The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/03 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/03 at 19:00 EDT

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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 McGilfrey. Hamas has agreed to immediately enter negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages. This is a very special day, maybe unprecedented in many ways. U.S. President Donald Trump welcoming the announcement and calling on Israel to stop bombing Gaza. Hamas, however, did not agree unconditionally to the points outlined in an

an American peace plan, Sasha Petrasek, has the latest. There seem to be some positive signals from both Hamas and U.S. President Donald Trump. Hamas' statement except some key points in Trump's peace plan, like releasing hostages and handing over power. But it also calls for negotiations on significant details, like timing. Hamas also says it won't disarm until Israeli troops leave Gaza altogether. Trump's plan demands the reverse for Hamas to disarm right away. Still, Trump's answer posted on social media suggests he's open to talking.

I believe they are ready for lasting peace, he says. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. He goes on to say that Israel must stop bombing Gaza immediately so that hostages can be released safely and quickly. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News. Jerusalem. Sean Diddy Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison. The hip-hop mogul had previously been convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Speaking in court, Combs apologized for his behavior and called it disgusting, shameful, and sick. The judge said he was unconvinced that Combs would not commit the same crimes if he were released.

The Federal Public Safety Minister wants to know what caused two IT outages at Canada's borders this week. Gary Ananda Sangaree is giving the Canada Border Services Agency 30 days to come up with a plan to prevent future blackouts. As Philip Lee-Shanac tells us, the outage caused chaos at border crossings and airports. Started seeing the signs on the interstate, saying that the Canadian border was closed. Truck driver Eve Dwaron was headed back to New Brunswick,

but ended up stranded in New York State. Ended up being stuck on the side of the road for over 30 hours. Canada Border Services Agency says a system outage caused delays in commercial processing, mainly at ports of entry in southern Ontario. I would say the last two to three years, systems failure is on a far more regular basis. Stephen Laskowski is with the Canadian Trucking Association. He says many of the more than 12,000 trucks across the border per day were idle. It's not like the lights have gone out in your home and you're annoyed. That means trade isn't moving across the border.

The CBSA says it will produce a report on what caused the outage and a plightage and a plan to prevent them in the future. IT issues also hit inspection kiosks at Canadian airports causing delays for passengers across the country. Philip Lyshannock, CBC News, Toronto. Canada's Postal Workers Union says the latest offer from the Postal Service is insulting. Canada Post's latest proposal contained the same wage increase offer as their last one, just over 13% over four years. It also removed a signing bonus for employees and appeared to clear the path for future layoffs. The union says Canada Post is attempting to turn the public against them and is, quote, making a mockery of the collective bargaining process.

And U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegesith says he ordered another strike on a small boat off the coast of Venezuela. In a social media post, he says that U.S. intelligence confirmed that the four people on board were narco-terrorist trafficking drugs. This is the fourth strike on boats in the Caribbean that the U.S. administration accused of ferrying drugs. There was no immediate response from Venezuela, but President Nicholas Maduro has previously condemned the strikes and said his country will defend itself against U.S. aggression. It also comes one day after President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. was in a, quote, armed conflict with drug cartels. And that is The World This Hour. From CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Thank you.