The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/04 at 23:00 EDT

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's hoping to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza in the coming days. The delegation is en route to Egypt for negotiations to make that happen with Hamas. Since the war began almost two years ago that families, the families of those captives, have been demanding their freedom. Pole Hunter is more on how Netanyahu's disc declaration has those families. I'm Lisa, feeling. Boyant, hopeful, excited, cautious, because they've been hopeful before only to be let down. And indeed, despite the pressure to get all this sorted in Cairo, and despite the positivity from Donald Trump, believing this will happen that the hostages likely will soon be freed, as Netanyahu

puts it, believing that isn't easy after all this time. I spoke to a number of people. Jasmine Argument, I asked her what she makes of the news the hostages may soon be released. I'm shaking here. I believe, you know, I believe the time is, you know, the time is now. We want these families to have a good ending. The hostages, they deserve to be home enough. You know, it's just I want to believe and I believe. Of course, in Gaza, where after two years of work, they all want this to end, desperately so, but there's a real sense of, I'll believe it when it actually happens.

Paul Hunter in Tel Aviv. The Toronto Blue Jays won the first game in their American League Divisional Series with the New York Yankees. That bang, a home run by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., starting the Jays toward a 10-1 victory over the New York Yankees. It's the first time the two faced off postseason and the Jays' first post-season win since 2016. Game 2 goes tomorrow afternoon in Toronto. The U.S. federal judges temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's plan to send 200 members of the National Guard into Portland, Oregon. That order follows a lawsuit by the city and the state, but 300 National Guard troops are heading to Chicago, where protests are already underway. That chant, you can see it, you can feel it, the people are present.

Demonstrators faced off against immigration and customs enforcement officers who've been firing tear gas at the crowds. The White House says the soldiers are being sent in to tamp down riots and lawlessness, but Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says it's a performance rather than a serious attempt to protect public safety. Marine land says the fate of 30 captive beluga whales could be decided by Tuesday. The Ontario Park says without federal funds to help care for the whales, it will have no choice but to euthanize them. Philip Lee Schenock reports. Marine land's failure to plan for these scenarios isn't Canada's emergency. Amusement Park The mainland says it doesn't have the money to take care of 30 beluga whales on its Niagara Falls, Ontario property.

Marine land claims it costs $2 million a month to care for the animals. Aaron Ryan of World Animal Protection Canada calls it extortion. I think it's morally reprehensible for marine land to be holding the government of Canada hostage for making what is essentially the right decision. This week, Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson denied marine land's request to export them to China. Thompson said the decision is in line with a 2019 law that bans keeping whales and dolphins in captivity or using them for entertainment shows. Now the park could soon file for bankruptcy following the decision. Philip Lyshenock, CBC News, Toronto.

Vancouver is looking into translating more emergency preparedness documents after a University of British Columbia study found almost a third of non-English speakers lacked information. Jillian 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 earthquake, about heat, coastal flooding. And so those are all hazards that we've identified at the city as hazards that we're prioritizing. About 70% of Vancouverites reported having emergency supplies or savings set aside. That is the world this hour. For CBC News.

I'm Mike Miles.