The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 13:00 EDT

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From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Andrea Belmar. Israeli attacks continue despite renewed efforts to bring peace to Gaza. A man in Gaza City weeps saying his brother has been killed in one of many airstrikes today. Israel's military says the region remains a dangerous combat zone despite Donald Trump telling Israel 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 in concrete. Very importantly, I look forward to having the hostages come home.

We're very hopeful that leadership. The release of the hostages, 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 and didn't address the demand that Hamas disarm. Some family members of the hostages are thanking Trump for his efforts, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is preparing to immediately implement the first phase of Trump's plan. Operations are slowly returning to normal at Munich Airport

after yet another drone sighting for the second time in less than 24 hours, Both runways were forced to close, and it's the latest in a series of drone sightings that have disrupted flights across Europe. EU Interior Ministers gathered today to discuss how to track and destroy the devices. Dominic Volaitis has the latest. Although delays are expected, planes are once again taking off and landing at Munich Airport this morning. Following last night's drone sighting, some 6,500 passengers were left stranded after the airport was forced to close. Stefan Kraschansky is a drone expert. So the drone incursions we are seeing over the last few weeks

are basically a kind of a test, how the authorities, especially police and also military, react to those kind of threats. There have been a series of incidents involving drones in recent weeks, with airports in Denmark and Norway also forced to close for several hours. This week, Russia's Vladimir Putin denied Moscow had anything to do with the drones in response. Germany says it intends to raise the matter of anti-drone defences later today

at a meeting of European Interior Ministers. Dominic Volaitis for CBC News, Bristol, England. Japan is set to pick its first female Prime Minister. Sainai Takahichi was chosen as new leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democrats. The party has been trying to regain public support after losing parliamentary majorities. Currently, the LDP leads a corner.

coalition governments. A parliamentary vote on the 15th will decide whether she becomes prime minister. Flu and COVID shots become available this month for Canadians across the country, and doctors are particularly urging those at high risk, such as older Canadians and those with underlying chronic illnesses to get them. Whether the shots are free varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The cost of a Royal Canadian Air Force fly past during King Charles's visit to Ottawa last spring was more than $824,000, and that's just the flypast. In total, the Department of National Defense spent $1.28 million on the two-day visit. Canada's baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, are getting ready to open their American League

Division Series against the New York Yankees. Go Jays, go. They're ticking it all the way. We won it all, so we're right behind them. Last time they were good 10 years ago, I was not even 10. The Boys of Summer will host New York in a few hours in their best of five series. This is the furthest Toronto has made it in the postseason since 2016. Kevin Gosman will take to the mound for the Blue Jays,

and game time is just after 4 p.m. Eastern. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast, The World This Hour, is updated every hour, seven days a week. For news anytime, go to our website, cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Andrea Belmarin. Thank you.