The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 07:00 EDT

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alberta's 51,000 elementary and high school teachers are set to walk off the job today a job action comes as the teachers have been without a contract now for more than a year samson reports more than 15,000 people pass onto the Alberta Legislature Ground Sunday, all to show support for striking teachers. The province's latest contract offer included a 12% wage increase over four years and hiring 3,000 more teachers. The majority of the Alberta Teachers Association's 51,000 members, voted against the offer, leading to Alberta's first province-wide teacher strike. Jason Schilling is union president. Teachers are resolved. They've had enough of watching kids fall through the cracks.

Alberta's finance minister has said his government offered what was asked and questioned whether the union actually knew what its members were seeking. The union says teachers want more money, a cap on classroom sizes, and more resources for kids with complex needs. A provincial official told CBC News the government asked the union to go back to the bargaining table over the weekend, but they were not available for formal talks. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton.

Prime Minister Mark Carney flies to Washington today for his latest round of face-to-face talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. They'll be meeting tomorrow at the White House with tariffs, trade, and security issues all on the agenda. In a letter sent today to the prime minister's office, conservative leader Pierre Pahliav is wishing Carney well, but says he has to return from Washington with proof that he's making progress in getting the Trump tariffs lifted. With the Middle East watching closely, indirect talks are getting underway today in Cairo between Israel and Hamas. U.S. officials are also included with the Trump administration's 20-point peace plan on the table. Crystal Gamansing has the latest now from Jerusalem.

Trump is looking on a Nobel Prize. Netanyahu is looking on his legacy. There's a lot on the line politically, says Navda Strachler. The former strategic advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the success of these peace talks hinge on the immediate release of the 48 hostages, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive. Because the day after that they will be released, again, his maneuver, the political, the coalition one, will be easier to go further to the next steps.

Netanyahu needs his far-right coalition members if he wants to remain in power. Can they be more easily controlled if the hostages are released? If Hamas lets the hostages go, can the U.S. and Arab countries backing this peace plan ensure Israel doesn't restart the war? Critical points remain on the table today, including the disarming of Hamas and when Israeli troops would leave Gaza. Crystal Gamanssing, CBC News, Jerusalem. Giselle Pelico is back in a French courtroom today for an appeal proceeding.

Pelico's appearance comes a year after 51 men were convicted of raping her after she'd been drugged unconscious by her former husband. Julia Chapman has more. The dignity and composure of Giselle Pelicoe at last year's trial made her a household name. Over a decade, her husband Dominique drugged her and invited men he met online to rape her while he filmed the acts. He and 50 others were convicted of sexual offences. 17 of them launched appeals, but most dropped their cases, fearing even harsher sentences. 44-year-old Hussimatine Doan is the only one to have continued.

His lawyer, Jean-Marc Darigard, says his client respect Giselle Pelico. Doyan argues he didn't know Pelico was unconscious and non-consenting. Her lawyer, Antoine Camus, says she doesn't accept that explanation. At the original trial, Dominique Pelico said all of his co-defendants were aware of his wife's condition. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.