The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/13 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/13 at 22:00 EDT

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Donald Trump says the war in Gaza is over. The U.S. President started the day by addressing the Israeli parliament. He called the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a historic dawn of the New Middle East. Later, he convened a summit in Egypt, aimed at cementing a lasting peace in Gaza, and he brought together. heads of state from the region and beyond to take part. Susan Ormiston has more. This took 3,000 years to get to this point. Can you believe it? And it's going to hold up to. With that, Donald Trump signed a peace plan in Charmel Sheikh with his black Sharpie, flanked by the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey who added their signatures. All day, the president has been assuring the world this fragile peace will last. But without adding any more

crucial details of how that will happen. It's peace in the Middle East that everybody said it's not possible to do, and it's going to happen, and it is happening. Big questions still remain. Who will make up an international stabilization force to secure Gaza? How will Hamas disarm, or will they? To many, Trump is underestimating the gritty work ahead. And now the rebuilding begins.

The rebuilding is maybe going to be the easiest part. I think we've done a lot of the hardest part because the rest comes together. Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said he had brief meetings on the sidelines with the UK, France, Turkey, and others on the need to collaborate on humanitarian aid and reconstruction efforts. The Peace Summit was an historic moment, but with challenging days ahead. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, London. In Israel, it's been a day of jubilation and sorrow. A scene of joy, one of many across the country,

brothers Ariel and David Cunio reunited with their loved ones after being held hostage for two years by Hamas. All 20 living hostages returned home today, but for families of those who died, the anguish continues. Hamas has only returned four bodies of the 28 dead hostages. The militant group says it will take time to locate the others. And in Gaza, Thousands of people gathered to welcome buses carrying Palestinian prisoners.

Under the deal Israel released more than 1900 detainees and prisoners. The vast majority were seized from Gaza during the war and held without charge, but about 250 were serving life sentences for murder and terrorism. Officials in Mexico say the number of dead from last week's torrential rain now stands at 64. Dozens more remain missing. The heavy rainfall caused river. to overflow in central and southeastern Mexico, flooding homes, washing away roads, and cutting off entire communities. Well, the Toronto Blue Jays have lost their second game tonight against

the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series. Seattle beat Toronto 10 to 3. Greg Ross reports. If you're a Blue Jays fan who paid good money to come to game two of this American League championship series, well, this was a long and difficult night. And the frustration started pretty much right at the beginning of this game. The top of the first inning, it was clear that this was not going to be another great performance by 22-year-old pitching sensation, Trey Yassavage. Your Savage would last only four innings in this game, giving up five earned runs with four strikeouts.

On the other side of the ball, things weren't much better for the Blue Jays. Their offense struggled once again. They did manage to put three runs up on the board through two innings, but that was it. They were not able to muster any more offense in this game. Meanwhile, the Mariners, they scored early and often, going on to beat the Blue Jays by a final of 10 to 3. They take a commanding 2-0-0 lead in this Best of 7 series. And this series now shifts to Seattle where they will play game three at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday night. Greg Ross, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.