The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 03:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar abc says that jimmy kimmel's late-night show will return to the airwaves on tuesday night officials with the network said on monday the suspension has been lifted following his comments regarding the assassination of conservative activist charlie kirk steve furman tells us more less than a week after kimmel was indefinitely suspended a bc and disney reversed course and tonight kimmel will be back. In a statement, Disney said its decision last week was to avoid further inflaming a tense situation. It said some of Kimmel's comments were ill-timed and insensitive. ABC's change of heart

came hours after a rally took place in front of the theater where Kimmel's show is taped. Democratic Congresswoman Laura Friedman represents the Hollywood area. Let us call this what it is. It is an attempt at blatant government censorship. Also yesterday, 400 prominent figures in the entertainment industry, signed a letter urging Disney and ABC to put Kimmel back on the air. While Kimmel will be back on the air, not every ABC station will carry the show. The Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 38 ABC affiliates, says it's keeping the show off its stations. Sinclair says talks with ABC are ongoing. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles.

Copenhagen Airport has reopened after drone sightings. Authorities say that there were between two to three large. drones reported to be flying in the area around the airport. However, Danish police have not been able to confirm the type or the number of drones that were seen in the area on Monday. Operations resumed around midnight local time after flights were suspended for almost four hours. Quebec's police watchdog, the BEI, is investigating after Long Gay Police shot and killed a 50-year-old boy on Sunday afternoon. The boy, Naran Razze was declared dead in hospital after he was struck by at least one bullet during a police operation on Montreal's South Shore.

As Natalia Vyxel reports the family is looking for answers. Sheriff Rusey sobs into his hands. He says that his son, Nourin Rizet, was just a baby, only 15 years old. As he wipes back tears, he says his son was always smiling and that he was liked by everyone. Johnny Intheson lives right next where the shooting took place. He says that he saw police officers from his window. And heard them yell out,

stopped two times before opening fire. According to Quebec's police watchdog, Nongay Police got a 911 call just before 3 p.m. on Sunday about a group of armed individuals. The BEI says when officers arrived on scene, they began engaging with the group. During the intervention, one person was hit by a shot fired by police. Paramedics say the boy was taken to the hospital

with at least one gunshot wound, but was later declared dead. The BEI says they're investigating the shooting. Natalia Vaxel, CBC News, Montreal. A call on a B.C. ostrich farm appears imminent. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the birds called months ago over avian flu concerns. As Yasmin Renaya reports, federal agents and police are on site, and the farm owners have been ordered to leave. We'll like to feed them right now? A CFIA agent is captured on video serving the owners of Universal Ostrich Farm's search warrants.

Farm spokesperson Katie Pesitney in tears begs for the lives of the roughly 400 ostriches to be spared. The ostriches were ordered. killed in December after two dead birds test it positive for H5N1 avian flu. The agency says calling the entire flock is necessary to prevent further spread of the virus. But the farmers maintain the birds are healthy and could be used for scientific research. Infectious disease specialists like Angela Rasmussen disagree. The only way that we can be absolutely sure that these ostriches do not have H5N1 is to call them. The farm has appealed the cull order in Canada's highest courts,

which have repeatedly ruled that the order is lawful. They are now trying to get their case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Hoping the fate of the birds is determined in the courts. Yes, Milanea, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.