The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 05:00 EDT

This message is from Wise, the app for international money. With Wise, you can send, spend, and receive in up to 40 currencies with a fair exchange rate and no hidden fees. Download the Wise app or visit Wise.com. T's and C's Apply. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. As global trade continues to be unsettled by U.S. President Donald Trump and the future of the North American Trade Agreement remains uncertain, Canada and Mexico are trying to deepen their economic ties. The Prime Minister has signed a new strategic partnership with Mexico's president. Mark Carney says you'll elevate an already strong relationship.

Catherine Taney has the latest from Carney's trade mission to Mexico City. Carney walked in step with Mexican President Claudia Shane Bomb as he arrived at Mexico's National Palace on grounds dating back to the Aztec Empire. Canada, Mexico trading relations are much younger, but officials are keen to make sure they have a long, long future. The relationship hasn't always been rosy. Not that long ago, Canadian politicians publicly mused about dropping Mexico from the trade deal with the U.S. And trade talks during President Donald Trump's first term saw the two smaller powers pitted against each other. Both leaders were asked if they've committed to making sure that doesn't happen

again. That doesn't mean the two aren't looking at deeper ties. Karnie and Shane bomb announced an action plan Thursday with goals like building up maritime ports to connect the two countries and a focus on boosting investment. Today, Carney will make a stop to watch homegrown wheat get delivered by a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train at a Mexican train yard. A nod that connecting the three countries on the continent is still his intent. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Mexico City. Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed David LaMette as Canada's next ambassador to the U.N. Lamedi is a former justice minister, and until recently, Carney's principal secretary. He will replace former liberal leader, Bob Ray, who's held the role since 2020.

ABC has stopped airing Jimmy Kimmel live indefinitely after comments he made about the murder of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. In Newfoundland and Labrador, it's resonating since Kimmel has a close connection to the small town of Dilto. Heather Gillis explains. Scenic and serene, but that's not what put the town of Dildo in Newfoundland and Labor. door on the map. Its sexually suggestive name landed the town 100 kilometers outside St. John's in the spotlight when Jimmy Kimmel featured it on a show back in 2019. Hello, my fellow Dildoans. It's me, your honorary mayor. Kimmel became the town's honorary mayor. Arrected a sign with the town's name in the hills, just like the one in Hollywood.

Causing a surge of tourists, says gift shop owner, Lynette Reed. You can't put a dollar value on the number of people worldwide that had Dildo. on their minds. Folks in Dildo have been so thrilled. Kimmel's show was paused indefinitely Wednesday after he made comments about American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk's alleged murderer. It's estimated Kimmel generated $12 million in free tourism

advertising for Dildo. Attention now on pause along with Kimmel's show. Heather Gillis, CBC News, Dildo. Canadian cancer researchers say they've had to stop enrollment in some clinical trials for kids with cancer because of changes in the United States. The U.S. is cutting funding to a pediatric brain tumor research group with links to Canada.

Alison Northcott reports. This is Emmett. She's funky. She's smart. Emmett Doolin was diagnosed with brain cancer just days after she was born. She had chemo at three weeks, but then joined a clinical trial at the BC Children's Hospital, a treatment targeting her type of tumor. Clinical trials can offer children with hard-to-treat cancer's new options.

But recent changes to some U.S. institutions that run pediatric cancer trials, are having a ripple effect here. The impact of this on Canadian children is huge. Dr. Jim Whitlock, head of hematology oncology at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, says three clinical trials at his hospital have stopped enrollment because the group they're linked to in the U.S., the pediatric brain tumor consortium is losing its funding. Emmett's trial is not affected, but at least two other trials for pediatric cancers in Canada

have also had to stop enrolling new patients. Allison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world is sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.