The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/12 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/12 at 04:00 EDT

The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in Canada, and Google is helping Canadians innovate in ways both big and small, from mapping accessible spaces so the disabled community can explore with confidence, to unlocking billions in domestic tourism revenue. Thousands of Canadian companies are innovating with Google AI. Innovation is Canada's story. Let's tell it together. Find out more at g.co slash Canadian Innovation. from cbc news the world this hour i'm neil kumar since the ceasefire took effect on friday more than half a million

Palestinians have reportedly been able to safely return to gaza city and now egypt will host a summon on monday with more than 20 leaders including u.s president donald trump to finalize an agreement on security governance and reconstruction briar stuart tells us more from tel aviv we know there is a very desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is why part of this deal includes a surge of aid. 600 trucks of aid are supposed to go into Gaza every day, but that hasn't started yet. Speaking with aid agencies today, they believe that that will begin on Sunday, and it will be the UN that will be coordinating it. Now, the hostages are supposed to be released by noon on Monday, and it's around that time as well that U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit

Israel, he will be addressing Israel's parliament, and then he will be going to Egypt, where he will meet with other world leaders to talk about the next steps, because of course the ceasefire is really just phase one, and a lot really depends on these final details being put in place. Friar Stewart, CBC News is Tel Aviv. Canadians traveling to Europe can expect things to look a little different starting today. The European Union is rolling out a new entry and exit system that features some major changes. has the details from Vienna. Page Chevri Sully's lifelong love of travel includes multiple trips to Europe.

Every time, an entry and exit stamp in her Canadian passport. It's nice to have those memories to look back on. But starting on October 12th, that is all going to change. The EU switches to a new electronic entry and exit system. Instead of stamps, biometric information, including a photograph and fingerprints, will be taken and held for three years. The EU says the move will speed up border crossings, increase security and help prevent irregular migration.

The program will see a gradual rollout across the EU through April 2026. For Page, making customs easier is worth losing the stamps. It's disappointing, but if I can get through customs faster, I'm giving one thing up for another. Officials at the EU say the new system will also allow Canadian's biometric passports to use the self-service systems available at some airports. After their initial information has been taken, Stephen Hoff for CBC News, Vienna. Hockey Quebec is starting a new awareness campaign to correct parents' behavior in the stands during games. It's a three-video release called Do You Recognize Yourself

with each video exploring different scenarios of the problem? Todd Church, whose son plays minor hockey in Montreal, says sometimes parents lose sight of that aspect. I think it's the personal attacks. I think you see some parents, again, I don't want to generalize with all, but some parents lose focus and they personally attack. I'd eight-year-old, a nine-year-old.

Hockey Quebec also hopes the initiatives can connect with a larger audience, one that goes beyond the hockey community. Some historic sites in eastern Canada are reporting a concerning trend. Lately, someone's been trying to dig up artifacts under the cover of night. It's damaging the archaeological history, and the culprit is risking big fines. Shana Luck has the story. Archaeological sites in Canada are protected by law,

but in the last few weeks, someone's been raiding two historic sites on either side of the new Brunswick, Nova Scotia border. Tim LeBlanc Murphy of Parks Canada says staff have found at least 150 holes. We have been able to determine that the activities happening in the sort of in the dead at night. Meanwhile, a historic site from the 1600s in Ferryland Newfoundland suffered a brazen dig right through its cobblestone yard this summer. Site archaeologist Barry Galton says nothing like it has happened in 30 years. Now people are actually for the first time ever coming in and actually destroying those features to find a little, I don't know, buckle or part of a coin or who knows what.

Archaeologists say removing artifacts messes with a place of shared history. Parks Canada says they haven't seen this issue spread to other historic sites across the country, but anyone who's caught doing it risks big fines up to $25,000. Shane Aluck, CBC News, Halifax. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Coney. Kumar.