The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 11:00 EDT

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Public Works Minister Joel Lightbound is releasing a series of measures to address the financial challenges facing the Crown Corporation. Janice McGregor reports. Canada Post is facing an existential crisis, or at least that was the conclusion reached by, veteran mediator William Kaplan. After a strike and a lockout, left Canadians without postal services in the run-up to the critical holiday delivery season last year, the Labor Minister appointed Kaplan to lead a commission to examine the Crown Corporation's future

and figure out why the two sides were so far apart in collective bargaining. His report concluded that Canada Post is effectively bankrupt, with no immediate prospects for improvement. Canadians send fewer and fewer letters, competition from parcel delivery services is surging. Last January, the government floated Canada post a billion-dollar lifeline loan. But they still haven't concluded a new collective agreement with postal workers. The federal government's under huge financial pressures.

Leading up to what we expect will be a fall budget full of austerity measures. Something's got to give in this new plan today. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. After two days this week at the UN in New York, Prime Minister Mark Carney, today for London. Carney will be meeting with British Prime Minister Kirstarmer and other European leaders as well as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Karni's office says the meetings will deal with foreign investment and other initiatives that follow the ongoing Trump tariff campaign. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he is ready to work with the United

States, Saudi Arabia, France and the UN to implement a peace plan for Gaza. That's Abbas addressing the UN General Assembly earlier this morning. The Trump administration tabled a peace proposal for Gaza earlier this week while meeting with Arab leaders in New York. And Abbas says it could pave the way for a just peace and broader regional cooperation. Abbas also renewed his call for an independent Palestinian state, but he says Hamas can never have a role in governing Gaza in the future. Abbas appeared via a video link from Ramallah because the Trump administration

has refused to grant him a visa to enter the United States. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy. Following the verdict that Sarkozy telling reporters that he's innocent and will quote, sleep in prison but with his head held high. The court has found that leading up to his successful 2007 presidential bid, Sarkozy illegally accepted millions of euros in financing from the late Libyan dictator Omar Qaddafi. Sarkozy says he will appeal.

Airports across western Denmark were temporarily shut down overnight after drones were once again spotted in their airspace. Dominic Bolaitis has the details. Captured on camera, a possible drone is spotted in the vicinity of Denmark's Oldborg Airport. It eventually disappears, but not before the airport was forced to close for several hours. A hundred miles away, another drone was sighted near Denmark's second largest airport, Bilun. It too was forced to close. Drones were also spotted near three other airports, including the Scroodz Troop Air Base, home to some of Denmark's F-16 fighter jets.

It's the second such security incident in the Nordic country this week. At a press conference this morning, the Danish authorities confirmed the drones were launched locally, the work of a professional actor intending to spread fear. Although the authorities say there is no evidence to link the drones to Russia, Denmark is now reaching out to both NATO and the EU. Dominic Vlides for CBC News, Bristol, England. And that is the world this hour for CBC News. I'm Joe Cummings.