The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/08 at 15:00 EDT

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It's like he's trying to date you all of the sudden. Yeah, and I do look like my mother. Love Me. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. There's a new list out of Canada's 25 most wanted criminals, and police are using a new tactic to get people's attention.

This is the latest initiative of what they call the Bolo program, which stands for Be on the Lookout. Jamie Strassion reports. Look at their faces. Be on the lookout for them. Behind Maxime Languall, Executive Director of the Blue Bolo program, 25 police officers, their face covered with images of Canada's 25 most wanted suspects. To make this as real as possible, the physical traits of each model behind me matches the fugitive that he or she is portraying. The Bolo program is offering hundreds of thousands

of dollars for information that leads to the capture of 25 men and women alleged to have committed serious crimes across the country. Dwayne McDonald is a deputy commissioner of the BC RCMP. You won't be asked about the crime that they're wanted for. you won't be asked for a statement or to testify in court. We don't care if you know them. We don't care if you simply pass them on the street. Number one on the list, Brian Fuentes Grameo, wanted for a murder that took place in the parking lot

of a busy Toronto shopping mall last July. Since its inception, Bolo has assisted in dozens of arrests. Jamie Strasch and CBC News, Toronto. Sexual assault charges against Peter Nygaard have been stayed by a Manitoba judge. The charges relate to allegation, allegation stemming from an incident in Winnipeg in the 1990s. Naguard's lawyer argued he was denied the right to a fair trial.

That's because officers who interviewed the woman in the case failed to retain records. This morning, a judge agreed the former fashion mogul is already serving prison time after being found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in Ontario. Former FBI director James Comey accuses Donald Trump of unfairly targeting him in court. Comey has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that stemmed from his congressional testimony in 2020. And his indictment last month has sparked fierce political debates. Willie Lowry reports. 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 Blatch, 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 state. 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.

Isali says firefighters suppressed that fire, but it smoldered in the dense vegetation for days. It then re-errupted a week later, consuming thousands of buildings. And France's outgoing prime minister says his successor will likely be named in the coming days. Sebastian Le Corneux submitted his resignation on Monday, but President Emmanuel Macron asked him to stay on for now. The nation was plunged into a political free fall as parties squabble over-proposed budget cuts. A growing number of politicians are demanding Macron resign or call a snap election. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery.