The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/26 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/26 at 10:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. In an address today to the UN General Assembly,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defiantly rejected the growing support among world leaders for a Palestinian state. I have a message for these leaders. When the most savage terrorists on earth are effusively praising your decision, you didn't do something right you did something wrong

horribly wrong your disgraceful decision will encourage terrorism against Jews and against innocent people everywhere it will be a mark of shame on all of you Canada is among a number of countries who have in recent days

formerly recognized Palestine as for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza Netanyahu says if Gazans don't have enough food it's because Hamas is stealing it. Just prior to his speech, dozens of delegates rose from their seats and left the General Assembly Hall in protest.

Canada Post workers are back on the picket lines again. The union representing the country's 55,000 postal employees says the strike action is in response to the operational reforms the federal government is proposing for the Crown Corporation. Those reforms include, among other things, an end to all home delivery. Janice McGregor reports. These two sides are so far apart.

It's not clear they can even see each other. And that doesn't bode well for bargaining and the good faith consideration of new offers a process that before workers walked out last night had been set to resume today. Negotiator Jim Galant said yesterday, the union feels the inquiry that led to these changes was fixed in favor of what Canada Post's management wants.

And that, yes, there have been a few bad years, but there is money to be made without cutting services and delivery standards. But Canada Post has been clear that there is no return to sound finances, maybe no future period for the Postal Service, without a new approach that matches how Canadians actually use postal services in 2025. Minister Joel Lightbound made it clear yesterday that the Federal Treasury cannot afford billion-dollar bailouts to cover the Crown Corporation's losses anymore,

as Canada moves into a period of fiscal austerity with serious, economic threats ahead. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Concern is mounting among NATO countries, including Canada, following a series of unidentified drones being spotted in recent days in NATO airspace. The latest over Denmark involves drone sightings near a military base. Murray Brewster reports. We will always react with calm determination. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutter, 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. It's possible former FBI director James Comey will make a court appearance today. Just after being indicted on two charges related to testimony he gave to Congress in September of 2020. The charges include issuing a false statement and obstruction of justice, linked to an investigation into Russian election interference and Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. If convicted on the two charges, Comey is facing up to five years in prison. Commenting on the indictment, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling it justice for America. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.