The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 06:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world this hour i'm pat philpot the government shutdown in the u.s is looming after a failed meeting between the white house and democratic congressional leaders they up until midnight tonight to extend funding to keep the government operating but a deal doesn't seem imminent as both sides dig in their heels vice president jd vance is blaming democrats they come in here uh saying that if you don't give us everything that we want, we're going to shut down the government. We think that's preposterous. We think it's totally unacceptable, and we think the American people are going to suffer because these guys won't do the right thing. The Democrats want to renew government health insurance subsidies for low-income individuals and put an end to unilateral spending cuts

by the Trump administration. A shutdown would impact most government operations, with the exception of the military and essential services. World leaders are backing Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza, the U.S. President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both endorsed the proposal after Monday's three-hour White House meeting. Prime Minister Mark Carney is urging all parties to help realize the proposal's full potential. The plan is also getting the backing of many European and Arab leaders. On the ground, though, it's being met with skepticism among some Palestinians in Gaza. The deal only serves the U.S. and Israel says this man.

We are the victims here. No one is standing with us. Hamas was not part of the talks, and so far they've given no reply, despite an ultimatum from Trump and Netanyahu. Three students are dead and several others missing after a school collapsed in Indonesia. Rescue workers carry a man out of the rubble. The accident happened in East Java province. Officials say the building was being renovated but could not support the weight of the new build. Emergency workers are running water and oxygen to those who have now been trapped for almost 24 hours.

Madagascar's president has dissolved his own government. It follows days of protests by young demonstrators. Police fighters. tear gas into a crowd in the capital city. The so-called Gen Z protests began last Thursday over long-standing water and power cuts. The protesters rallying cry is, we want to live, not survive. 22 people have been killed and 100 others injured in the crackdown by security forces. The president fired the prime minister and the rest of his government yesterday in an effort to appease the protesters.

Similar youth-led demonstrations are also taking place in Kenya. And in Nepal, a Gen Z protest forced the resignation of the government earlier this month. Here at home, today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. In part, it's about honoring indigenous survivors of Canada's colonial residential school system. The CBC, Sarah Law, brings us the story of one family from a First Nation in northern Ontario and their quest to re-bury their relatives remains 79 years after he was taken from his community. Claire Onabigan spent years fighting to repatriate her late Uncle Percy's remains. At eight years old, he was taken from Long Lake 58 First Nation and put into St. Joseph's Indian

residential school in Thunder Bay. From there, he was sent to several different institutions because he was epileptic and partially paralyzed. Claire Onabigan says this all happened without his family's consent. The pain, the sadness, and the loneliness that person went through is all real. At 27, Percy died of tuberculosis. He was buried in Woodstock, Ontario in 1966, some 1,200 kilometers from home. This spring, his family exhumed his remains so he could be reburied with his siblings. The Ontario government helped pay for Percy's reburial after the federal government denied

the family funding. Sarah Law, CBC News, Long Lake 58 First Nation, Ontario. And that's your world this hour. I'm Pep Philpott.