The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 17:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Donald Trump is lashing out at the United Nations, calling the world's body ineffective in the face of mounting global issues.

Anisei Dari has more on the U.S. President's combative address. The President still believe in the U.S. A question yelled to Donald Trump as he entered the United Nations in New York. The answer? Perhaps in his speech. What is the purpose of the United Nations? Addressing the General Assembly with critical words. they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up. Among his criticisms acclaim the U.N. funds a, quote, assault on countries' borders by supporting migrants

and a pushback on climate change agreements. The entire globalist concept of asking successful industrialized nations to inflict pain on themselves must be rejected completely. Speaking before the president, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres showed a different point of view. National cooperation is not naivety. It is hard-headed pragmatism. But he also said the principles of the United Nations are under siege. And he's Hidari. CBC News, Washington. Trump says he now believes Ukraine can win back all territory loss to Russia with NATO's help.

That comment is a departure from the U.S. President's previous stance. Trump had repeatedly urged Kiev to make concessions to Moscow. But on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, another pressing issue for Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging Russia to return hundreds of Ukrainian children. And this year will introduce a resolution condemning the abduction and deportation of children. Forcibly, taking children from one nation and trying to reducate them for the benefit of another is an obvious crime. Prime Minister Mark Carney co-hosted the discussion with Zelensky. He says Canada will intensify its efforts to.

secure the unconditional return of abducted children. TikTok is pledging to strengthen its measures to keep children under the age of 13 off the platform. That's after a Canadian investigation by federal and provincial privacy officials found hundreds of thousands of children access the video sharing app annually. The findings accuse TikTok of using their personal data without meaningful consent. The company says it'll improve its age verification methods and better explain to users how data is collected. Jimmy Kimmel returns to television tonight.

The late-night host is back after parent company Disney decided to end his suspension. Kimmel's return to TV will get some help from Canada's own Sarah McLaughlin. But as Ali Shiazan reports, some U.S. stations will still get a blackout of the show. Jimmy Kimmel Live will air tonight, but it won't be as widely available as it usually is, because while Parent Corporation Disney is bringing him back, Two companies that own ABC affiliates will still preempt the show. That means about a quarter of ABC stations will see local news instead. Blackout today doesn't have the impact it did maybe 20 years ago.

Stephen Batagliozo with the L.A. Times says if people want to watch a show, they'll find it somewhere. You'll see it all over the place once it's broadcast. Bataglioso says the network's actions, though, will have a chilling effect on comedians and their TV shows. The public airwaves. The government controls that. licenses it, they can make their impact felt, and they are. Few details have been released about tonight's show, but Sarah McLaughlin will be the musical guest. She's been a vocal advocate for Kimmel, going as far as canceling her performance

at the Disney Premier of her documentary, Lilith Fair, this week. Ali Chiesin, CBC News, Toronto. Military members stack sandbags in southern China. Officials there are warning of what they're calling the King of Storms. Super Typhoon Ragasa is expected to make landfall in Guangdong province Wednesday. Ten cities have been ordered to close schools and most businesses. Hundreds of thousands of people have already fled their homes. Officials warned the damage could be catastrophic.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.