The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 18:00 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 Scandaris. An investigation has found TikTok collected sensitive data from Canadian children using the app. The report was led by federal and provincial privacy commissioners.

Jennifer Lagrasa has details. Popular social media platform TikTok is promising to crack down on underage users and vows to more clearly explain how it's using people's data. That's after an investigation by Canadian privacy watchdogs determined it wasn't doing enough. to protect users. We found that TikTok must do more. At a news conference in Ottawa this afternoon,

Philippe Dufran, Canada's privacy commissioner, said the company has collected sensitive information on young users. He didn't say whether TikTok will delete this data, but added that the platform committed to improvements. It's always going to be some amount of compromise. Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa. Though TikTok says it will better verify the age of users, Geist thinks this will be a challenge.

We all know that many kids are going to be determined to get on some of these platforms. Canadian privacy authorities say they will continue to closely monitor TikTok. Jennifer Lagrasa, CBC News, Toronto. The U.S. President had harsh words for the United Nations, calling it corrupt, feckless, and inefficient. In his first in-person address to the General Assembly in six years, Donald Trump criticized the world body and its stance on key global issues. Immigration and the high cost of so-called green renewable energy is destroying a large part of the free world

and a large part of our planet. Trump was also critical of countries like Canada for formally recognizing a Palestinian state in recent days. The president now also says he believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia with financial help from NATO. That marks a dramatic shift in his position with Trump previously calling on Kiev

to make concessions. A group of U.S. lawmakers has held meetings with Chinese government officials. It's the first trip by a delegation from the House of Representatives to China in six years. They're hoping the meetings could lead to a thawing of tensions between the two countries. Lisa Singh has more. China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, telling members of the U.S. House of Representatives, China's doors are always open to them. A rare visit from the bipartisan delegation, the fourth.

First since 2019, U.S. Congressman Adam Smith. The real hope is that we get to the point where China and the U.S. work together on global challenges. Tensions have mounted between Washington and Beijing in the last few years over tariffs, U.S. restrictions on semiconductor chips, the ownership of TikTok, but signs of rapprochement. Strengthening our cooperation is not only good for our two countries, but of great significance to the world, said Chinese Premier.

Lee Chung. The trip comes on the heels of a call between Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping and sets up a meeting between the leaders in South Korea next month and potentially a visit to China by Trump next year. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. Two of the largest owners of broadcast TV stations in the U.S. will not be airing the return of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show. Next Star and Sinclair say they will preempt the program, citing what they call insensitive comments relating to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel's show was suspended from airing on television network ABC last week. Parent company Disney is reinstating the show tonight amid widespread public pressure.

Neckstar and Sinclair control about a quarter of ABC affiliates. NASA says its mission to send astronauts on a trip around the moon could happen as soon as February. We together have a front row seat to history. We're returning to the moon after our... over 50 years. Lakeisha Hawkins is one of NASA's acting deputy associate administrators. She says the second Artemis mission was previously scheduled to launch no later than the end of April. The Artemis program is aimed at establishing a long-term presence on the lunar surface.

This coming phase will involve orbiting the moon and testing various systems. And that's your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.