The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/12 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/12 at 12:00 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. the world this hour. I'm Claude Fade. We begin in Utah. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, we got him. That's Governor Spencer Cox announcing this morning an arrest in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. The right-wing activist was shot while attending a rally at a university

in Utah on Wednesday and later died. The alleged suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson reportedly turned into authorities by his own father. Reporter Will Will Lowry has the latest from Washington. We learned a significant amount of information from Spencer Cox, essentially that the suspect Tyler Robinson 22 was taken into custody. Actually last night at around 10 p.m. He said that authorities had actually been able to track his arrival around 8 in the morning the day of the killing and a gray dodged challenger.

He also referenced the bullet casings, and there had been rumors that there was writing on them. He elaborated a little bit on that. He said that one of the bullet casings said, hey, fascist, another one, oh, Bella Chow, a reference to a Italian song that was in support of resistance fighters who fought the Nazis in the Second World War. Although, again, it's really important to note here that he didn't elaborate on a motive. The closest he got was letting reporters know what was written on those bulletin. casings. The CBC's Will Lowry in Washington. Thousands of parents in Montreal are scrambling today to get their kids to and from school. That's because the province pulled 1,200 electric school buses off the road last

night after one of them caught fire earlier in the week. Quabino Duro has the story. I'm at LaSalle Junior Elementary School where parents had to come drop off their kids this morning. This comes after one line electric bus caught on fire earlier this week. week. There were five students on board and a bus driver. The five kids and the bus driver came out safe and had no injuries. But this prompted the union representing the bus drivers to call for these buses to be inspected. Parents that I spoke to this morning say they are frustrated, but they are also grateful because the safety of their kids matters the most. So if they're checking buses for the safety of the kids, that's the most important thing for us. I'm happy that they're doing this.

I hope hopefully it won't take too long. In a statement to CBC News, Lyon, Electric says they are working closely with the Quebec government and Transport Canada to make sure that the inspections go well to get these buses back on the road promptly. Cubino Duro, CBC News, Montreal. The public service is being directed to review all current and planned federal contracts. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and procurement minister Joel Lightbound want a detailed report within 45 days. Champagne says the inquiry is an effort to find cost savings. Prime Minister Mark Carney has six.

he wants to see a reduction in government expenses. Prince Harry is on a surprise trip to Ukraine to support wounded soldiers and meet with Ukrainian officials. The prince's visit comes amid intense fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Crystal Gamansing reports. As Prince Harry arrived in Kiev, disembarking, Harry smiled widely and embraced Olga Rudniva, the head of superhumans, a medical facility helping thousands of maimed and wounded soldiers. soldiers. Rudneva invited Harry back to Ukraine to meet with injured military personnel. His visit comes as Russia and Ukraine exchanged air strikes. Ukraine's Sumi region northeast of the capital was struck overnight. At least two people were killed. Russia's military says its air defense

system intercepted and destroyed 221 Ukrainian drones overnight, including nine over the Moscow region. The UK, meanwhile, is turning up the pressure on Russia. 100 fresh sanctions are being applied on the Kremlin's source of revenues targeting the military sector and elicit shadow fleet carrying Russian oil. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fink. Thank you.