The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 12:00 EDT

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try to figure out if it's a chip flavor or a drag queen. We're serving it all up wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. Donald Trump's deadline for a peace deal in Gaza is 6 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday. Today, the U.S. President is warning Hamas, it must move quickly to get the deal done. Trump posting online that he won't tolerate a delay from Hamas or all bets will be off. Journalist Blake Sifton is in Tel Aviv. Well, Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly views Hamas's response as intended to buy time because of how vague it is. And he thinks that President Trump's enthusiasm for a breakthrough is premature. Trump has, of course, demanded that Israel stopped bombing Gaza. That hasn't happened. There has been continued shelling and airstrikes overnight. But the Israeli government has ordered the military to pause. It's offensive to seize and occupy Gaza City. The family members, members of the hostages held in Gaza are very hopeful. They're demanding that the government stop hostilities now and immediately begin negotiations. And there are reports that the Israeli government has indeed ordered its negotiating team to prepare to deploy imminently. And negotiations

could be held as early as tomorrow in Egypt. In its response, Hamas has glaringly not addressed Israel's second major demand after the hostages, which is that it must disarm. Hamas also wants clear timetables and maps for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza. That has not been clear up until this point. Blake Sifton for CBC News in Tel Aviv. To Germany. Where operations are slowly resuming at Munich Airport after another drone scare. Both runways were forced to close for the second time in less than 24 hours after a drone

was sighted flying near the area. Dozens of flights had to be diverted or canceled, defecting some 6,500 travelers. German officials say they haven't been able to identify where the drones are coming from or who's operating them. Germany's interior minister is promising to bring forward legislation, making it easier for police to get permission to shoot drones down. At least one person is dead and several others injured after a train station was hit by an

irstrike in Ukraine. President Vladimir Zelensky is blaming Russia for the drone attack in the northern Assumi region. The regional governor says two passenger trains were struck while at the station northeast of Kiev. Ukraine says Russian drones and missiles also targeted its power grid overnight, causing blackouts for about 50,000 households. Several areas in northern and southern Ireland have been impacted by Storm Amy. In Galway, the storm surged seawater onto roads. A man in his 40s died in what police described as a weather-related incident in Donegal. An estimated 49,000 homes and businesses are without power in the south. The local utility company says some may be without power

into next week. About 22,000 are in the dark in Northern Ireland. A spokesperson at Dublin airport said around 20 flights were cancelled this morning. The Toronto Blue Jays host the New York Yankees this afternoon in the first game of the American League Divisional Series. Jays haven't made it this far in nearly a decade. And as Thomas Daglitz 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 wild card 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 go. Thomas Dagglet, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag.