The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 14:00 EDT

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The debater's 20th anniversary season, comedy, worth arguing about. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. Prime Minister Mark Carney returned to Parliament Hill after yesterday's meeting with Donald Trump. Did you and Mr. Trump agree to revive the Keystone XL pipeline? We had very good discussions on a wide range of issues,

and I look forward to talking to Parliament. Carney left Washington without an immediate deal that would give Canada some tariff relief, but speaking at a cross-border summit in Toronto, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the trip was important anyway. We should be cheering the prime minister on. We want him to have a good personal relationship. We want him to be able to stay at one of the presidential residences when he goes down there.

We want them to have private dinners and conversations together. That is how deals get made with this particular president. Carney left his key minister on the trade file behind to keep pressing the Canadian case. In a post on X, Carney said yesterday's meetings with the U.S. Senate representatives were productive. Former FBI director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to Congress and obstructing justice. And he's accusing the U.S. president of orchestrating a show trial. Donald Trump fired Comey months into his first presidential term after the FBI began investigating claims of Russian election interference. Last month, Trump called for the Justice Department to go after his political foes, including Comey.

In an interview with Fox News, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted, this trial will be fair. He's being treated exactly like every other individual in his position. We are not worried about the political blowback, if any, of us doing our jobs. If convicted, Comey could face up to five years in prison, his lawyer's plan to file several motions to try to have this case dismissed. Authorities in California have arrested a 29-year-old man for starting one of the worst wildfires in the state's history.

They say Jonathan Rinderness started a fire. fire in the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 1st. That fired smoldered underground for days before sparking back to life. The blaze went on to consume thousands of buildings and kill 12 people. Evidence against Rinder Nesh includes an image of a burning city that he generated with chat GPT. Now to the Gaza peace talks in Egypt, where special U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are now at the table. Crystal Gumansing has more from Jerusalem. We're in very serious negotiations.

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the arrival of American delegates in Sharmal Shik yesterday and expressed optimism about a deal. I think there's a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East, even beyond the Gaza situation. In an effort to nudge talks along, the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is also joining a team of mediators. The Prime Minister of Qatar and the head of Turkey's intelligence agency, will also take part. Those nations have leverage as they could bar or expel Hamas. Egyptian officials have said talks are currently focused on initial steps in the plan,

ending the war, bringing aid into Gaza, returning the hostages, and releasing Palestinian prisoners. Global leaders are encouraging all parties to seize the opportunity for peace. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem. And Nobel Week continues with the prize for chemistry awarded today. Susome Kitagawa, Kyoto University in Japan, Richard Robson, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Omar Jagi, University of California at Berkeley, USA, for the development of metal-organic frameworks. The Nobel Committee honored three scientists for their work in developing a new form of molecular architecture that can store gas.

The discovery could be used to help tackle climate change by harvesting water from desert air or capturing carbon dioxide. The prize for literature will be handed out tomorrow and the Peace Prize will be awarded on Friday. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.