The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 07:00 EDT

Too many students are packed into overcrowded classrooms in Ontario schools, and it's hurting their ability to learn. But instead of helping our kids, the Ford government is playing politics, taking over school boards and silencing local voices. It shouldn't be this way. Tell the Ford government to get serious about tackling overcrowded classrooms because smaller classes would make a big difference for our kids.

Go to Building Better Schools.ca. A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings in the midst of a growing global movement in support of palestinian statehood u.s president donald trump is scheduled to address the u.n general assembly this morning at the same time the israeli military is pushing deeper into gaza city Mid reports that an already dire humiliation crisis is now only getting worse. Sasha Petrissik reports. The mother of a five-year-old girl sits crying amid Gaza City's rubble.

The child is buried under a building brought down by Israeli strikes as the neighborhood burns. Artillery has put two hospitals out of commission. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced to the south, with not enough, food or supplies being allowed in by Israel, say doctors like British trauma surgeon, Martin Griffiths. People are going to be sick, they're going to be starving, and they're going to be moving into areas with limited sanitation, no infrastructure, which are lawless when there's no food and no military or police. Canada and dozens of Western countries are proposing to fund a medical corridor to evacuate the injured and treat them in the occupied West Bank in East Jerusalem,

if Israel agrees. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. Federal and provincial privacy authorities will hold a news conference in Ottawa today to release the results of their joint investigation into TikTok. The watchdog's probe launched two years ago looks into whether TikTok complies with Canadian privacy legislation

and whether valid and meaningful consent is being obtained for the collection use and disclosure of personal information. Russia is looking for. for a reprieve from a number of international aviation sanctions. The sanctions deal with airspace restrictions and an import ban on Western Maine planes and parts. Breyer Stewart has a details. In a working paper submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organization, Russia called the sanctions against it a lawful, coercive measures which compromise flight safety. Since February 24th, In 2020, Russia says 37 countries have blocked its planes from entering their airspace.

Bands were rolled out to try and prevent Moscow from importing Western aircraft and parts. But Andreemann Shinen says it didn't lead to fleets being grounded. He previously worked as an aviation journalist in Russia and is now working in the industry abroad. He says Russian airlines have been able to keep operating because they're sourcing parts from third-party countries. The price of the spare parts would maybe multiply two or three times. Earlier this month, Washington agreed to lift restrictions on Belarus' national airline after Minsk released 52 political prisoners. Russia is hoping it too can get some sanction relief.

Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, London. Both the World Health Organization and the European Medicines Agency is saying there's no evidence linking Tylenol to autism. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed yesterday that there is a link. A WHO spokesman calls the evidence inconsistence, and the EMA is saying Tylenol can be used when needed during pregnancy, but suggests that the lowest effective dose and frequency is best. Now to the change of heart at Disney and ABC. Our long national late nightmare is over because Disney announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live will return to air

Hi, is Stephen Colbert at CBS celebrating the return of his competitor, Jimmy Kivel Live. Kimmel's suspension lasted less than a week, and his return to the airwaves comes after a petition was circulated that include signatures from the likes of Merrill Streep, Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, and Martin Short, among others. Kimmel was suspended for comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder. But while he's back, not every ABC station will be carrying his show. the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 38 ABC affiliates, is saying it has no intention of airing Kimmel's return. And that is the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings.