The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 05:00 EDT

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a senior official from the palestinian militant group hamaa says that negotiators from his group and israel have exchanged lists of Palestinian prisoners and israeli hostages who would be released if a deal is reached The talks are underway in Egypt right now. U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, are supposed to join the discussions today. Tensions are growing between Alberta and British Columbia over the possibility of an oil pipeline to B.C.'s North Coast. Alberta Premier Daniel Smith is accusing BC Premier David Eby of being un-Canadian. Katie DeRosa reports.

It's a spat that escalated. quickly. Last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith outlined her plan to get federal support for a proposed bitumen pipeline to British Columbia's North Coast. Major nation building project. BC Premier David Eby tried to be a good neighbor, tempering his opposition to the proposed pipeline. But now the gloves are off. It's not the Daniel Smith show. It's the Canadian team. Daniel Smith says, Premier these comments are un-Canadian and they're unconstitutional. Smith insists that private sector backers will build the pipeline if Ottawa removes roadblocks, such as the

ban on tanker traffic off BC's North Coast. Following a meeting with the Prime Minister Monday, Danielle Smith insists that Mark Carney pledged to reach an agreement on the proposed pipeline by mid-November. David E.B., meanwhile, is calling on the PM to focus on shovel-ready projects, not what he calls a fictional pipeline. Katie DeRosa, CBC News, Victoria. An old-fashioned game of cat and mouse has quietly unfolded for almost a year. are in parts of the North Atlantic, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea. It involves NATO allies and a Russian surveillance ship that maps undersea infrastructure. How to counter threats to subsurface cables and pipelines is a big discussion within NATO.

Murray Brewster explains. CRV. Canadian Navy divers training to dispose of underwater mines and threats. Threats that are becoming more abundant around undersea pipelines and cables, particularly in the Baltic Sea, is it sabotage or accidents? Allies aren't sure, but are concerned about a Russian intelligence ship found loitering near those cables in the Baltic and off the UK. NATO has established a mission known as Baltic Sentry to monitor threats,

but instead of divers, it's drones. Germany's armaments minister, Jens Plotner, who has met with Canadian defense and naval officials to talk about possible cooperation on drones. Plotner says securing such a vast underwater network, is going to have to be a responsibility shared with private pipeline and cable owners. It's certainly also the responsibility of the companies. Can they do it alone? No, but they should significantly contribute.

Marie Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays last night, 9-6, in game three of the American League Division Series. That means the best of five series continues. The CBC's Thomas Dagler reports from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Well, early on it looked like. The Jays were well on their way to crushing the Yankees once again, as they did twice in Toronto. This time in enemy territory here in the Bronx.

Red Hot Vladimir Guerrero Jr. opened scoring in the first inning with a two-run home run. His third home run in three postseason games. The Yankees responded with their own superstar, Aaron Judge, hitting a two-run home run, tying things up, six runs apiece. Jazz Chisholm Jr., then hitting another home run, a solo shot for the Yankees. 9 to 6, the final, the first victory for the Yankees in this American League division series. Both teams will be back for game four. The Jays will once again try to put this series to an end and move on to the American League championship series.

The Yankees will hope to tie things up and end the series in five in Toronto on Friday. Again, game four goes Wednesday night. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, New York. And that is your world this hour for CBC News. News. I'm Neil Hurlant.