The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 09:00 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 the world this hour i'm claude fagg israeli attacks continue despite renewed

efforts to bring peace to gazaa israel's military says the region remains a dangerous combat zone despite donald trump saying the bombing must stop the u.s president delivered his edict in response to hamas accepting part of his gaza peace plan this is a big day We'll see how it all turns out. We have to get the final word down and concrete. Very importantly, I look forward to having the hostages come home. The release of the hostages, those both dead and alive, is one of the things Hamas has agreed to, but they're wanting to negotiate some aspects of Trump's 20-point plan. Other parts they've ignored, such as the disarming of Hamas. Some families of the hostages are thanking Trump for his efforts. We're very hopeful that leadership all over the world, especially the one in the U.S. and Israel, will make sure that this is happening. It's time to end this horrific war and bring every single hostage back home.

For his part, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is preparing to immediately implement the first phase of Trump's plan. A pro-Palestinian protest in London is going ahead today, despite pressures on organizers to cancel it. Police and the government officials say it shouldn't happen in light of this week's deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue. Julia Chapman has more. The head of London's police, Mark Rowley, says more than 1,500 officers will be deployed to the event today. Our ability to stretch our resources across London and protect the communities that need it most is, to some degree, compromised by that. On Thursday, an anti-Semitic attack took the lives of two worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud says the gathering shouldn't go ahead.

Sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love and friendship to other people is required. Organizers say canceling the protest would conflate the actions of Israel with Jewish people. They have called for a non-violent gathering. Jonathan Porritt is a campaigner. I can imagine that every single person, as they sit down at that moment where the visual starts, the first thought in their head will be for those affected by the atrocity that happened at Heaton Park. Organizers say 1,500 people have signed up to attend today's action. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London.

Several people have been injured after a railway station was hit by a drone strike in Ukraine. President Vladimir Zelensky is blaming Russia for the strike in the northern Sumi region. Officials say a passenger train was at a station northeast of Kyiv when it was hit. Ukraine says Russian drones and missiles also targeted its power grid overnight, causing blackouts for about 50,000 households. While the Toronto Blue Jays host the New York Yankees this afternoon in the first game of the American League Division Series, the Jays haven't made it this far in the postseason in nearly a decade.

And as Thomas Daggla reports, that has fans dreaming of a World Series. For a whole generation of Blue Jays fans, October has never felt quite this exciting. Last time they were good 10 years ago, I was not even 10. With a team that finished at the top of the American League, now entering the playoffs energized, having skipped the wildcard round. Go Jays, go. They're ticking it all the way. Manager John Schneider leads the squad that few expected early on would go this far in the fall. It's cool to say, you know, that you're playing for a country.

East Coast to West Coast. everyone's pulling for this team. It's the first time ever the Jays faced their rivals from New York in the playoffs. Both teams finished the regular season with the same record, setting up what promises to be a hard-fought best-of-five series and a raucous home crowd. Way back in right-center and gore. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague. Thank you. Thank you.