The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/24 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/24 at 01:00 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 jimmy kimmel's late night show has now returned to the air kimmel addressed the controversy that signlined his show and the intense debate around free speech of the united states he also acknowledged all the support that he received since his show was suspended i'm not sure who had a weirder 48 hours me or the CEO of tylonall it's uh it's been overwhelming i've heard from lot of people over the last six days. I've heard from all the people in the world over the last six days.

Everyone I have ever met has reached out 10 or 11 times. Weird characters from my past. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, saying I can't believe ABC fake news gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his

show was canceled. 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 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. Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the fatal shooting of a teenage boy. 15-year-old Nuran Raze was killed after a brief interaction with officers near Montreal. Grieving family members are demanding answers. and asking why police were so quick to use deadly force. Sarah Levitt reports. It happened Sunday afternoon in a residential neighborhood in Longuey. Police received a 911 call from a resident about a group of masked and possibly armed people.

It all happened so quickly, says Johnny Ithesone, who saw police arrive from his kitchen window nearby. He says two officers exited their vehicle and immediately yelled twice at a group of people leaving the scene. An officer quickly pulled out his gun shooting neuron, he says. We received from the public seven video of the event. Brigitte Bishop is the head of Quebec's police watchdog agency, the BEI, which is investigating the shooting. In a rare press conference, Bishop said police recovered an officer's firearm from the scene, as well as ski masks and a baseball bat.

Now investigators will look into whether the use of force was justified. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. For decades, it was one of Canada's most famous aquariums and a leading tourist attraction. But Niagara Falls-based Marineland didn't open this year. Its 30 beluga whales are still living inside its once-famed walls. CBC News has learned a Chinese theme park is thinking about purchasing them. But as Katie Nicholson explains, the federal government will have to grant permission first. Now, a federal government source with knowledge of the file confirmed that marine land has applied to the government for permission

to export its remaining 30 beluga whales. This afternoon, federal fisheries and oceans minister Joanne Thompson acknowledged the request. It's on my desk. I will make the decision shortly. The animal must be healthy. You cannot send off a sick animal that could either die or spread disease. UBC marine biologist Andrew Trites says that involves blood work, among other assessments. If the permits are denied, releasing the whales into the wild, Also not an option, according to Trites. They get rejected by other animals,

and they're really looking at a life of starvation, loneliness. Marineland didn't respond to numerous requests for comment. The theme park's future, like that of its whales, uncertain. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Niagara Falls, Ontario. 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 over 50 years.

La Keisha 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 landing itself could take place as early as 2027. And that is your world this hour. For CBS News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.