The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/13 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/13 at 08:00 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 claude fagg u.s president donald trump has addressed

israel's parliament welcome to jerusalem welcome to the knesset we've been longing for this day we are trump was welcomed by politicians including israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu a u.s brokered ceasefire in gaza appears to be rolling out his plan and the u.s president says he believes it will hold part of trump's 20-point plan includes the release of all Israeli hostages, as well as the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Trump telling the Knesset that the end of this war is a fresh start for Israel and the region. It's the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for Israel and all the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent region. I believe that so strongly. This is the historic dawn

of a new Middle East. Trump's speech was briefly interrupted by a pair of Knesset parliamentary members who tried to shout him down before they were quickly escorted out. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Egypt for what's being called a peace summit on the truce between Israel and Hamas. Leaders from more than 20 countries, including Trump, will be there. But Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced he won't be attending due to an upcoming Jewish holiday.

The summit will discuss the reconstruction. of Gaza and efforts to normalize Israel's ties with Arab countries. The ceasefire also means the people of Gaza can rebuild their lives. Usra Abu Shariq is the International Network for Aid Relief and Assistance. We reached her in central Gaza. People have mixed feelings from happiness. They have this level of being happy for this war to end, but also they are uncertain about their future and about their plans, especially after some of them, return to Gaza City after

withdrawal, and they found that nothing is remaining in Gaza City and the infrastructure is damaged. That's Usra Abu Shirek in central Gaza. Now, Trump says peace in the Middle East isn't his only objective. He still wants Russia's invasion of Ukraine to end. And to make that happen, Trump says he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles. As Julia Chapman reports, the Kremlin is warning that could escalate the war. The Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, very offensive weapon. Ukraine's leaders have been asking the U.S. for more powerful long-range weapons. Tomahawks would give them the ability to strike Moscow.

Donald Trump says he might use the threat of the cruise missiles as leverage over Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Paskov says sending Tomahawks to Ukraine would be an escalation. but he insists they would not change the dynamic on the front lines. Ukrainian cities are regularly targeted by Russian strikes. Keev says in the past week alone, Moscow launched more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and 1,360 glide bombs. It wants to use Tomahawk missiles as a deterrent. Volodymyr Zelensky has promised only to use them on military sites.

He says pressure on Russia, can lead to peace. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. A Canadian is among this year's winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. Change, not stagnation, has become the new normal. What conflicts arise in a society when new products and production methods replace the old ones?

How should policy be devised so that societies do not fall back into stagnation? Answers to these questions are what this year's price. about. Peter Howitt May works in the States, but he was born in Canada and studied at Western and McGill. He and his fellow researchers are credited with explaining how economics grow through cycles of innovation, including the key principle of creative destruction. Novel Prize in Economics is the final one to be awarded this season. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag.

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