The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 07:00 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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Some of the American late-night talk shows got their first opportunity last night to respond to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

Earlier this week, Kimmel was taken off the air indefinitely by ABC following his remarks regarding the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Steve Futterman reports. Last night, Kimmel's fellow late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert devoted almost his entire monologue to the suspension.

People across the country are shocked by this blatant assault on the freedom of speech. And comedian John Stewart last night tried to show what a newscast might sound like if Donald Trump had control. He wowed the English with charm, intelligence, and an undeniable sexual charisma. On Hollywood Boulevard in front of the theater where Kimmel usually tapes his show, there was anger. Jimmy said nothing. wrong. And you know what? Even if he had said something wrong, he did not deserve to be suspended. Around a hundred people gathered attacking ABC, its parent company Disney, and Donald Trump. In Washington, there are calls to have congressional hearings. Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel

remains off the air. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. With the future of TikTok in the United States hanging in the balance, Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump have a telephone call scheduled for later this morning. Lisa Sching has more. You have to love what you do. The White House TikTok account, launching last month during negotiations with Beijing over how to keep the streaming platform running in the U.S. And we're speaking to President Xi on Friday. Donald Trump is hoping a deal can be finalized with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a phone call after officials announced a framework agreement earlier this week. The kind of money we're talking about is very substantial.

Last year, Congress passed a law requiring the U.S. operations be sold by Chinese parent company Bight Dance to an American buyer or be banned over security concerns. The big question, what happens to the app's most powerful tool, says Jiaoang, senior fellow of the China Institute at the University of Alberta. The algorithm is really key to TikTok's success and then to make TikTok so addictive. TikTok's ownership, a major sticking point in the two countries' trade talks. Lisa Shinge, CBC News, Toronto. Now to Mexico City, where Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum have agreed to strengthen the ties between Canada and Mexico, as both countries deal with the uncertainty that comes with the Trump White House.

Here's Catherine Tunney. Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling it a new era of Canada-Mexico ties, one with an elevated trading relationship and better communication. With his counterpart, Mexican President Claudia Shanebaum. The leaders sketched out an action plan with a promise to look at building up infrastructure like maritime ports, seize on untapped investment opportunities in sectors like agriculture and critical minerals, and work on security issues. The agreement we have today between our two nations complements Kuzma in English, T-Mac, LaCM in French.

It complements that agreement. That agreement, of course, comes up for review next year. Standing side by side, Carney and Jane Bomb, publicly they'll work together, heading into possible negotiations, not let the U.S. President put a wedge between them. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Mexico City. The outgoing head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency is issuing a dire warning about Vladimir Putin.

Richard Moore says there is absolutely no evidence that the Russian president will negotiate peace in Ukraine. Moore says Putin is stringing along the Western allies, as he looks to, quote, impose his imperial will by all means at his disposal. Moore's assessment comes as he prepares to leave MI6 after five years on the job. And that is the world this hour. For news any time, go to our website. We're at cBCnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.