The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/18 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/18 at 10:00 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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. U.S. President Donald Trump is praising ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show.

A show is off the air indefinitely following comments Kimmel made earlier this week about Charlie Kirk's murder. Steve Futterman reports. This is the comment on Monday night that led to Jimmy Kimmel's indefinite suspension. 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. Kimmel never actually says that Charlie Kirk's killer is a member of the MAGA movement, but does suggest that MAGA members are trying to use Kirk's killing to help their cause. Just before last night's taping was to start, ABC said there would be no show. Trump was in the UK when the news broke. He celebrated on social media saying Kimmel has zero.

talent. ABC's decision came after around 60 affiliates said they would stop carrying Kimmel's show indefinitely. Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission and a Trump ally, says late-night talk shows have changed. They went from being court gestures that would make fun of everybody in power to being court clerics and enforcing a very narrow political ideology. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. In the middle of all this, Donald Trump's state visit to Britain continues. It was a welcoming ceremony earlier today for the U.S. President as he arrived at Checkers for talks with British Prime Minister Kier-Starmour.

It follows yesterday's royal pomp and pageantry at Windsor Castle, where Trump was the guest of honor at a state dinner hosted by King Charles. Still with President Trump, he says he's in the process of designating Antifa, a terrorist organization. Antifa is a term used for far-left anti-fascist militant groups, but it's a decentralized movement and not a single organization. Trump calls the movement sick, radical, and dangerous. Prime Minister Mark Carney is on his way to Mexico City for a two-day visit.

He's expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Shinebaum. Senior government officials say the agreement will cover trade, agriculture, security, and emergency preparedness. Carney's visit comes as Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. have all started the process of reviewing the Kuzma Trade Pack. The deadline is approaching for Ottawa to release its review of the F-35 fighter jet purchase. If the government decides not to go ahead with the $27 billion deal, it might be considered the ultimate boycott move against the U.S. But as Murray Brewster reports, the F-35 is not the only U.S.-made product the Canadian military

he has on order. The prime minister was very clear by the end of the summer, which is September 21st. He'll have a decision. You have to have some sympathy for defense minister David McGinty. Almost every time he sticks his head out in public, somebody asks when we'll see the review of the F-35 fighter jet purchase. There's no denying that there are some sensitivities.

Retired Vice Admiral Mark Norman, who says deciding to limit the fighter jet purchase, risks angering the Americans, deciding to go forward risks angering boycott-minded Canadians. Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Canada would buy less from the U.S. and more from other allies. Wendy Gilmore is a former Canadian NATO defense official. They will be looking very clearly at what is needed and in the pipeline right now and should not be disturbed. And what are the new capabilities for which there isn't yet anything under contract?

Gilmore says there is room to explain the predicament to the public, but the government will have to be up front. Marie Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. The CRTC begins hearings today and whether the current Canadian content rules should apply to music streaming companies like Spotify. The streaming services argue that their current efforts to promote Canadian culture and the royalties they pay Canadian artists are good enough. And radio broadcasters also want the CRTC to amend some of the regulations. The hearings come as the CRTC is in the process of implementing the Online Streaming Act. and that is the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings.