The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/23 at 21:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world this hour i'm neil kumar 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. He says the step rewards atrocities committed by Hamas. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump is offering words of encouragement to Ukraine's President Volodymy

Zelensky. The two leaders sat down today on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Tom Perry reports on that part of Trump's visit. He was a great man and he's putting up one hell of a fight. Not all that long ago. Donald Trump was berating Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, warning the Ukrainian president he had no cards to play in his war with Russia. At the United Nations, a 180-degree turn, with Trump marveling at Ukraine's staying power on the battlefield. Frankly, Ukraine is doing a very good job of stopping this very large army. Trump went further on social media, posting on truth social. He now believes Ukraine, with the help of NATO, is in a position to win back all its land seized by

Russia, a country he now calls a paper tiger with a faltering economy. This is a remarkable about face for the U.S. President, though with Trump, that can always change. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. TikTok is pledging to strengthen its measures to keep children under the age of 13 off the platform. That's after Canadian investigation by federal and provincial privacy officials that found hundreds of thousands of children accessed the video sharing app annually. The findings accused TikTok of using their personal data without meaningful consent.

The company says it will improve its age verification methods and better explain to users how data is collected. The public safety minister has announced the next phase of the government's gun buyback program while facing a controversy of his own. Gary Anan Asangri is facing calls from the opposition to resign. This comes after leaked audio of a private conversation

appears to show him doubting the program would work. Ashley Burke has the story. He was caught on tape. Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav 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 resource to do this. The audio recorded without his knowledge and shared by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm 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 is being misinterpreted. The government plans to expand the buyback program across the country later this fall. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. 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 on Wednesday. Ten cities have been ordered to close schools and most businesses. Hundreds of thousands of people have already fled their homes. On Monday, the storm-packed wind gusts of up to 285 kilometers is an hour. Officials warned the damage could be catastrophic, and Hong Kong has raised its typhoon warning level to 8 out of 10. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The world this hour is updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.

Thank you.