The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/05 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/05 at 17:00 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 Kate McGilfrey. There is cautious optimism. The talks on the Trump administration's Mid-East peace plan will result in the release of all hostages and an end to fighting in Gaza.

But there are still many key details to work out. Mediators representing Israel and Hamas will convene in Egypt for talks tomorrow. Dominic Volaitis reports. Palestinians in Han Yunus lay their loved ones to rest following an Israeli air strike yesterday. Israeli planes and tanks have continued to pound the Gaza Strip this weekend. There's no ceasefire in place at this point in time. An Israeli spokesperson today said the military is only acting in self-defense. Gazans are hoping America's 20.

point peace plan will end the war quickly. It's a great deal for Israel. It's a great deal for the entire Arab world, Muslim world and world. U.S. President Donald Trump also told reporters today he believes hostages held in Gaza will be released very soon. His comments come as mediators are set to meet in Egypt Monday for crunch, indirect talks between Hamas and Israel. Dominic Volitus for CBC News, Bristol, England. British police are gaining some new powers to stop protests from happening more than once in the same place. Yesterday, officers arrested almost 500 people

during demonstrations in support of Palestine Action, an activist group that's banned in the UK right now. Shabana Mahmoud is the Home Secretary. It's important, I think, that we make this change so that the right balance can be struck between allowing people the freedom to protest, which is an ancient freedom in this country, but balancing that against the rights of the wider community

to be able to go about their business, free from intimidation and fear. Mahmoud says she is very worried about what she calls community relations in the UK. Her announcement comes on the heels of the deadly attack Thursday on a Manchester synagogue and an arson attack on a mosque in Sussex overnight. Police are investigating that as a possible hate crime. Nobody was injured in that incident. The governor of Oregon says about 100 California National Guard troops

have arrived in the state and more are coming. Part of President Donald Trump's move to deploy federal troops in Democrat-led cities. Portland, Oregon isn't the only place in the crosshairs right now. As Steve Futterman reports, Chicago looks to be next, with Trump characterizing both cities as being rife with crime and unrest. As Donald Trump prepares to deploy 300 troops in Chicago, the verbal battle between the White House and officials in Illinois continues. Trump is again portraying Chicago as a city where no one is safe.

have 40 or 50 people killed over the last couple of months. Hundreds of people wounded. There's no place like that in the world. Illinois's Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker says ICE agents are engaging in mass detentions, rounding up everyone in target areas. Instead of going after the bad guys, they're just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials. Are you a U.S. citizen? Homeland Security Chief Christy Noam stamped up the rhetoric, accusing Pritzker, protecting criminals. His city is a war zone, and he's lying so that criminals can go in there and destroy people's lives. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. In Alberta, thousands gathered at rallies in support of public school teachers. Organizers called them opportunities

for parents and students to have a say ahead of a possible teachers strike in the province. If there's no last-minute contract agreement, 51,000 teachers are expected to walk off the job tomorrow. And in Toronto right now, the regular season is over and baseball playoffs have truly begun. The Toronto Blue Jays are currently battling it out with the New York Yankees in game two of their best of five division series. The Jays thumped the Yankees 10 to 1 in yesterday's matchup. So far, that momentum seems to be continuing in a big way with the score currently sitting at zero to five for the Jays. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.