The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/18 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/18 at 01:00 EDT...

Transcript
Discussion (0)
Starting point is 00:00:00 Defining your freedom starts by redefining your farms management. The Sense Hub Dairy ecosystem offers a variety of features to empower you with more insights into your operation. It's time to farm with more freedom. Learn how with Sense Hub Dairy. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. The American Network ABC has pulled the late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. The move came after Kimmel performed a monologue that referenced Charlie Kirk, his alleged killer, and supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. Steve Futterman reports from
Starting point is 00:00:41 Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel's comments on Monday night suggested that conservative groups are trying to use Charlie Kirk's killing to their advantage. We hit some new lows over the weekend with the Maga Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from. Kimmel then mocked Donald Trump for talking about construction of the White House ballroom while answering a question about Kirk. He's at the fourth stage of grief. Construction. The suspension comes after Trump and Brendan Carr, the man he appointed to the FCC attack
Starting point is 00:01:17 Kimmel. David Frum is a longtime critic of Trump. He says Trump has a goal. What is happening now is part of a hastily developed strategy to seize this opportunity created by this terrible tragedy to make political competition in the United States unfree and unfair. In a brief written statement, ABC said the show will be preempted indefinitely. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. Well, a royal welcome and rowdy protests
Starting point is 00:01:44 marked Donald Trump's arrival in the U.K. The U.S. president is there for his second official state visit. The pomp and ceremony at Windsor Castle comes as both nations negotiate trade policy. Chris Brown reports. from London. The United States is Britain's most important military ally and its largest trading partner and driving both points home was a military flyover and announcements of major new investments
Starting point is 00:02:11 by tech companies in the UK. Though they differ on NATO commitments, support for Ukraine, and they come from opposite sides of the political spectrum, political scientist Anand Menon, says Britain's Keir Starmer has so far succeeded at keeping Trump on side. got what we call a trade deal, which is basically a piece of paper that implies we're going to have lower tariffs in the European Union. As we celebrate this unparalleled partnership, allow me to propose a toast to President Trump. The day ended with King Charles toasting Donald Trump at a state dinner. But this is truly one of the highest honors of my life. And Trump,
Starting point is 00:02:49 returning the praise. Lots could still go wrong. This date was about spectacle. Thursday is for business. Chris Brown, CBC News, London. Alexei Navalny's wife says she has proof that her late husband was poisoned. Navalny, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in prison last year at the age of 47. Yulia Navalnya says biological material from her husband's corpse was smuggled out of Russia for analysis. Labs in at least two countries examine these samples independently of each other. And these labs in two different Contrists reach the same conclusion. Alexei was killed. Moscow insists he died of natural causes. The Bank of Canada is trying to spark economic activity
Starting point is 00:03:35 with a cut to its key lending rate. Jennifer Lagrasa has more. It hasn't gotten any better. Long story short. Just outside Windsor, Ontario, in the town of Ticumsee, Jonathan as a party, is the president of Auto Parts Mold Manufacturer LaValle Tool. The trade war, he says, is killing business. Sales are down probably 25 percent, if not more. tariffs and trade deals. We need that to be behind us, and we need it behind us as soon as possible. Governing Council has been proceeding carefully, paying particular attention to the risks and uncertainties facing the Canadian economy. Governor Tiff MacLam cut the interest rate by 25 basis points, bringing it to 2.5%. It's a move that could offer relief for some amid Canada's slow economy.
Starting point is 00:04:19 Considerable uncertainty remains, but with a weaker economy and less upside risk to inflation, governing counsel judge that a reduction in the policy rate was appropriate. With heightened uncertainty, Governor MacLam didn't hint at what's to come with the interest rate decision in October. Jennifer Lagrasa, CBC News, Windsor, Ontario. And that's the CBC News.

There aren't comments yet for this episode. Click on any sentence in the transcript to leave a comment.