The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/20 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/20 at 14:00 EDT

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Find commotion wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Jasmine Seputus. Ukrainian officials say at least three people were killed during a large-scale Russian missile strike. Ukraine's president, Belodomir Zelensky, is calling the attack a deliberate strategy to terrorize civilians and destroy infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Russia is also being accused of violating airspace in Estonia and Romania, two NATO countries. Dominic Bolidas has more on the rising tensions. Estonia says the three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered its airspace without permission and stayed for 12 minutes before finally being forced to withdraw by NATO planes. Estonia's foreign minister, Marcus Sarkner, says the incursion was a very clear provocation. It's clear that Putin has started on a new level. Estonia is now the second NATO country this month to request Article 4 consultations. Poland did so just 10 days ago, and just this morning, NATO aircraft was scrambled once again

after Russia launched air strikes targeting Western Ukraine near Poland's border. Moscow, meanwhile, has denied its jets violated Estonian airspace, claiming at the time they were on a scheduled flight to Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave sandwiched between Polish and Lithuanian territory. Dominic Velitis for CBC News, Norfolk, England. A cyber attack has disrupted check-in systems at three major airports in Europe. Heathrow in London, Berlin's Brandenburg Airport and the Brussels Airport. The company that provides computer programs for check-in and boarding systems

says it was the target of the hackers. For now, all check-ins have to be done. annually, and that is resulting in many flights being delayed or cancelled. Meanwhile, Terminal 2 at Dublin's airport has reopened after an earlier evacuation. Concerns were raised about the contents of a piece of luggage, and ammunition disposal team was called in. They deemed the item safe and removed it from the building. Kenny Jacobs is the CEO of the Dublin Airport Authority.

We are now satisfied that everything is safe and secure. we obviously take the safety and security of the travelling public as our first priority. So flight operations were temporarily disrupted. Happy to stay now, everybody will get back to flying passengers and staff are back in the terminal, situations being dealt with and travel with reserves. Police say no arrests have been made. Canadian public health experts are worried about changes at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This week, an advisory council with many new appointed vaccine skeptics,

vaccinated vaccine recommendations. As Jennifer Lagrasa reports, that could have implications here in Canada. I mean, a lot of the stuff that they're saying it's BS. Angela Razmussen watched online meetings of a U.S. Vaccine Advisory Committee unfold with concern. The Saskatchewan virologist is one of several Canadian experts shaking their heads. I think it was obvious to everybody who was listening that this committee has enormous depth and knowledge. Martin Koldorf chairs the U.S. Committee, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He, along with the other panel members, were hand-picked by Federal Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Many of them are vaccine skeptics. These panel discussions are actually chiseling away at vaccine trust. Donald Vinn is a medical microbiologist in Montreal. He worries about drug supply. If the demand for a certain vaccine drops, that could lower production from U.S.-based manufacturers. which Canadians rely on. Jennifer LaGrasa, CBC News, Windsor, Ontario. And the remaining Nova Scotia residents

who were forced to evacuate their homes by the Long Lake Wildfire are returning home today. 20 families lost their homes. Residents in the area are being advised to drive with caution as fire crews may still be working in the area. And that is your world this hour? Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour seven days a week.

For CBC News, I'm Jasmine Saputus.