The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 15:00 EDT

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Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. As of today, Canada officially recognizes the state of Palestine. The Carney government says it's doing it to preserve the possibility of a two-state solution, provoking fury in Israel. Benjamin Lopez-Steven has more.

Finally, I think the government has decided that it's a necessary moment. The government says it's necessary that Canada officially recognized the state of Palestine. According to Bob Rae, Canada's U.N. ambassador, their goal is to keep the two-state solution alive and prevent Israel from taking over Gaza. We do not think that annexation or any other possible political path is a route that's sustainable or in the best interest of Israel or of anybody else. But there are conditions. The Palestinian Authority must disarm and hold elections next year, and Hamas can play no role. Stephen Brown is the CEO of the Canadian Council of Muslims. He says it's a historic day, but a bittersweet feeling.

We're seeing Palestinians that, especially in Gaza, are continuing to face extremely difficult situations, especially when it comes to starvation. The Israeli embassy in Ottawa says it's deeply disappointed by the decision and that Canada is rewarding Hamas and its sympathizers. Benjamin Lopez, Stephen, CBC News, Ottawa. In Glendale, Arizona. Bagpipers were among the musical performers at a memorial

for murdered mega activist Charlie Kirk. Tens of thousands gathered in a stadium for this service. With the U.S. President and many other conservative politicians in attendance, security is extremely tight. Steve Futterman has been at the stadium all day. People began showing up around midnight, seven hours before the doors to the stadium opened. By 4 a.m., there were huge traffic jams.

Some, like this woman, chose to park their cars more than a kilometer away and walk. She got to the stadium around 5 o'clock. Now we come because it's time to rise up. How have you been impacted by his death? Horribly. Many people are grieving. Security, of course, is extremely tight. Everyone's been forced to go through a magnetometer. Law enforcement is very visible, and so is Charlie Kirk.

The stadium concourse is full of pictures of Kirk. Posters of him have been handed out, and he's often shown on the video board. This event is expected to last around. three hours. Among those set to speak, Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk's widow, Erica. Steve Futterman, CBC News, at the Kirk Memorial Gathering in Glendale, Arizona. In New Hampshire. We heard what sounded like several balloons being popped. We all began running in different directions. A man describes the scene after a gunman opened fire during a wedding at a country

club in Nashua. At least one person was killed, 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. There is criticism of Donald Trump's new $100,000 fee on H-1B work visas. The programs used to attract highly skilled workers. Analyst and founder of Blue Ocean Advisors, Kent Kettle, says this new policy might help China pull ahead of the U.S. in artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies. You're going to see a long-term impact. It's not going to be something that happens in the next year. But over a number of years, I think you are going to see a negative impact in the U.S. and a net positive for China. Critics also say it will affect

America's ability to attract international students. NATO's North Atlantic Council will meet early this week to discuss Russia's violation of Estonian airspace. Estonia says three Russian military jets entered its airspace without permission on Friday, staying for a total of 12 minutes before being forced to withdraw. And some of Europe's biggest airports are still struggling to recover from a cyber attack yesterday. Check-in and boarding systems

at airports in London, Berlin, and Brussels were all knocked offline. Disruptions in London and Berlin have now eased while problems are persisting in Brussels. And that is your world this hour. For news anytime, head to our website, CBCNews.ca.

For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.