The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 07:00 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 mike miles israel's military says the gaza ceasefire is now in effect troops are beginning to withdraw and once they reach the agreed position hamas has 72 hours to return hostages and the significant humanitarian aid operation is about to begin crystal commencing has more from jerusalem we will scale up the provision of food across gaza to reach 2.1 million people who need food aid. Tom Fletcher, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, says the goal for the first 60 days of the ceasefire

is to have hundreds of trucks moving into Gaza daily. Text of the deal, brokered by the U.S., Qatar, and Egypt was made public last night after the Israeli government ratified it. We were at a momentous development in the last two years. We fought doing these two years to achieve our warings. Tax to the peace plan says Israeli forces are to pull back to agreed lines and not return as long as Hamas adheres to the agreement. An Israeli spokesperson says the IDF will still control 53% of the Gaza Strip. A multinational force, including military personnel from Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, and the U.S. will oversee the plan.

Crystal Gamanssing, CBC News, Jerusalem. As one war appears to draw towards an end, another. continues. Explosions in Kiev as Russia carries out a major overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital. President Vladimir Zelensky says it was part of a large scale assault across the country. He says Russia used 450 drones in 30 missiles in attacks targeting the energy sector, leaving nearly 300,000 customers without power. While in the southeastern city of apparisia, there are reports a seven-year-old boy was killed. Rescuers in the Philippines are assessing damage after a strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake.

The screams of terrified office workers in Davao as the quake hit, killing at least two people and damaging several buildings. Medical worker J.P. Pinuccio tells what it was like. I was just lying in my bed and then I felt I felt the shake. then I know that it was an earthquake, so I immediately went outside my room. Then while I was running at the corridor outside the building, I can still feel the shake, the strong shake of the earthquake. President Verdon and Marcos Jr. says relief operations are ready to be deployed once it's safe. The country is still recovering from another quake two weeks ago

that left at least 74 people dead and displaced thousands. Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest travel times of the year. After recent technical digits at the Canada Border Services Agency brought airports and border crossings to a crawl, some travelers are taking no chances this weekend. Colin Butler reports. Took a day off work to be there earlier. Ricky Chang has a plan. Suitcase packed, running shoes ready. He left Thursday, Chicago bound. He's not chasing Turkey. He's chasing the finish line at the Chicago Marathon, and he's beating the rush, or so he hopes. Last week, 48 hours of computer glitches at the Canada Border Services Agency jammed terminals at airports and border

crossings that left travelers inching through lines and truckers parked for hours. This weekend, the CBSA says the systems are solid. We don't anticipate any outages this weekend. Superintendent Adam James says if we all do our part, there will be fewer snags. So Ricky Cheng's early jump might just pay off and when he drives back home on Monday, I don't know. I don't what you expect, to be honest. A smooth border crossing after a long race. Now, that's something to be thankful for. Colin Butler. CBC News, London, Ontario. New jobs numbers are coming later this morning from Statistics Canada. According to a Reuters survey of economists, employers likely added about 5,000 jobs in September, a modest rebound after roughly 66,000 were lost in August. That is

your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.