The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 11:00 EDT

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg the canadian government now officially recognizes the state of palestine it's a major shift in foreign policy and part of a coordinated effort being made today together with several other countries in a statement prime minister mark carney says the actions of both israel and hamas have steadily and gravely eroded the possibility of achieving Palestinian statehood through a negotiated settlement. He cites the Hamas attacks on October the 7th, as well as Israeli settler expansions in the West Bank and Israel's assault on Gaza. Karni says, quote, the current Israeli government is working methodically to prevent the prospect of a Palestinian state from ever being established. The Canadian support to

recognize a Palestinian state comes with a hope of peace as a two-state solution. In a statement, Carney also said that Canada's declaration for a Palestinian state in no way legitimizes terrorism, nor is it any reward for it. Nor does it compromise Canada's steadfast support for the state of Israel, its people, and their security. Bob Ray, the Canadian ambassador to the UN, echoed those sentiments when he joined Rosemary Barton Live. We are going to continue to dialogue, of course,

with our American friends and with the Israelis, about the path forward. This is not intended in any way, shape, or form to change Canada's support for the existence and the security of the state of Israel. Israeli officials say Hamas is being rewarded for its October 7th attacks. The UK and Australia have also announced their formal recognition of the state of Palestine. It comes ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York this week. Kier Starrmer is Britain's Prime Minister.

We are acting to keep alive the possibility of people. peace and a two-state solution. That means a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable Palestinian state. At the moment, we have neither. In New Hampshire, we heard what sounded like several balloons being popped. We all began running in different directions. One man describes the scene after a gunman opened fire during a wedding at a country club in Nashua. At least one person was killed and several others were wounded. Investigators say the shooting took place as the bride and groom took to the dance floor. A male suspect is in custody charged with second degree murder. Police, though, say the motive is still unclear. Well, it's a sign of the change from summer to fall, heading out to pick up

a pumpkin ahead of Halloween. But this season, some Canadians should be ready to find a local crop not quite as healthy as or as orange as they may expect. Sarah Levitt has more. Here is just a really immature pumpkin. At Black Fox Farm and distillery in Saskatoon, Barb's definition Cote moves vines aside to show her pumpkin crop in the field. The ones that are orange are smaller than normal. The uncooperative weather means the highlight event of the year for the farm is cancelled. It's pumpkin festival.

We had a lot of cool, wet, rainy weather, and pumpkins like hot and dry. But for some farmers in other places in Canada, it was actually too hot and too dry. According to the Canadian drought monitor, around 70% of the country's farmland has been abnormally dry this summer. We're thinking we could be down as much as 40%. Greg McKenzie is the owner of McKenzie Produce in Stratford, Prince Edward Island. Probably 33 years since I've been on this operation, and there's only been one or two years that by record show struggle such as this. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. Canada has won another medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Canada, USA, battling for gold. It's USA. Noah Lyles is going to take the gold. It's silver for Canada. The men's 4x-by-100 relay team, the defending Olympic gold medal champs fell just short to the U.S. taking the silver, finishing 0.26 seconds behind the Americans. Earlier, the Canadian women's 4-by-100-meter relay team plays 7th in their final. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye. Thank you.