The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 12:00 EDT

The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in Canada, and Google is helping Canadians innovate in ways both big and small, from mapping accessible spaces so the disabled community can explore with confidence, to unlocking billions in domestic tourism revenue. Thousands of Canadian companies are innovating with Google AI. Innovation is Canada's story. Let's tell it together. Find out more at g.co slash Canadian Innovation. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm pep philpot

u.s president donald trump says hamas is facing a short timeline to respond to his gaza peace proposal we're going to do about three or four days we'll see how it is all of the arab countries are signed up the muslim countries all signed up uh israel's all signed up We're just waiting for Hamas. And Hamas is either going to be doing it or not. And if it's not, it's going to be a very sad end. Hamas is reviewing the 20-point plan, which was announced by Trump yesterday following a three-hour White House meeting

with Benjamin Netanyahu. The proposal has the backing of the Israeli Prime Minister, along with a number of Arab, Muslim, and European nations. Prime Minister Mark Carney is also endorsing the plan. The U.S. government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years. There's no sign congressional leaders are near the budget agreement needed to keep funds flowing. Here's Willie Lowry in Washington. Democrats led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Donald Trump

in the White House for the first time since he took office. The Democrats are pushing for health care changes. They fear that health care costs for Americans will go up because of a spending bill passed in July. Schumer said the president appeared to hear their concerns. I think for the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartisan bill. Their bill has not one iota of democratic input. Essential services like hospital care, law enforcement, and air traffic control will continue, but a significant number of services will stop. Republicans who hold 53 seats in the Senate need 60 votes to pass a funding extension that would keep the government running through October. If they don't

find them, the government shuts down when the clock strikes midnight. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Burmuda is facing the prospect of being impacted by two hurricanes this week. The odor bands of Hurricane Umberto are already lashing the island. A hurricane watch is in effect as forecasters warn of dangerous seas, strong winds and heavy rain, but a direct hit is not expected. And then the newly formed Hurricane Imelda is following close behind. It's likely to pass near or over the island tomorrow afternoon. Madagascar's president has dissolved his own government

following days of protest by young demonstrators. Police fire tear gas into a crowd in the capital city. The so-called Gen Z protests began last Thursday over longstanding water and power cuts. 22 people have been killed and 100 others. injured in the crackdown by security forces. In Nepal, a similar Gen Z protest forced the resignation of the government

earlier this month. Here at home, as Canadians observe the Fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, one residential school survivor in Saskatchewan is reclaiming her culture through dance. The CBC's Louise Big Eagle has her story. Starla Starblankin has been wanting to dance powwow since she was five years old.

For the 55-year-old grandmother, that was taken away when she went to the Koppel Indian Residential School at the age of seven. As she got older, she was working on healing, so she may one day dance in the pow-wow circle. But all that changed in 2023 when she had to have surgery. My spine developed a curvature. My left knee absorbed the brunt of these injuries. It needed to be completely replaced. With her son, she found the strength to walk again. Star Blanket decided it was time to be the traditional dancer she wanted to be.

I think it's very much a big part of the healing journey. Earlier this month, the residential school survivor danced traditional for the first time at the Treaty for Celebration Powwow and Forka Pau. And I reclaim that. Louise Big Eagle, CBC News, Star Blanket, Cree Nation. And that is your world this hour for CBC News. I'm Pat Philpott.