The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/05 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/05 at 01:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's hoping to announce the release of all hostages from gaza in the coming days since the war began almost two years ago the family of those captives have been demanding their freedom poll hunter has more on how nettingahu's declaration has those families feeling buoyant 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 America League Divisional Series with the New York Yankees.

That bang, a home run by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., starting the Jays towards a 10-1 victory over the New York Yankees. It's the first time the two faced off postseason and the Jays' first postseason win since 2016. Game 2 goes Sunday afternoon in Toronto. U.S. Immigration and Customs of Forcement is continuing military-style raids in Chicago. This week, they used a Black Hawk helicopter to land on the roof of an apartment building, rappel down the outside, breaking down doors and detaining people, regardless of their immigration status.

Steve Utterman has more. ICE officials in Chicago are continuing the most brazen immigration crackdown so far. It's called Operation Midway Blitz. In recent days, there have been numerous raids. In one, an apartment building was the target. Numerous people were taken into custody, including this Blackwood. woman born in the U.S. with no immigration issue. I've never had a gun put in my face. They ask my name and my date of birth. She was still handcuffed, taken away, and held for several hours

before being released. Children were also detained. This man was there. We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military. The governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, calls it an attack on Americans. People of Illinois, we need your help. Get out your cell phones. Record and narrate what you see. The Department of Homeland Security defends the actions. It says dozens of people in the U.S. illegally have been taken into custody during the raids. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. University of British Columbia researchers have found a way to potentially make organ donation more accessible. Right now, blood type is one of the biggest barriers in kidney transplantation,

but in the first human test conducted at UBC, researchers treated a kidney with enzymes that removed those blood type markers. Professor Emeritus Stephen Withers co-led the enzyme development. It should increase the chances of a match, which will also increase the usage of organs, because there are many donated organs that never get used because they don't find a suitable match. Withers adds this could also save money for the health care system by potentially reducing the number of people on dialysis therapy. In the Czech Republic, a political comeback for our former Prime Minister.

Andrei Babish thanking a crowd of supporters after his party won the country's parliamentary election. His party took the most seats with 35% of the vote, but not enough to secure a majority. Babish has been a fierce critic of his country's military support of Ukraine. Opposition parties have accused Babish of wanting to move the Czech Republic away from the European Union and NATO, and towards Russia, something he denies. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.