The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 22:00 EDT

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call today. Visit no more debts.org. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. The calls for action are getting louder in the U.S. over ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Canadian actor Tatiana Maslani is the latest name on a growing list of celebrities who are outraged by the network's decision. As Paul Hunter explains, the anger is also crossing the political aisle. Hey Jimmy back! The chanting is to return to the air, Late Night Comedy Talk Show host Jimmy Kimmel, the demonstration outside the offices of ABC in New York, the network that took Kimmel off the air this week. The move has brought widespread outrage in this country,

and now even staunch conservative Ted Cruz is speaking out against what's happened. Jimmy Kimmel has mocked me so many times I cannot count. The Republican Senator from Texas on his podcast said he personally can't stand Kimmel's show. But, think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying, we're going to decide what speech we like and what we don't, and we're going to threaten to take you off air if we don't like what you're saying. But when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it. With protests continuing, says the FCC, it will continue to, quote, hold broadcasters

accountable to the public interest. Paul Hunter's CBC News, Washington. Russia is denying its fighter jets violated Estonian airspace earlier today. The Baltic country summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after its three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission and stayed there for 12 minutes. The European Union and NATO are condemning the incursion. EU's foreign policy chief, Kayakales, says Russia is testing how far it can go. We must show no weakness because weakness is something that invites Russia to do more. And they are increasingly more dangerous, not only to Ukraine, but also. also to all the countries around Russia.

This all comes just over a week after NATO planes down several Russian drones over Poland. Intiminating people at places of worship and displaying hate symbols in public could soon be criminal offenses in Canada. The federal government is tabling a bill designed to crack down on the rising number of hate-related incidents in this country. David Thurton has the details. We are moving forward with a piece of legislation that will create four new criminal offenses. The first two are aimed at protecting religious institutions. Justice Minister Sean Fraser says his bill would make it a crime

to target not just places of worship but schools and community centers associated with them. The proposed legislation also makes it an offense to willfully promote hate through symbols, particularly the swastika or images tied to organizations listed as a terrorist group. All this, while respecting charter rights of freedom of expression, according to the minister. This bill goes to great lengths to specifically protect the ability of Canadians to take part in peaceful protests and to freely express themselves in a non-violent way. For the first time, the government is also adding a definition for hatred to the Criminal Code. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. A small community on Quebec's lower north shore is celebrating a sudden windfall.

14 people in St. Paul's River will split a $50 million lotto-max prize. Brian Fouquet has more on the celebrations and the plans for the future. And I knew that I won. Diana Griffin Blanche checked her ticket while drinking her morning coffee. I called Melinda, and she called Della, and I guess they went into the store, and then she phacetime me back, and they were yelling and screaming, and it was amazing. According to Mayor Dale Roberts Keats, it's not just good news for the winners, but for the region at large.

In other communities down the road, we call it, down towards Labrador. That's where the bigger businesses are. They're going to benefit big time from this, and we're hoping that our, community will benefit from this as well. None of the winners have extravagant spending plans. Most, like Mott O'Brien Griffin, say renovations and buying a new vehicle are at the top of the list. Well, I'm going to put my sunroof, sunroom on, go to get care of the bugs, and I'm talking about buying a little machine for my daughter to drive me around in. Brian Fouquet, CBC News, St. Paul's River.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.