The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/09 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/09 at 13:00 EDT

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try to figure out if it's a chip flavor or a drag queen. We're serving it all up wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. All Americans should be proud of the role that our country has played in bringing this terrible conflict to an end. Donald Trump says he hopes his peace plan in Gaza leads to a lasting peace in the region.

The U.S. president plans to attend an official signing ceremony in Egypt sealing the first phase of his proposal. Negotiators from Israel and Hamas worked overnight to agree on a ceasefire and the return of all hostages. Trump says his plan also paves the way to reconstruction in Gaza. Gaza is going to be slowly redone. You have tremendous wealth in that part of the world by certain countries. And I think you're going to see some tremendous countries stepping up and putting up a lot of money and taking care of things. A future phase of the plan still to be negotiated outlines that a transitional government will take over Gaza, made up of Palestinian technocrats and international experts. Israeli ministers, meanwhile, have just begun a

crucial cabinet meeting aimed at ratifying this peace deal reached with Hamas. Within 24 hours after the cabinet meeting takes place, a ceasefire will then begin in Gaza. Government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian says Hamas will then be given 72 hours to release Israeli hostages. The United Nations is welcoming news of the ceasefire and says its teams are ready to deliver life-saving aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is pleading with Israel to provide unrestricted access for aid workers. Supplies are in place and our teams are on standby. We can scale up food, water, medical and shelter assistance at once. But to turn this ceasefire into real progress, we need more than the silence of the guns. A UN report in office,

August found half a million Palestinians are suffering from famine. Quebec's governing party has tabled a bill to create a constitution for the province. Premier Francois Legault told members of the Quebec National Assembly the document will enshrine the existence of a Quebec nation. He says the Constitution will protect Quebec's values, including secularism, and will strengthen the use of the French language. But Quebec liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez says it's a lost opportunity to create a non-partisan document. I think it's an historic mistake to do this. We have one shot at doing it well. We're in favor of a Quebec constitution. Let's do it together. The bill comes as Lagos's CAQ party is lagging in the polls

ahead of an election in a year's time. St. John's Newfoundland is asking people to use less water because of low supply. The city's asking people to take shorter showers, turn off the tap while brushing their teeth, run dishwashers and washing machines only when they're full and to fix any leaks around the house. St. Johns is one of several Newfoundland communities that have experienced water shortages due to a very dry summer. And four Edmonton police officers will not face criminal charges in connection with an incident where a man under arrest died as a result of being restrained. Madeline Smith has those details. Alberta's police watchdog concludes the officer's actions were reasonable on September 20, 20, 23, when they pinned Mazin El Zayim to the ground and hogtied him with handcuffs and a hobble strap.

Police were responding to reports of a man screaming and swinging an ice scraper at passing cars. Officers told El Zayim to drop what he was holding and lie face down on the ground. He complied, but the ASR report says officers forcibly restrained him after he started resisting and kicking. The 46-year-old asked for help during the arrest, saying, I can't breathe. Police realized he was unresponsive and started CPR, but he died in hospital several days later. An autopsy found El Zayim died from a lack of oxygen to his brain due to being restrained and that his behavior was erratic because of cocaine in his system. In a statement, El Zayem's family says they disagree with Acer's conclusions.

Madeline Smith, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is your world this hour. Get the latest headlines anytime on our website. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery.