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

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

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

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The debater's 20th anniversary season, comedy, worth arguing about. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Singing in prayers in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square this morning as a ceasefire in Gaza is now in effect. US envoy Steve Whitkoff's 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 prisoners. The rapid developments follow Thursday's agreement on the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, Willie Lowry, as 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 aid 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 is 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. Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is taking steps to make life more affordable for Canadians. He says this morning, next month's budget will include new measures, including automatic federal benefits for low-income Canadians. Millions of lower-income Canadians don't file their taxes, either because they don't have the resources to do so or because they think that their income is too low for it to matter. And that means too often that the people who most need benefits often don't get them.

The Canada Revenue Agency will introduce an automated and free process, so those eligible Canadians will just need to confirm details on a pre-filled tax return to receive all the benefits they're entitled to. Carney says the Liberals are also making the National School Food Program permanent. Canada gained 60,000 jobs in September. Statistics Canada says full-time positions fueled that growth. However, the jobless rate is 7.1%, same as it was in August when the economy lost 66,000 jobs. Overall, stats cans has employments up by 22,000 for the year, as U.S. tariffs pressure key Canadian sectors.

People in Peru are celebrating a major shake-up in their government. Their deeply unpopular president, Dina Buluarte, has been removed from office. Her terms has been marked by protest and accusations she's done little to stop crime in Peru. Last night, Congress gave her until midnight to appear in defender government, but Buluarte never showed up. Lawmakers voted to impeach her. And that he is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.