The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/13 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/13 at 11:00 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 Claude Faye. We begin in Phoenix, Arizona, where the widow of Charlie Kirk is speaking publicly for the first time since his fatal shooting.

The evildoers responsible for my husband's assassination have no idea what they have done. Erica Kirk paid tribute to the first responders, the U.S. President and Vice President, as well as her husband. The conservative activist was considered to be an influential force among American youth. He was also a strong backer of Donald Trump's MAGA agenda. His wife is vowing to continue his work. You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry. To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die.

Kirk says her husband's organizing. will continue his tours of university campuses. Qatar says it will take all measures to protect its security and sovereignty in the face of Israeli aggression. The statement follows a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Qatari counterpart. The Gulf Nation has been engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity since Israel's attack on a Hamas meeting in Doha last week. At the same time, residents in Gaza City are inspecting the damage to their communities after overnight Israeli air strikes. Israel's army had ordered them to leave immediately.

Reporter Dominic Volaitis has more. Unverified footage circulating online appears to show the aftermath of the strike on a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City. This morning, two other similar facilities were also reportedly bombed, not long after a forced evacuation threat was issued by the Israeli army. Local health authorities in the Gaza strip say at least 40 Palestinians were killed yesterday alone, most of them in Gaza City, where many residents are staying put, defying Israeli orders to leave. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has met with Qatar's Prime Minister after an Israeli air strike targeted Hamas leaders in Doha.

Trump reportedly expressed displeasure with the attack. Israel is pushing ahead with its plan to take control of Gaza City, with its army targeting more than 500 sites this week. Dominic Volaitis for CBC News, Bristol, England. More than 100,000 people are gathering in central London for an anti-immigration march. A woman holding a sign with the words, get them out, chants and marches with the protesters. The demonstration was organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson. At the same time, a counter-protest dubbed the March Against Fascism is taking place. London Metropolitan Police say around 1,000 officers have been deployed.

Another Canadian city is raising concerns around food insecurity. Orelia Council declared the issue in emergency after the city, which is about 90 minutes north of Toronto, saw a spike in visits to the local food bank. Jamie Strasson reports. It's something that has gotten out of hand. Chris Peacock says the city of Arizona. is at a tipping point. The executive director of the sharing place food center says an unprecedented number of people in the city that's home to about 35,000 people, don't have enough to eat, including many people who are working full time.

The demographic has shifted. It's creeping into the middle class. Peacock says a decade ago, 14% of the city dealt with food insecurity. Today, that number is more than doubled. There's just so much need. City counselor Janet Lynn Dernford and her colleagues declared the growing problem. an emergency, an attempt to show the provincial and federal governments that this is not just a big city issue. Dernford says Aurelia needs more affordable housing, an increase in the minimum

wage and more resources for addiction and mental health to start. Ariria is the latest Ontario city to label this issue in emergency. Earlier this year, Kingston, Toronto, and Smith Falls did the same. Jamie Strash and CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude. big.