The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 02:00 EDT

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Go to Building Better Schools.ca. A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world this hour i'm neil kumar the caution some are expressing about the ceasefire agreement is in direct contrast to the confidence coming from the white house donald trump says he ended the war and created peace in the middle east taking credit but also thanking arab nations for cooperating katie simpson has more we ended the war in gaza and really on a much bigger basis created peace There is no sense of caution countering Trump's optimism. He appears confident in his plan and that it will be respected.

Momentum around peace talks started building in early September after Trump became angry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over strikes targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, which is an American ally. The U.S. was given no heads up and a frustrated Trump ratcheted up pressure on Israel to accept a deal, according to John Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor. So that may have been enough of a shock to Israel that it dislodge things. Trump is now planning a trip to the Middle East, invited to speak to the Israeli parliament

with hopes of witnessing a peace deal signing in Egypt. He's intent on taking credit for this moment and is openly asking to be given the Nobel Peace Prize. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. In Vancouver, there's widespread hope the peace promised will materialize quickly. ABC's Tanya Fletcher has reaction. You know what? I am so happy that the killing is stopped. Sobi El Zobaii owns Tamam, a Palestinian restaurant in East Vancouver. I am happy to see Gazans dancing, not dancing to Trump.

They're dancing because the airplanes stop throwing rockets at them. They're dancing because they can find the missed ones. They're dancing because they can find water to drink. But he fears that joy may be short-lived once the aftermath of war is fully realized. It's a moment where we are expecting like a... another hell to open to see just what they have done to the people in Gaza. So we are

preparing ourselves for so much more pain now. I guess cautious optimism. May Tal Kowalski grew up in Israel. She now represents J-Space Canada, a group that defines itself as a pro-Israel, pro-peace Jewish Zionist charity. I'm feeling just elated. I'm just

so happy to think that like the hostages are going to come home and this war is going to be over. I couldn't imagine it happening and now we're here. Tanya Fletcher, CBC News, Vancouver. The union representing striking postal workers has announced that it will move from a nationwide walkout to rotating strikes, which will begin on Saturday. Canadian Union Postal Workers' National President Jan Simpson has issued a statement that says it will start at 6 a.m. local time, saying the move to rotating strikes will get mail and parcels in the hands of Canadians. Canada Post now has 45 days to respond with the plan to implement the government's measures from the announcement back on September 20.

They play a key role in life-saving surgeries, and Canada doesn't have enough of them. Profusionists are highly specialized medical professionals needed for heart operations, but a shortage is getting so bad that in Quebec, health care workers have filed an official complaint. Allison Northcott reports. My mom was an absolute joy to be around. This Thanksgiving marks one year since Daniel Fuster's mother, Debbie, died, while waiting for triple bypass surgery in Manitoba. It's the kind of death on a surgical wait list

cardiologists and heart surgeons in Quebec are warning about. Dr. Bernal-Cantin is president of the Association of Cardiologists of Quebec. 80 people have died in the last year, year and a half waiting for their surgery. That's largely due to a shortage of staff like perfusionists. Profusionists play a crucial role during heart surgery, running the machine that does the life-sustaining work

of the heart and lungs. But the associations of cardiologists and heart surgeons plan to file an ombudsman complaint because they say the province hasn't done enough. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. Drake's lawsuit against the Universal Music Group has been tossed up by a federal judge who decided that the lyrics of a Kendrick Lamar disc track are opinion, not liable. The music company denied that, and the judge agreed. Drake sued his own record label for promoting the song, Not Like Us.

And that is your world this hour for CBC News. I'm Neil Kumar.