The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 19:00 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 Scanderas. Donald Trump is lashing out at the United Nations, calling the world body ineffective in the face of mounting global issues. Anisei Dari has more on the U.S. President's combative address.

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. All 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. International cooperation is not naivety. It is hard-headed pragmatism. But he also said the principles of the United Nations are under siege. And he said, Ari, CBC News, Washington. Trump also says he now believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia with NATO's help. That comment is a real 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 press.

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 re-educate them for the benefit of another is an obvious crime. Prime Minister Mark Carney co-hosted that discussion with Selensky, he says Canada will intensify its efforts to secure the unconditional return of abducted children. The public safety minister has announced the next phase of the government's gun buyback program while facing a controversy of his own. Gary Anandesangery is facing calls from the opposition to resign after leaked audio of a private conversation appears to show him doubting the program

would work. Ashley Burke has that story. He was caught on tape. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev calling for the public safety minister to go. Will the prime minister do the only thing that will secure our country and fire this incompetent minister? Gary Ananda Sangaree, under fire, caught on tape suggesting to his tenant he shouldn't worry about being arrested for refusing to turn in one of these guns because police don't have the capacity to check homes. I just don't think this will police services have the resources to do this.

The audio recorded without his knowledge and shared by the Canadian Coalition for Firearms. rights. On the tape, the public safety minister also appears to offer to compensate the tenant if he loses money turning a gun in or bail him out if he's arrested. You're a minister. Why'd you say that? I said these two issues in, frankly, in bad humor, that that is being misinterpreted. The government plans to expand the buyback program across the country later this fall. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. TikTok is pledging to strengthen its members. 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 accused 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. 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. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.