The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 20:00 EDT

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Tees and Cs apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Canada has formally recognized the state of Palestine. The move was made alongside the UK and Australia the first time members of the G7 have made this kind of statement. J.P. Tasker reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says this decision, quote, empowers those who seek peaceful coexistence and the end of Hamas.

And it's needed now because the Israeli government is working methodically to prevent the prospect of a Palestinian state from ever being established. Palestinians are celebrating the diplomatic breakthrough. Riyadh Mansour speaks for the territory at the United Nations. These countries are determined to take steps not to allow this tragic situation to continue and to make it the destiny of the Palestinians and the Israeli Jews to continue fighting forever. What we need is peace. Supporters of Hamas and the streets of Canada

are very happy. In Israel's ambassador to Canada is condemning Carney's decision, telling CBC News, it rewards those who carried out the brutal October 7th attack. J.P. Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. Prime Minister Mark Carney did meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Gutieres

today. They discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. U.S. President Donald Trump is calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a martyr. Trump spoke at a memorial in Arizona for Kirk, who was shot and killed on an event in Utah earlier this month. Tens of thousands of people filled the stadium to hear tributes to Kirk. Trump praised him for uniting the mega movement and helping him get elected last year. Charlie Kirk was without a doubt among the most influential figures and the most important election in the history of our country.

The election of, oh, that beautiful day, November 5th, 2024, do you remember that? day. It was nine months ago. Erica Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, also spoke saying that she forgives the shooting suspect. 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 and stayed for a total of 12 minutes before they were forced to withdraw. When it comes to their new budget, the liberals have some convincing to do. They say they'll be table a transformational budget on November 4th. But as Philip LeShanock reports, they'll need to

win over some opposition conservative votes to get it through. It's more like a down payment in the future prosperity of Canada. Federal finance minister Frasso-Philippe Champagne says in the face of an unreliable trading partner, Canada needs to reinvent itself. And investments like that, which is generational, will require us to borrow it. When pushed by the CBC's Rosemary Barton, Champagne, which not commit to a figure. Just that along with that borrowing, there would be a spending reduction. We want to have our operational spending under control. Conservative Party House Leader Andrew Shear is skeptical that the liberal government can do both.

And he says he will keep the Kearney government to account if it goes above the deficit figure it set. During the campaign, he put in black and white in a written commitment to Canadians that he would cap the deficit at $62 billion. He says the party will wait and see what the budget holds before deciding if it will support the government. Philip Lyshanock, CBC News, Toronto. 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 injured. 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. And finally, the Philadelphia Flyers, legendary goalie, Bernie Perrin, has died. Perron led Philly to their only two Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975. He was 80 years old. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.