The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/13 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/13 at 15:00 EDT

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It's like he's trying to date you all of the sudden. Yeah, and I do look like my mother. Love Me, available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. We begin in Egypt. Can we get the documents, please? Your son is right here. The U.S. President and regional heads of state putting ink to the Gaza peace deal. Donald Trump has assembled more than 20 world leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney,

for a summit on the future of Gaza. He is urging them to seize the momentum of this deal to secure long-term peace in the region. It's the place that could lead to tremendous problems like World War III. They always talked about World War III would start in the Middle East, and that's not going to happen. Regional leaders expect talks on the sidelines of today's summit could be critical to shaping a final agreement to ending the war. In Israel, it's a day of jubilation as 20 surviving hostages return home after spending two years in captivity. Breyer Stewart has more from Jerusalem. There were moments of joy.

Israelis watched as the 20 hostages came out. They looked thin and got and had emotional reunions with their families. Late Monday, four bodies were transferred back to Israel. There are still 24 in Gaza, and officials say it may take some time to locate them in the vast ruins. As part of the deal, around 1700 Palestinian detainees were released back to Gaza. Thousands crowded around buses

while armed men walked through the crowd. U.S. President Donald Trump addressed Israel's parliament speaking for more than an hour. The only break was when he was briefly interrupted by an Israeli lawmaker who stood up with a sign that read, recognized Palestine. The future of Gaza was barely mentioned

in Trump's speech in the Knesset. Instead, he talked about the historic dawn of the New Middle East, and praised Israel's president. And I said, Bibi, you're going to be remembered for this far more than if you kept this thing going, going, kill, kill, kill. It would be not, it would not be the same. Officials in Gaza say 67,000 have been killed in the past two years. The challenge now was to try and find a way to make this ceasefire a more durable peace.

Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Jerusalem. Part of the deal is allowing a surge of food and aid supplies into Gaza. Agencies are preparing for that influx. Tess Ingram is a spokesperson for UNICEF and is in Gaza City. We really need to see aid scale up to hundreds of trucks coming into the Gaza Strip every day. Like we saw during the last ceasefire in February, when we got five, six hundred trucks in every single day. That's what we want. We're not there yet.

We need all of the crossings into the Gaza Strip to open. those crossings to operate efficiently so that the trucks move through quickly. According to the UN, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza face famine. The Mexican government is facing a public increasingly frustrated with its response to last week's heavy rains. widespread flooding caused 64 deaths and dozens more people remain missing. Jorge Berrera reports. In this video posted to social media citizens in the Gulf state of Veracruz, confront Mexican President Claudia Shainbaum Sunday

as she surveyed devastation caused by heavy rains over several days last week. You have a message for the families of the missing, says one man in the crowd. Massive flooding washed out roads and homes, knocked out power and stranded communities, leaving dozens dead and missing across five Gulf in central Mexican states.

In the state of Hidalgo, frustrated residents pleading for health, help, clash with police. In a morning press conference, Shane Baum said the government was mobilizing all its resources and that she's heard the pleas for help. I explained to them that help was coming, she said. Shane Bomb also said she planned to continue visiting impacted regions.

Jorge Berrera, CBC News, Mexico City. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderas. Thank you.