The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/22 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/22 at 04:00 EDT

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Tees and Cs apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the United Nations headquarters in New York today. He'll attend a summit designed to build support for a two-state solution, consisting of an Israeli and Palestinian nation living side by side in peace. Yesterday, Carney announced Canada would recognize a Palestinian state. state. The event began with backpipes. Then for more than five hours, speaker after speaker a massive display of grief, patriotism, and politics. As tens of thousands gathered at a memorial

for Charlie Kirk yesterday, Steve Futterman reports from Arizona. The event began with backpipes. Then for more than five hours, speaker after speaker praised Charlie Kirk. Some spoke of religion and forgiveness, Kirk's widow, Erica, gave an emotional speech. She talked about love, overcoming hate, even for the killer of her husband. On the cross, our Savior said, Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do. That young man, I forgive him. President Trump had a combative tone, at one point saying, I hate my opponent. He called Kirk a giant. He was violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller gave the most angry sounding speech of the day, accusing his opponents of being forces of wickedness.

You have nothing. You are nothing. The stadium, which holds between 60 and 70,000, was jammed. Many stood in line for hours to get inside. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Glendale, Arizona. Two international students have come forward alleging a private BC college required them to campaign for a political party for course credit. As John Hernandez reports, the students say they door-knocked for a conservative MP during last year's federal by-election in December. I feel uncomfortable, like, working for them. Yassina Capet didn't enjoy her time at a Canadian private school. The Thai international student enrolled in a digital media course at Pacific Link College in Metro Vancouver. In December, there was an abrupt change to the curriculum. We had to

like participate in the volunteer for the political party. Two students came forward to CBC News, alleging the school required their class to campaign for conservative candidate Tamara Jansen during the 2024 by-election. Emails from the school say they had to work at the office for about four to five hours each day. Capet said campaign staff even took them out door knocking. We feel like it didn't relate to the study and like we didn't know like why we had to do this like for them. We also didn't know who Tamara was.

The college has responded to the dispute denying the allegations. Jansen's office said it was unaware of the incident. The province wouldn't comment directly on the case. John Hernandez, CBC News, Surrey. Canada's major banks are pledging to fight financial scams, but some critics say the country's first cross-sector, anti-scam coalition, fails to address a big part of the problem. Sophia Harris reports.

In June, Jessica Fraser of Timmons on June, Ontario got a call from a man who said he was with TD Bank's fraud department. He told Fraser her bank account had been compromised, so she needed to follow his instructions to safeguard her money. By the time the call was over, the fraudster had made off with $10,000. I don't even know if I have words for how I felt. TD refused to reimburse Fraser, telling her she was responsible for what happened. The anti-scam coalition says it aims to stop fraudsters before they steal Canadian's cash.

But consumer advocate Sylvie DeBelfill warns, scams are ever evolving. Scammers will change their scheme, will get more sophisticated schemes. In Canada, there are no legislative requirements for banks to reimburse victims of scams involving banking transactions. Ottawa has proposed more protections for victims, but couldn't provide an update on when any changes may take effect.

Sophia Harris, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World Day's Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.