The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 08:00 EDT

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Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings indirect talks between israel and hamas are getting underway today in cairo u.s officials are also involved with the trump administration's twenty point peace plan on the table the key issue for israel is the release of the remaining hostages For others in the region, it's a guarantee that Israel won't restart the war in the weeks that follow a peace agreement. Asamzaki is with the Arab League. It's tricky, it's sensitive, but it can be worked out.

And once it is worked out, it has the potential of opening the way for the other stages of the plan. Those other stages involve a specific date on when Israeli troops will leave Gaza and details on the complete disarming. of Hamas. A report obtained by CBC News is revealing that Canadian surveillance technology was used in two American military strikes last month on suspected Venezuelan drug boats. The strikes killed at least 14 people. Eric C2 has the details. You've probably seen the images. U.S. military surveying Venezuelan boats from the air before they're blown up. A new report says Canadian surveillance technology was part of those strikes on September 2nd and September 5th. Kelsey Gallagher of the NGO project plowshares.

It was very clear that the footage was coming from a Canadian sensor, right? So this sensor is produced by a company based in Waterdown and Hamilton called L3 Harris West Cam. Gallagher says those strikes were recorded through special cameras and sensors made in Canada. CBC also did its own visual analysis. Although the videos were obscured, digital markers in those U.S. videos closely matched previously released. L3 Harris West Cam footage. The company, L3 Harris, says it doesn't comment on military operations. Global Affairs Canada said it's aware of the U.S. operation and is monitoring the situation.

Eric Cito, CBC News, Toronto. 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 meet tomorrow at the White House with tariffs, trade, and security issues on the table. In a letter sent today to the Prime Minister's office, conservative leader Pierre Pahliav is saying that Carney has to return from Washington with proof that he's making progress in getting the Trump tariffs lifted. Alberta's 51,000 elementary and high school teachers are set to walk off the job today. The teachers have been without a contract now for more than a year with talks between the union and the province now at a standstill.

Jason Schilling is the president of the Teachers Association. Right now our schools are stretched too thin. It's beyond the breaking point. Classrooms are overcrowded. Students with complex needs don't have the support they need. Teachers are being asked to do more with less. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the government has asked the union to call off the strike, saying the job action is a, quote, lose, lose, lose situation for teachers, parents, and students. The winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine have been announced. The Nobel Assembly has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology

or medicine jointly to Mary Branco, Fred Ramstel and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. The three scientists are being honored for their study of T-cells. The Nobel Committee says it has led to advancement in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. This year's Nobel announcements will continue all this week. Tomorrow, the prize for chemistry will be awarded. It was a good weekend to be a Blue J fan. Lou Jays get a remarkable performance from Trey Savage and offense everywhere as they beat the Yankees 13 to 7. That's a final call from Toronto's victory yesterday over New York. Toronto took both games over the weekend and are now just one win away from sweeping this three-game American League divisional series.

They can finish off the Yankees tomorrow night in New York. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.