railed against the city, now says it's a safe place. We are a safe city.

You can walk to a restaurant. You can walk to the White House. work there. You can walk to the Capitol. And even the Democrats, I can't believe it, but they don't want to admit it, but I can't believe it. Trump's approach to fighting crime in Washington multi-pronged. In addition to taking over the police force, he deployed thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of federal law enforcement officers. And while the roughly 2,200 troops still patrol the streets, they're not going anywhere. At least not yet, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged to continue working closely with federal agencies even after the takeover expires.

Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Within Newfoundland and Labrador's energy sector, there is cautious optimism on at least two fronts. As Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to work on a list of major development projects, Heather Gillis explains. Two major potential energy developments, Ecuador's beta-nort offshore oil project, and the Gull Island Hydro Dam and Labrador have caught the federal government's attention, landing themselves on a list of nation-building projects. Yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney was in St. John's to talk about them with the province's energy leaders and Premier John Hogan.

And he's anxious to get these projects moving as fast as we can. Both projects still haven't gotten the green light yet. Norway's Ecuador should make a final investment decision soon, while Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec are still hammering out a deal on Gull Island. which Kearney threw his support behind. Shouldn't underestimate just how many jobs will be created. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister also announced $80 million in aid for small and medium businesses in Atlantic Canada

to help them pivot and weather tariffs from the U.S. and China. Heather U.S., CBC News, St. John's. And that is the World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. The World This Hour is updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummix.