The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 02:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Mike Miles. Israeli media are reporting the IDF have been told to scale back operations in Gaza. That follows U.S. President Donald Trump's call for it to stop bombing the territory after Hamas announced it is ready to negotiate the release of all hostages, alive and dead, under Trump's proposed terms. The militant group says it accepts parts of Trump's plan to end the fighting. Trump quickly posted a video thanking other Middle Eastern countries for their help. Everybody was unified in wanting this war to end and seeing peace in the Middle East, and we're very close to achieving that.

Hamas has also agreed to hand over administration of Gaza to an independent body of Palestinian technocrats, but it also calls for negotiations on significant details like timing. Amas also says it won't disarm until Israeli troops leave Gaza altogether, while Trump's plan demands the reverse. The White House will be open when Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives next week, but other parts of the U.S. government may not be. Republicans and Democrats are playing a blame game, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers stuck in the middle.

Ashley Burke with more. After threatening mass layoffs during a government shutdown, U.S. President Donald Trump posting an AI-generated music video featuring his budget director as the Grim Reaper. Trump's latest move to put pressure on the Democrats with threats to Democratic agencies as a standoff intensifies between Republican and Democratic lawmakers over measures to fund the government.

On this vote, the yeas are 54 and the nays are 44. In the Senate, a fourth vote that could have ended the shutdown failed again. Estimates show as many as 750,000 government workers could be furloughed. Others are working without pay, but are guaranteed to be paid later once the shutdown has ended. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. Venezuelan President Nicola Maduro is accusing the U.S. of trying to impose regime change. It follows the latest strike on a boat off the Venezuelan coast. Marjoro is threatening the people will take up arms against the United States to protect

Venezuela's sovereignty. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hankseth says, according to intelligence, the four people killed aboard the small vessel were narco-terrorists. This is the fourth boat blasted in the Caribbean that the U.S. accused of ferrying drugs. President Donald Trump Thursday declared the U.S. in armed conflict with drug cartels. Canada Post has put out another contract offer on the table for its striking workers, but the new deal looks a lot like the one offered and rejected months ago. The corporation says it's bleeding money and must scale back service and jobs.

Olivia Stavenovich reports. As the nationwide postal strike enters week two, Canada Post is making a new offer. It includes many of the same terms as its so-called final offers last May, but with some notable differences, including the removal of a signing bonus.

We have to put forward offers that we can afford. Canada Post spokesperson John Hamilton says the latest proposal finds a balance between downsizing and saving as many good-paying jobs as possible. We have to agree that we are in an existential crisis. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejects that claim. Jim Glant is a negotiator. The offer that they've given us today is punishment. Galant says the union expected improvements, but instead he calls what's on the table worse than what Canada Postalant previously offered. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Ottawa. 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 past behavior, calling it disgusting, shameful, and sick. The judge said, though, he wasn't convinced that Combs wouldn't commit the same crimes if he were released. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.