The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 19:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. Canada now officially recognizes the state of Palestine, a statement that puts the country in step with more than 140 other UN member nations. Sasha Petrissik traveled to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank for Palestinian reaction.

Many Palestinians feel they've heard these sentiments before without the formal recognition, of course. But for others, this brings a little light into two very dark years. years, and this is what they had to say to me today. Oh, for sure, it does make a difference, because we need to have two-state solutions. Other than saying words, I think there should be actual actions. Now, these people are in the occupied West Bank, where there has been a lot of violence. Still, though, it's nothing like what Palestinians in Gaza have endured. We asked them what they thought of this recognition by Western countries as well.

They recognized Palestine, and they say, still send weapons to Israel, says one man called Salah Nassar. In the government halls of the Palestinian Authority, there is more optimism. But I have to tell you, if there's one thing people are happy about, it's that they feel seen. Sasha Petrosix, CBC News, Jerusalem. For its part, the Israeli embassy in Canada says it's deeply disappointed by this, adding that the recognition only rewards Hamas. In an Arizona stadium, packed with tens of thousands, of supporters, Erica Kirk gave an emotional speech at her husband's memorial. She's the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and his successor as leader of

campus organization, Turning Point, USA. Charlie passionately wanted to reach and save the lost boys of the West. The young men who feel like they have no direction, no purpose, no faith, and no reason to live. The men wasting their lives on distractions and the men consumed with resentment anger and hate, young men, just like the one who took his life. I forgive him. President Donald Trump is also speaking now, crediting Charlie Kirk with uniting the MAGA movement and bringing in young conservatives to secure his victory. But he made me work for it. Sir, you have to make a speech here. You have to make a speech there.

But we did it and we won and our country is doing unbelievably well now. We had a country that was dead one year ago, and now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. And Charlie helped us make it that. Trump also called Kirk a hero and a martyr. Alberta's premier says her use of the notwithstanding clause to override parts of the charter is not set in stone. She's responding to allegations outlined in a memo leaked to Radio Canada, saying she would use the rare provision on three bills that impact transgender people. Stephanie Graham reports.

First of all, it's a leaked memo, and so they're trying to make a media story out of it. Premier Daniel Smith is pushing back against allegations her government will use the notwithstanding clause. The leaked memo says the province will integrate the clause into legislation impacting transgender people, which includes limiting gender affirming health care, such as the use of puberty blockers. We shouldn't be doing medical interventions on children that will sterilize them. According to the Mayo Clinic, puberty blockers do not make permanent changes. And parent Eldika Simpson says the clause will also target legislation that will ban her non-binary child from playing on female sports teams. I can't imagine being a child or a youth

who wakes up hearing that their government are prepared to say that your rights are not protected. The memo says the notwithstanding clause will also be used on a third bill on students changing their names or pronouns. Stephanie Cram, CBC News, Edmonton. And hundreds of health care workers are being vaccinated against Ebola at the Democratic Republic of Congo battles a new outbreak of the deadly virus. The World Health Organization says there have been dozens of confirmed deaths

in recent weeks, many of them, health care workers. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.