The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/09 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/09 at 15:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. Donald Trump says he believes Hamas will release all Israeli hostages by Monday or Tuesday. Overnight, Israel and Hamas reached an agreement to implement the first phase of the U.S. president's Gaza peace plan. Trump says he himself intends to travel to the Middle East very soon. Willie Lowry has the latest. hopefully an everlasting peace. Peace in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump confident the Israeli hostages will come home and the war in Gaza will end. The U.S. leader helped to broker the deal that will see 20 living hostages returned as well as the bodies of 28 more. And Israel will retreat to an agreed-upon line still holding 53% of the enclave but cease its military campaign.

Trump praised countries in the region for coming together as mediators. Egypt and Turkey for helping us reach this incredible day. Trump said upcoming phases of the peace plan still to be ironed out would see the reconstruction of Gaza and hopefully the money of many nations to back it. He plans to travel to the region very soon, to take part in an official signing and to welcome the hostages back to Israel. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington.

Hamas's Gaza chief says the group has, received guarantees from U.S. and Arab mediators that the war is over. We are also awaiting official confirmation from Israel. The country's security cabinet has just concluded a meeting that's expected to approve the ceasefire agreement. A measles outbreak in Ontario that started about a year ago has been declared officially over. Public Health Ontario says the last person connected to the outbreak was diagnosed with measles on August 21st and no one knew has contracted the virus since. almost 2,400 people were infected.

One newborn baby died after catching the virus from its mother. The report does caution that measles is still circulating elsewhere in Canada. Quebec's ruling parties taking another step to define Quebec as a distinct nation. Premier Francois Legault has tabled a bill to create a constitution for the province. Sarah Levitt reports. A project of law for that the Quebec's done, then, finally, its own constitution. Quebec Premier Francois Lego

receiving a standing ovation from his party inside the National Assembly, announcing the tabling of a bill that would create an official constitution for the province. It's meant to protect Quebec's identity, rights and culture. All parties agree a constitution is needed, but those in the opposition say

the leading party is trying to force their version through too quickly. Pablo Rodriguez is the leader of the Quebec Liberals. We should have in our hands a document that went through through consultations that included different segments of society, including First Nations, discussions with different parties. The Parti Quebecois says this constitution is meaningless as long as Quebec is a part of Canada. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. 14 rural properties near Camloops BC remain under an evacuation alert, ready to leave at a moment's notice, as a dam on a nearby lake threatens to fail.

mail. Investigators went in and discovered that some culverts on the dam are blocked, causing water levels on the lake to rise. Colton Davies, with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, says they are working on a solution. The most likely scenario in some form is to lower the lake level in some capacity in a safe wave at a controlled rate in that wave. The province says this dam was not authorized and is made out of gravel. And a Hungarian novelist has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. Laszlo Krasna Horcai, for his compelling and visionary over, that in the midst of apocalyptic terror reaffirms the power of art. That's the Nobel Committee honoring Laslo Krasna Horkaya. The 71-year-old writer is known for

his postmodern style and for exploring dystopian themes. The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded tomorrow. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.