The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 11:00 EDT

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Israeli attacks continue despite renewed efforts to bring peace to Gaza. Israel's military says the region remains a dangerous combat zone. U.S. President Donald Trump 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 want to negotiate some aspects of Trump's 20-point plan. Some family members 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. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is preparing to immediately implement the first phase of Trump's plan. Meanwhile, a pro-Palestinian protest in London is going ahead today with some arrests already made. Police and 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. head. Sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love and friendship to other people is required. Organisers say cancelling 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. As wildfires continue in Nova Scotia, the provincial government is extending wildfire season until Halloween and keeping a burn ban in place.

This as residents of one Western County are finally returning home to Annapolis Valley and a monumental cleanup. James Sponigal reports. That there's some glass from the window that was from the garage. It actually melted. Jason Burton's garage had been a two-story building for family birthday parties and hangouts. Now, scrap metal. Burton knows he's lucky. The Long Lake fire that took 20 homes spared his, but barely. Actually, things were about five feet away from our back deck. That makes me feel like there's more than a miracle that happened. Why are our host didn't catch fire?

Burton says sprinkler systems set up by firefighters protected his home. There's only some minor damage to an eaves trough and window. Life isn't completely back to normal. Burton's well water still needs to be tested before being used for drinking and cooking. Burton has advice for those who are now evacuated from their homes and cottages in neighboring Kings County because of the wildfire there. Lean on the support from family and friends. He says that's what helped him. Jane Sponagull, CBC News, Westdell Housey, Nova Scotia. Japan is poised to have its first female prime minister. Sanai Takaiichi was selected as new leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democrats. It's been trying to regain public support after losing parliamentary majorities.

Currently, the LDP leads a coalition government. A parliamentary vote on the 15th will decide whether she becomes prime minister. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag. Thank you.