The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 23:00 EDT

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Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles postal workers are again on strike their union announced the move just hours after the federal government gave canada posts the green light to bring in big changes aimed at keeping the struggling crown corporation afloat kate mckenna takes us through the day it is your expectation that cup w national leadership will call for everybody to go on the picket lines within the next 24 hours and the strike is back on I know that. You're correct in what you just said.

Jim Galant with the Canadian Union of postal workers confirming to CBC's power in politics that their workers will be walking off the job. In a statement, the union called the government's announcement Thursday to drastically reform the postal service appalling. Ottawa is directing Canada posts to lengthen delivery times and door-to-door delivery and close postal offices that are no longer needed. Joel Lightbound is the minister responsible for Canada Post. Taken together, these measures will help stabilize Canada Post's financial situation by generating close to half a billion dollars per year. Canada Post sent in a statement the changes will allow it to chart a financially sustainable future. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa.

We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. That's James Comey on social media, the former FBI director speaking after being indicted on charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstruction of justice. U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey. Trump's been long ticked over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but he's celebrating the indictment, calling it justice for America. Comey isn't count, though. My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I'm innocent. So let's have a trial. and keep the faith.

Comey will reportedly surrender to authorities Friday morning. RC&P are calling it one of the largest dark web drug busts in Canadian history. The dark web is an encrypted part of the internet not accessible by regular search engines and frequently used by criminals. Information from German authorities led to an NCMP investigation here in Canada that resulted in six arrests. Police allege those involved sent hundreds of packages filled with drugs across the country every week. Denmark is considering bringing together NATO to discuss the latest scare in European skies.

Once again, there were multiple drones spotted above airports overnight. Russia says it had nothing to do with it, but it comes after airspace violations in other parts of Europe and with the continent on heightened alert. Margaret Evans reports. The goal of this kind of hybrid attack is to create fear, said the Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgarde at a press conference. The defense minister, Trolls-Lund Poulson, said there was no evidence of Russian involvement. But he also said a professional actor was clearly responsible, given the simultaneous and systematic nature of the latest incursions. Natasha Lindstadt, a professor specializing in authoritarian governments at the University of Essex, thinks the incursions clearly point to Russia.

This really fits into what Russia has typically engaged. aged in hybrid forms of warfare with the main aim to incur some kind of economic or psychological pain. But earlier this month, 19 suspected Russian drones were shot down over Poland and Russian fighter jets expelled from Estonian airspace. Margaret Evans, CBC News, London. Israel will reopen the major crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank Friday morning. The crossing has been closed twice in the past week. On Friday, a truck driver bringing aid from Jordan to Gaza killed to Israeli soldiers at this gateway. It serves as the main thoroughfare for Palestinians in the West Bank. It's also a major pathway for aid going from Jordan to

Gaza. That is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.