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

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 08:00 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. Singing in prayers in Tel Aviv's hostage square this morning as a cease firing, the Gaza War is now in effect. U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff says Israeli soldiers have pulled back to the first demarcation line, beginning a 72-hour window for Hamas to free its hostages, followed by the Israeli release of Palestinian-Permin. prisoners. The rapid developments follow Thursday's agreement on the first phase of Donald Trump's

peace plan. The CBC's Willie Lowry has more from Washington. The U.S. is sending 200 troops to Israel to support and monitor the ceasefire. U.S. troops are not expected to enter Gaza. They'll be working alongside soldiers from Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The U.S. played an instrumental role in brokering this deal and is expected to continue to play a leading role. as they push for this deal to move forward. In order for the hostages to be released and A to flow back into the Gaza Strip, the ceasefire must hold.

President Trump has been adamant that he wants to travel to the region and the White House has confirmed that he intends to do so, but the timeline is still unclear. He has said he hopes to travel to Egypt where an official signing ceremony is expected to take place,

and according to Israeli media reports, he's expected to arrive in Israel on Monday, morning. He will address the Knesset, Israel's parliament, and then likely head home. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. The Nobel Committee says this year's Peace Prize is about keeping the flame of democracy burning. The winner, Venezuelan activist Maria Corina Machado. Anna Cunningham has more on her work. Oh my God. I have no words. Maria Corina Machado is a Venezuelan opposition leader who some describe as a fearless activist with rock star appeal.

Thank you so much, but I hope you understand this is a movement. She was banned from running against Nicola Maduro in last year's presidential elections. So instead, she rallied large crowds in Caracas for the little-known opposition candidate who replaced her. Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jürgen Watner Friednaz, lauded her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. One of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage. After Maduro was re-elected, Machado was detained and later released by authorities. She now lives in hiding in Venezuela.

Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The Postal Workers Union says it's moving from a nationwide walkout to rotating strikes beginning tomorrow 6 a.m. local time. A Canadian Union of Postal Workers' National President Jan Simpson says that will get mail and parcels in the hands of Canadians. Canada Post now has 45 days to respond with a plan to implement government directives, including ending door-to-door delivery and closing some rural post offices. A former undercover police informant in the Maritimes is suing the RCMP and the federal government,

saying he suffered abuse during the work more than 40 years ago. Blair Rhodes reports. Paul Derry says there's one question driving his lawsuit. What were you thinking to use somebody like that? Derry says when he was just 17, police sent him to infiltrate a child sex ring operating out of a motel in Moncton, New Brunswick. He says he ended up being abused himself. He had a lengthy career as an undercover operative,

gathering information that led to dozens of convictions across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, including that of Hell's Angels hitmen. Derry was placed in witness protection for several years, so he was surprised when government lawyers suggested the lawsuit should be transferred from federal court, where it was filed, to New Brunswick Provincial Court in Moncton. In 2019, it was deemed a threat area to me by the RCMP, and now they're asking me to go back there.

Derry and his lawyer are fighting the transfer request, but he says even if the case ends up being heard in Moncton, he's going to see it through. The RCMP is refusing to comment while the matter is before the courts. Blair Roads, CBC News, Halifax. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.

Thank you.