The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/12 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/12 at 13:00 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, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. A suspect is now in custody for the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Authorities say they arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with the help of a family member and friend of his. Utah Governor Spencer Cox says the suspect has no known party affiliation but recently criticized the conservative commentator. Cox urges young fans of Kirk to resist responding to. to his murder with violence. There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is now in custody and will be charged soon and will be held accountable.

Investigators have found bullet casings engraved with inscriptions, including one which reads, Hey, Fascist, Catch. They say Robinson doesn't attend the Utah University where the shooting took place. Charges are expected to be laid early next week. NATO is launching a new effort to bolster the defenses of its eastern floor.

Slank. Operation Eastern Century begins tonight. NATO says the goal is to better integrate air and ground capabilities and increase information sharing among member nations. This operation comes after Russian drones entered Polish airspace earlier this week. Secretary General Mark Ruta says the violation is reckless behavior that's increasing in frequency. We have seen drones violate our airspace in Romania, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Whether intentional or not, it is dangerous and unacceptable. Moscow insists it did not aim to attack Polish targets. Steinbeck, Manitoba, is cleaning up after two months' worth of rain fell in a matter of hours.

This storm started late last night and flooded basements in parts of the city. Cars on some streets stalled in deep water. Bill Hebert is a counselor in Steinbeck. Mount water was in my street. I was going to go pick up a shop back at my daughter's house. And I said to my wife, we're not driving. The water's too deep. We won't be able to get there.

The city is now investigating whether this storm will qualify for the provincial disaster assistance program. Property owners and residents are urged to document their losses and contact their insurance company. When will Canada Post stop stalling and start bargaining? That is Jan Simpson, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. She's accusing Canada Post of abandoning contract negotiations. Late last month, Cub W presented a counter-proposal to Canada Post, but Simpson says they've yet to hear back from the corporation. They continue to stall, they're willing to drive business away,

ignore chances to bring the business back, and destroy our public post office instead of building it up. The union has been refusing to work overtime since May, but says as of Monday it will drop that tactic in favor of a ban on delivering flyers. Canada Post says it's losing millions of dollars a day, and says it's asked the union to align its demands with financial reality. And one of Canada's oldest HIV agencies is shutting its doors. The AIDS Committee of Toronto was founded more than 40 years ago

at a time when HIV-positive people faced serious discrimination and the diagnosis was often a death sentence. As Nicole Williams tells us, much has changed since then. The AIDS Committee of Toronto or Act is closing its doors. The organization was founded in 1983 at the height of the AIDS crisis, acting as a support for those living with HIV. The service says in recent years, demand has plummeted, as has both government funding and donations. But also, how we treat HIV in Canada has changed dramatically. Dr. Jonathan Angel is an

Ottawa-based physician who has been treating patients for the last 30 years. Medication is relatively simple and straightforward, people that are diagnosed reasonably early and take their medication to live long and healthy lives. Act says a third of its users are over the age of 55. It will begin winding down operations over the next six months with a plan to officially close its doors by the end of March next year. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.