The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/12 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/12 at 18:00 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 kate mcgilfrey the long-awaited exchange of israeli hostages and palestinian detainees is expected to take place in just a few hours the return of the bodies of 28 hostages who died in captivity will take longer meanwhile u.s president donald trump is right now on his way to israel where he'll meet with some of those hostages and address the kinesit brier stewart has more

After being held hostage in Gaza for more than two years, 20 Israeli hostages will be turned to their families in the coming hours. And Israel will release 2,000 Palestinians who've been imprisoned. As part of the ceasefire agreement, 600 aid trucks are supposed to enter Gaza every day, but far fewer shipments are currently coming in. And in Han Yunus, some of the trucks that entered Gaza today were swarmed by desperate crowds.

They have to find a solution for us, said Salome Barbeck. The trucks have to be secured. There have been reports of clashes between Hamas and a clan in Gaza City, which left several people dead. Part of the peace framework calls for an international stabilization force to immediately deploy to Gaza. But that's not in place yet. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the world leaders gathering in Egypt for that summit chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abel Fate-El Sisi. They are set to discuss ending the war in Gaza. Neither Israel nor Hamas will be there, though Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will be. There were clashes overnight

on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Kabul says 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed in this confrontation. while Islamabad has confirmed 23 casualties. Afghanistan's foreign minister says mediation efforts by Qatar and Saudi Arabia succeeded in bringing the situation, quote, under control. It came down to the wire, but France's reappointed Prime Minister has named a new government. Sebastian Le Corneu's cabinet will include some members from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp,

several allied conservatives, as well as people from outside of politics. But it is unclear how long as people. long this will last. The government is under enormous pressure to get a budget passed and quell growing political turmoil in France. Opposition parties are calling for new elections. Vancouver police are urgently looking for a suspect accused of randomly attacking at least seven people in downtown Vancouver. Carolyn Bargut has the latest. In the surveillance video released by Vancouver Police, you see a woman who looks to be in her 20s or 30s walking down the street. approaches a stranger. The woman extends her left arm and makes contact with them. It's not clear from

the video if the victim was stabbed or punched. Either way, officers say the woman is a risk to the public and they want to track her down. Here's Sergeant Steve Addison. This happened at a busy location, close to downtown Vancouver, people who did absolutely nothing wrong who were attacked by a complete stranger. That's concerning to us as police officers, but it's also a great concern to the wider community. It is the priority, the biggest priority for our police agency right now. Especially when police arrived on scene, they found three people who had been stabbed. They later learned four others had been injured in additional random attacks committed by the same woman. Caroline Bargoot, CBC News, Vancouver.

And for the first time since 2016, the American League Championship Series will be played in Toronto. Canada's baseball team is getting set to host the Seattle Mariners tonight in game one of this Best of Seven series. Jay's manager, John Schneider, was asked about his advice to his players. heading into tonight's game. Do what you're good at, be you. This game and this spot comes with a lot of scrutiny and pressure and all that kind of stuff. But I think as long as you're being who you are, whether it's myself, staff, or the players, you're going to be just fine.

The winner of this series will head to the World Series. Tonight's game gets underway shortly after 8 o'clock Eastern. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.