The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/22 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/22 at 18:00 EDT

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It comes as leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, get together for a New York summit to discuss a two-state solution. What we have been seen is that that prospect is receding before our eyes. Carney said Canada made the recognition yesterday in hopes of supporting the Palestinian people's right to self-recent. determination. Israel's UN ambassador calls the wave of new recognitions theater. Danny Denon says a two-state solution has been off the table since the October 7th attacks. We are disappointed. On October 8th, you stood with Israel. You spoke about the hostages. Today you're moving on. You're trying to

leave the hostages behind. Neither Israel nor the U.S. are attending the conference. The U.S. president says pregnant women should not take Tylenol. Donald Trump claims with little evidence that its use is linked to a rise in autism. The Food and Drug Administration is now directing doctors to recommend women limit Tylenol while pregnant. When the alternative is that nothing bad can happen, let's do it now. Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen. You know, the way I look at it, don't take it. There's no downside in not taking it. The suggested link to autism is widely refuted by medical professionals who say there is no credible evidence. Yesterday, the maker of Tylenol said it offered the safest pain reliever

for pregnant women, adding suffering through conditions like fever without medication, could be harmful to both mother and child. Disney says Jimmy Kimmel will return to host his late night show on ABC tomorrow. The company put Jimmy Kimmel live on an indefinite hiatus last week, following the host's remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. That led to a wave of condemnation from lawmakers and celebrities concerned about free speech and government pressure. A statement from Disney says the decision to pause the show was made to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for the country. Searchers in Alberta are optimistic as they look for a missing boy.

Five-year-old Darius McDougal has been missing since Sunday afternoon. He was last seen walking with siblings near a campground in the Crow's Nest Pass area on the border with BC. Peter Alfred is with Southwest Alberta search and rescue. The weather is in our favor. The young man does not suffer from any health issues. There is no reason to believe that there will not be a positive outcome. Alfred says the terrain around the island lake campground is varied and complicated.

Searchers have been using drones, dogs, and helicopters to try to locate the boy. As Canada works to decouple itself from the U.S. economically, one Canadian institution is moving closer. For decades, the Canadian Football League has defined itself by its differences from its American cousin, a wider field, three downs, 12 players. Today, it's announcing changes that critics say will bring it more in line with the NFL. Colin Butler reports. CFL Commissioner Stuart Johnston says it's not what you have. think. Absolutely no percentage of these changes were made because of any type of comparison to the NFL. Starting in 2026, the CFL will move its benches to opposite sidelines. Introduce a faster

play clock and tweak the rouge. No more single point for botched field goals. Then in 27, goalposts will be pushed to the edge of the field. The field in end zones will keep their trademark width, but the field length will be shortened from 110 yards, to 100 like the NFL. Americanizes the game we're converging. Peter Dikonowski is a former CFL player. You can see that the stage is being set for further convergence with American leagues. For decades, the CFL stood apart from the NFL.

Now it's moving closer and calling it innovation. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. And that's your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.