The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 13:00 EDT

All right. It is October. It is officially spooky season, which is great timing because there is a new Canadian thriller series out. It's called Wayward, and I think we should be talking about it. My name is Alameen Abdu Mahmoud and I love pop culture. And this week on my podcast, Commotion, I called up some of my favorite critics to get into the show about a school for troubled teens and then things start to go wrong. It is just wonderful. And it's bringing something new and interesting to the thriller genre. For that episode and a whole lot more, you can find and follow Commotion with Alameen Abduhne. on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Skandaris. Changes are coming to the way Ottawa does its budget planning. The federal budget will be presented in the fall instead of the spring. Ottawa says it's for better transparency. David Thurton reports.

We need to spend less so we can invest more. Canada's finance minister offered a preview of his November 4th federal budget. Francois Félez Champagne says, day-to-day spending will be separate from capital spending. You know, when Canadians go and pay their sell bill, they understand that's an expense. When you buy a house, it's an investment. So the government of Canada, when we're doing that, I think it's going to provide more clarity, more transparency. At committee, Conservative finance critic Jasrat Singh Halan didn't buy the approach.

So are you guys going to be cooking the books, trying to trick Canadians with these tricky accounting practices? I think, Madam Chair, it's irresponsible. for a member of parliament to use language like that. The finance minister added, the government will still report on whether it has balanced its overall budget. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. Alberta, students are staying home today.

The largest teacher strike in provincial history has begun with classes cancelled at some 2,000 elementary and high schools. A contract dispute between teachers and the province has dragged on for months with the union voting against a contract offer last week. The province is offering some assessment assistance to families, as the strike goes on, $30 per day for households with kids under 12.

Hamas representatives have arrived in Egypt for indirect peace talks with Israel. The delegations will work through Egyptian and Qatari mediators to discuss the U.S. proposed peace plan for Gaza. Hamas says it's willing to discuss the immediate release of all Israeli hostages, but it did not expressly agree to all conditions, including disarming. Gaza residents view the latest round of talks. with caution. We hope the ceasefire will be enacted, and life will return to normal.

Gaza is destroyed. Everything's been either killed or destroyed. There is no certainty in the United States stopping the gunfire. Maybe they will take the hostages and return to war. I'm not optimistic. The U.S. plan says Gaza would be governed by a transitional body before being handed over to the Palestinian Authority. Israel's Prime Minister insists the PA should play no future role.

in Gaza's governance. France is once again without a prime minister. Sebastian Le Corneux abruptly resigned hours after naming a new government. He blames increasingly polarized politics in a nation that's in crisis. Rebecca Rosman reports from Paris. Speaking outside the Elysee Palace, Sebastian Le Corneux says the job has become impossible amid political gridlock. A loyalist to President Emmanuel Macron, he criticized opposition parties were refusing to cooperate. Both left and right-wing lawmakers had already slammed his new cabinet, nearly identical to his predecessor, François-Berreuse.

The Courneuse resignation comes just 26 days after his appointment, making him France's fifth prime minister in less than two years. This farce has gone on long enough, says far-right party leader Marine Le Pen, calling on Macron to resign. The embattled president says he won't step down before the end of his term in 2017. His two options now are to dissolve Parliament or appoint yet another Prime Minister. Rebecca Rossman for CBC News, Paris. Rescuers are helping hundreds of hikers stranded near Mount Everest in Tibet.

Visitors flock to the remote valley of karma on Everest's east face, taking advantage of an eight-day national holiday in China. But a sudden October blizzard cut off their return route. Over the weekend, rescuers led some 350 hikers to a nearby town, 200 others remain on the mountain. The price of your double-double is going up by about three cents. Tim Horton says it has to increase the price of coffee to keep up with inflation. The company points out it is the first increase in about three years,

and they say the price of coffee beans more than doubled over the same period. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.