The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 17:00 EDT

Did you know that it was once illegal to shop on Sundays? That's true for when I was born. I remember this, and I'm not that old. I'm not, okay? Leave me alone. Anyway, I'm Phelan Johnson, and I host See You in Court, a new podcast about the cases that changed Canada and the ordinary people who drove that change. From the drugstore owner who defied the Lord's Day, to the migma man who defended his treaty right to fish, to the gay teacher who got fired and fought back. Find and follow, see you in court, wherever you get your. your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Andrea Belmere. Israel has dialed back its attacks on Gaza and says it will halt them altogether,

but it hasn't stopped yet. All this in response to a deal put together by the Trump administration in which Hamas agreed to release all remaining hostages. On social media, President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to a withdrawal line, and when Hamas agrees to it, a CERN. his fire would immediately go into effect. As Paul Hunter tells us, all this has given Israeli hostage families

some guarded optimism. At Hostage Square in Tel Aviv tonight, hope. A weekly rally demanding the release of the hostages held by Hamas and an end to Israel's war in Gaza tonight packed with those hoping the U.S. proposed peace deal might actually finally get that done. Jasmine Argman, among the many, many thousands who turned out. Like I'm shaking here, I believe, you know, I believe the time is now.

With Hamas having put conditions on signing off on it, U.S. President Donald Trump today said Hamas must move quickly or all bets are off. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tonight says, quote, we are on the verge of a great achievement. Demanded those at the rally, just get it done. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Tel Aviv. Almost 500 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested in London for expressing support for a banned group.

Police and Britain's interior minister urged the demonstrators to cancel their rally after what the British government declared was a terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester earlier this week. But as Julia Chapman reports, they refused. Protesters sat quietly in Trafalgar Square waiting for their turn to be arrested. Most of them held signs reading, I support Palestine action,

a criminal offence under British law. The activist group was designated a terrorist organisation in July. Well, I'm absolutely devastated at what happened in Manchester. I'm equally devastated about what's going on in Gaza. The arrests unfolded calmly. The head of London's police force, Mark Rowley,

said 1,500 police officers were deployed to the event. Our ability to stretch our resources across London and protect the communities that need it most is to some degree compromised by that. The protest comes two days after a fatal anti-Semitic attack at a synagogue in Manchester. Jewish figures have called the action tone deaf. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London.

Elsewhere in the UK... Storm Amy is hitting parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Strong winds have uprooted trees and brought down branches on cars and roads, and in Ireland, a storm surge sent water flooding into the streets. Vancouver is looking into translating more emergency preparedness documents after a University of British Columbia study found about a third of non-English speakers lacked information.

Gillian Wong is an emergency management specialist with the city. She says residents were asked which hazards they're most concerned about. We're seeing people are quite worried about earthquakes, about heat, coastal flooding, and so those are all hazards that we've identified at the city as hazards that we're prioritizing. The good news, about 70% of Vancouverites reported having emergency supplies or savings set aside.

And under a sunny sky, the Toronto Blue Jays are playing their first game of the postseason against the New York Yankees. It is currently the bottom of the third inning and the score is 2-0 for the Jays, Thanks to two home runs by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk, the Jays and the Yankees are facing off in the best of five American League Division Series, but they're doing it without shortstop, Bo Bichet.

He is still recovering from a knee injury. If the Jays win, it would be their first postseason victory since 2016. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Andrea Bellman. Thank you.