The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/20 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/20 at 18:00 EDT

Barbie Ferreira isn't afraid of taking risks, from being the first in her family to pursue a career in entertainment as a model first, then actor, to taking on the role of Cat in Euphoria, one of the busiest shows of the last few years for its raw and gritty depiction of high school life. Barbie stars in the new film Mile End Kicks, which just premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. She'll tell you how Euphoria changed her life and how she prepared to speak Canadian. Follow Q with Tom Power wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Jasmine Seputus. A memorial for American conservative activist Charlie Kirk will be held tomorrow at a stadium in Glendale, Arizona, his home state. A number of senior Trump administration officials are expected to attend. Steve Butterman has the latest.

Security is already ramping up. Early this morning, I was able to get right in front of the stadium. now I've been pushed back behind a security perimeter. No one's being allowed to get inside. Security, of course, is a big concern, especially with Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and other senior members of the administration expected to attend. There have been three Super Bowls here in the past,

but Jose Santiago of the Glendale Police says this is quite different. When you have something like the Super Bowl, we had upwards of two years to plan an event like that. This we had a week to work with. We are basically all hands on deck. The stadium can hold between 65 and 75,000 in case there's an overflow crowd, an arena across the street will be used. And there could be some protests by groups opposed to Charlie Kirk's politics. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Glendale, Arizona.

Donald Trump threw another curveball at the U.S. immigration system starting tomorrow. Employers who hire highly skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa. program will have to pay $100,000 per employee per year. And that's going to hurt high-tech industries who've relied on workers from India and China. But it may have some unintended and positive consequences for other countries, including Canada. Ilya Brodsky is a tech recruiter in Vancouver. It's going to affect more smaller, fast-growing early-stage companies who won't be able to afford that. They'll probably either have that engineer stay offshore in their home country or hopefully open up office and bring the engineers up north and have them be here in Canada, working in the same

time zone with the ability to maybe visit once in a while, that kind of thing. As well, some in India say they hope the change will help reverse a brain drain to the U.S. In Gaza City, children scramble to grab flyers falling from the sky. Their warnings from the Israeli military telling civilians to evacuate Gaza City and head south. as Israel's offensive in the city continues to expand, forcing many to flee, despite overcrowding and famine in the area they've been told to go to. In Ukraine,

Three people are killed and dozens injured when Russian drones and missiles attacked Ukraine's eastern Nipro region, the strike-damaged infrastructure and several residential buildings. It comes as peace talks between the two countries have stalled. A cyber attack has disrupted check-ins in systems at three major airports in Europe. He throw in London, Berlin's Brandenburg Airport and the Brussels Airport. The company that provides computer programs for check-in and boarding systems was the target of the hackers. For now, all check-ins have to be done manually, and that is resulting in many flights being delayed or

canceled. Ottawa, Nova Scotia have announced a next step in Wind West, a plan to develop Canada's first offshore wind energy project. Sean Fraser is the federal minister responsible for Atlantic Canada. This will be a 30-day process to understand who in the space is interested and actually taking part in this new industry. The latest step will see potential bidders signal their interests, but an official call for the bids will only go out early next year. The Canada Nova Scotia offshore energy regulator will also begin consulting with key parties, including the MiGMA and the fishing industry. Wind West received a major boost recently when Prime Minister Mark Carney listed it

as one of the contenders for a second round of nation-building projects. And the Toronto Blue Jays will try again to clinch a playoff spot in Kansas City tonight. Toronto still leads the American League East by three games over the New York Yankees. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Jasmine Seputus.