The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/26 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/26 at 06:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings canada post workers are back on the picket lines this morning the union representing the country's 55,000 postal employees says it is appalled by the federal government's proposed reforms for the crown corporation reforms that include among other things an end to home delivery. Nicholas Sagan has more. We can fight this on the street. Canadian Union of Postal Workers negotiator Jim Gallant announcing the union is going on a nationwide strike. This comes after the federal government opened the door for Canada

Post to end door-to-door mail service and move to communal mailboxes. Government transformation minister Joelle Lightbound announced this and other cost-saving measures on Thursday. We can't go on with Canada Post losing $10 million a day. With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion this year, the federal government says moving everyone to a communal mail system would save $400 million annually. The modernization plan also includes closing some rural post offices and lengthening delivery timelines.

In a statement, Canada Post management said it welcomes the federal government's proposed changes. The company now has 45 days to examine the recommendations and present a plan. News, Halifax. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in London today, meeting with British Prime Minister Kier Starrmer and the leaders of Australia, Denmark, Spain, and Iceland. The talks are focusing on trade and mutual defense priorities, along with discussions on the war in Ukraine and Gaza. Speaking of Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to strike a defiant tone

today in his address to the United Nations General Assembly. It says Israel is facing growing international isolation. Sasha Petrissik has more. Dueling demonstrations outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Manhattan Hotel. The mood will be similar and just as tense inside the UN General Assembly when Netanyahu takes the podium. Virtually every leader speaking so far has condemned Israel's assault on Gaza. On his way to New York, Netanyahu said he plans to. respond defiantly to calls for a Palestinian state. The only major leader to take Israel's side

has been U.S. President Donald Trump. We spoke with Bibi Netanyahu today and we spoke to all the leaders in the Middle East. But even he isn't backing Netanyahu unconditionally. Netanyahu's own speech today walks a fine line between pleasing his political base at home and his most important sponsor in the White House. Sasha Petrissick, CBC News, Jerusalem. Concern is mounting among NATO countries, including Canada, following a series of unidentified drones in recent days being spotted in NATO airspace. The latest over Denmark involved drones flying near a military base.

Murray Brewster reports. We will always react with calm determination. NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta, defending allies not firing on the unknown drones that violated Danish airspace earlier this week. Who was responsible for the drones has been a mystery, perhaps until now. A Russian Navy landing ship was spotted off Denmark, hiding in waters with its location transponder switched off. Tension was further heightened yesterday with reports that Hungarian NATO fighters intercepted

five Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea near Latvia. Canada's Foreign Affairs Committee met over the issue, and Conservative MP Michael Chong noted how Russian bombers flew close to Alaska this week, but stayed out in international airspace, knowing the Americans would have no hesitation in shooting them down. Russia feels that NATO doesn't have the same deterrence posture. Following the incident in Poland, allies stepped up air defenses in Eastern Europe, but defense experts say it hasn't stopped Russia from playing chicken with NATO. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa.

And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummix.