The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/09 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/09 at 11:00 EDT

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There are reports still unconfirmed that Israel has launched an airstrike today on Doha, targeting the Hamas leadership. Sasha Petrissik has the latest. What we are hearing is that, this was an attack that was planned by Israel for some time. It was even codenamed Day of Judgment and that it was meant to take out the top negotiators who were set to meet in this one building in a neighborhood in Doha in Qatar. They were set to be discussing the proposal that the Americans have put forward to

both Israel and to Hamas to try to end the war in Gaza. There was a lot of pressure on Hamas to agree to it. This was where they were going to get together and decide whether, in fact, they were going to agree to it. And apparently, this is where the attack happened. Now, we do not still have confirmation that these two men were killed. The suggestion is that they may have been, but there have also been reports out of Arab media in Doha, that a number of people, quite a few in fact in the building did survive. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Jerusalem. At the same time, the Israeli military is telling the people of Gaza City to leave their homes and move south. Leaflets being dropped by Israeli planes

warned that a major military operation has been launched and ground troops are on their way. At least one million people live in and around Gaza City. 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.

Over the weekend, the IDF destroyed a number of high-rise buildings in Gaza City, saying they house surveillance infrastructure being used by Hamas. In the wake of this week's violent protests in Nepal, the country's prime minister has resigned. K.P. Ali stepped down today after protesters set fire to the homes of several senior political officials. and now the parliament buildings have been set ablaze. The protests broke out yesterday with 19 people being killed in clashes with riot police. One of the demonstrators is Robin Stresda. Police are supposed to be our protector and they open fire on students, on everyone.

We just wanted to prove a point. We don't want corruption. We don't want this. We don't want them to lead our country. And they just killed people. The demonstrators have taken to the streets protesting government corruption and a nationwide ban on social media platforms. Within Newfoundland and Labrador's energy sector, there is cautious optimism on at least two fronts. As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to finalize the 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 Carney threw his support behind.

to 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 Ullis, 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.

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