The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 13:00 EDT

Okay, I know, I know it's not time for the holidays, but can we talk about Mariah Carey for a second? She just dropped her first full album in seven years. We're going to talk about that on Commotion, but also we're going to celebrate 20 years as her iconic record, The Emancipation of Mimi. For this episode and a whole lot more, you can find and follow Commotion with me, Alameen Abdul Mahmood, on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Canadian employers added 60,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate held steady at 7.1%. As Peter Armstrong tells us, both numbers are better than expected. It's been a rough year for Canadian businesses. The trade war crashed into the economy in April. GDP contracted sharply, and tens of thousands of jobs were lost. But since

then, things have stabilized. The headline in the jobs report was good, but the details were better. 106,000 full-time jobs were added and 40,000 part-time jobs were lost. Even manufacturing, the hardest-hit sector, actually added jobs. Bimo's chief economist Douglas Porter, says there are encouraging signs that the economy has absorbed the uncertainty caused by the start of the trade war. This might be an early indication that things are turning the corner. It's certainly eye-popping that the manufacturing sector reportedly added more than 20,000 jobs in the month. But he says it's way too early to say that Canada has put the worst of the trade war behind us, pointing out the economy lost 60,000 jobs in August alone.

Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. Striking Canadian postal workers are changing their tactics and moving to rotating strikes instead. Mark Lubinsky, with the Canadian Union of postal workers, says they're making the change to end the inconvenience for Canadians. Postal workers, what we do best is deliver the mail, we sort the mail, and that's why we're returning back to work. Small businesses, the public needs postal services, but we also will continue on our fight to keep door-to-door delivery.

KAPW estimated that people will start receiving mail again on Tuesday or Wednesday as contract negotiations continue. The clock is ticking for Hamas to release Israeli hostages held in Gaza. They have until Monday to do so, and a ceasefire is now in effect. God willing, this will be the last war we see, says this Palestinian resident. He and others, displaced by two years of fighting, are returning to see what's left of their homes. Aid groups are urging Israel to open as many entry points as possible. Ricardo Piraes, with the UN Children's Agency, called the situation critical.

We risk seeing a massive spike in child deaths, not only neonatal, but also infants, given their immune systems are more compromised than ever before. nor have they had access to proper food. To add to this cold winter, without adequate shelter and clothing, will be lethal. The UN says a quarter of Gaza's population suffers from famine. An explosion in Tennessee has killed several people today, and a number of people remain unaccounted for. The blast took place at a facility that makes explosive devices for the U.S. military.

Response crews are trying to contain the fire, but are unable to access the main area due to concerns about secondary, explosions. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says his priority is notifying the families of victims. We've got a lot of moving parts. We've got a very big investigation. This is not going to be something that we're going to be like a car wreck or something like that, that we're just going to clean up the debris and leave. We're going to probably be here for a couple of few days. The cause of the blast is still unknown. Maria Corina Machado is this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Venezuelan opposition leader received the honor.

for promoting democratic rights in her country. Machado gained political momentum in the 2024 elections, but was disqualified from running by the Maduro government. She's been in hiding for months because of threats to her life. Christian Harviken, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, called Machado to deliver the news. You will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, 25. Oh, my God.

This is a movement. This is a treatment of a whole society. I am just, you know, one person. I certainly do not deserve this. I think both the movement and you deserve it. In a statement, Machado Z Venezuela is close to being free from tyranny and oppression. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery.