The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 13:00 EDT

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That's vote.org.com. Thanks for listening. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. Former FBI director James Comey accuses Donald Trump of unfairly targeting him in court. Comey has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that stem from his congressional testimony in 2020. His indictment last month sparked fierce political debate. Willie Lowry has the latest. James Comey will get his day in court. The trial for the former FBI director will kick off

on January 5th. On Wednesday, Comey pleaded not guilty to one charge of providing a false statement and one charge of obstruction of a congressional proceeding. Comey was indicted shortly after President Donald Trump implored Attorney General Pam Bondi on social media to take action against his perceived political enemies. Trump has long been frustrated by Comey, who led the initial investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General, told Fox News, the Justice Department, is merely following the law. We completely got rid of the weaponization that took place over the past four years in this Department of Justice, and now we are applying the law equally to everybody.

If convicted, Comey faces up to five years in prison. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Authorities in California have made an arrest in connection with one of the worst wildfires in the state's history. The fire destroyed much of the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades neighborhood and killed 12 people in January. Officials say 29-year-old Jonathan Rinder Nesh intentionally lit the fire just after midnight on January 1st. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Assaley says Rinder Nesh had just completed his shift driving for Uber before lighting the flames. He dropped someone off. He was in this neighborhood, and he was, this is New Year's Eve, so it was around midnight, and he went up to this hilltop. And at some point up there, around 12, 12 a.m., he ignited a fire. Saley says firefighters suppress that fire, but it smoldered in the dense vegetation for days. It then erupted a week later, consuming thousands of buildings.

Sexual assault charges against Peter Nygaard have been stayed by a Manitoba judge today. The charges relate to allegations stemming from an incident in Winnipeg in the 1990s. Naguart's lawyer argued he was denied the right to a fair trial. That's because of the officers who interviewed the woman at the center of this case failed to retain records. This morning, a judge agreed the former fashion mogul is already serving prison time after being found guilty on four counts of sexual assault in Ontario. Mark Carney set to return to the House of Commons today on the heels of his visit with US President Donald Trump. While the prime minister left without a trade deal, sources say the meeting

included discussion of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline. Karina Roman has more from Ottawa. I don't buy the garbage that we have to come back with any deal. Liberal MP Mark Miller says Canadians just need to be patient, that any day where the prime minister sits down with the U.S. president is a good day. Canada, U.S. trade minister, Dominic LeBlanc, remains in Washington to continue negotiations. part of which might include the resurrection of the Keystone Exile Pipeline. Sources tell CBC that Prime Minister Mark Carney raised that prospect with Donald Trump yesterday, a proposal that might ease domestic political tensions between Alberta and BC,

and that could be a negotiating card in trade and tariff talks. Alberta Liberal MP Corey Hogan. It could potentially be part of that overall conversation. But Hogan says a pipeline that diversifies where Canada sells its oil too might be better. a conservative MP, Greg McLean, doesn't have a preference. Any pipelines are good pipe? And so many questions for Carney as he returns to Parliament Hill. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa.

And a trio of scientists from Japan, Australia, and the U.S. are celebrating their new Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They developed a new form of molecular architecture that can store gas. The discovery could be used to tackle climate change by harvesting water from desert air or by capturing carbon monoxide. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery.