The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/02 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/02 at 19:00 EDT

How do you know Dwayne the Rock Johnson? Is it as a mega movie star in Jumanji or The Fast and the Furious? Is it as Maui in Disney's Moana? Or are you a wrestling fan and you still smell what the rock is cooking? In the new film The Smashing Machine, Dwayne goes back to his fighting roots. And there's only one guy he wanted to direct the film, Benny Safdi. Benny will tell you about directing the movie. Dwayne Johnson is calling the most challenging of his career.

You can hear that now on cue with me, Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts, including YouTube. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. For the second time this year, a newborn infant in Canada has died of measles contracted from an unvaccinated mother. The first was in Ontario in June, and now a premature baby in Alberta has died of the viral illness, marking the first death in that province's outbreak.

Jennifer Lee has more. It's an outcome doctor's warrant could happen for months. says a baby who was born prematurely after the mother contracted measles died shortly after birth. In a statement, Alberta's Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services, Adriana LaGrange, calls this a heartbreaking loss. LaGrange says children under five, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems are at the highest risk with measles infections, and measles during pregnancy can lead to serious complications, including miscarriage, preterm labor, stillbirth, and congenital infection.

The province is urging anyone planning a pregnancy to ensure they have two doses of the vaccine prior to conception. Since measles vaccination is not recommended during pregnancy, 1914 measles cases have been confirmed in the province since March. 152 people have been hospitalized, including 15, who have ended up in the ICU. Jennifer Lee, CBC News, Calgary. British police say the man suspected of carrying out a deadly attack at a synagogue earlier today was a 30. five-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent. Jihad al-Shami was shot and killed by officers in Manchester. He's alleged to have killed two people and sent four others to hospital in a car-ramming and stabbing attack. Prime Minister Kirstarmer says it was an act of hate against the Jewish community.

We must be clear. It is a hatred that is rising once again, and Britain must defeat it once again. The incident happened on the Jewish Holy Day of Yom Kippur, UK authorities, say they have stepped up police patrols outside of synagogues across the country. Officials have arrested three others in connection with this incident on suspicion of preparing and instigating acts of terrorism. Families in Indonesia are grieving, fearing their children are dead following the collapse of a school and news from search teams that there are no more signs of life in the rubble. This building gave way Monday killing five people and injuring dozens more,

at least 59 teenagers are still missing. Crews are now using heavy machinery to clear the wreckage. Faulty construction is being blamed for this disaster. Ottawa is changing the way it arms the Canadian forces, trying to keep up with a shifting global security landscape. A new federal agency will be a one-stop shop meant to speed up and streamline defense procurement and focus purchasing here in Canada. David Thurton reports.

This is a step change in the way we do this. Many governments have talked about it, and over the last couple months, I've realized why I never got done, because it was very, very difficult to do. Steve Scher, the Secretary of State for Defense Procurement, explaining what the new Defense Investment Agency will do. The government says it will rebuild, rearm, and reinvest in the Canadian Armed Forces. Currently, the military relies on several different agencies to buy equipment. On day one, fragment and oversight is now gone, because it's one spot looking and working on all the procurements. And duplication of effort is eliminated. The hope is not just speed, but offering the forces more say and customization in what it needs,

while leveraging new investments in Canadian companies and technologies. Until now, it's estimated Canada spends 75 cents of every dollar on military purchases in the United States. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. Also happening in Ottawa. The time has come to address time change. Liberal MP, Mary France Lalonde, wants to put an end to spring forward, fall back. That's why today I'm very excited to share

that I intend to present a private member's bill aim at addressing the outdated practice of the biannual time change. With the exception of Saskatchewan, Yukon, and parts of B.C. and Nunavut, most jurisdictions in Canada still observe the biannual time change. La Land wants that to change. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery. Thank you.