The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 17:00 EDT

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Hamas has handed over bodies of more Israeli hostages to Israel. That's after Israel today refused to open the Rafa crossing, connecting Gaza to Egypt. That was in response to Hamas delaying the return of some two dozen bodies. Protesters in Tel Aviv say this is a violation of the ceasefire agreement. We can't move on. We can't move on with the construction. of Gaza. We can't move on with bringing in supplies. We can't move on with bringing people back to their homes. Meantime, the UN estimates about $70 billion are needed for the

reconstruction of Gaza. Special Representative, Yakosiliers, says the early stages of cleanup are underway. We've already removed about 81,000 tons. The majority of the debris removal is at the moment to provide access to humanitarian actors so that they can provide them. much needed aid and support. Humanitarian groups say the aid currently flowing isn't enough and call for unhindered access. The U.S. has struck another small boat off the coast of Venezuela. President Donald Trump claims the boat was carrying drugs and six men on board were killed in the strike. It is the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean, carrying what the administration insists are drug traffickers. Like in the previous incidents, the administration did not provide evidence

of their claims. A new 10% U.S. tariff on Canadian softwood lumber takes effect today. Lumber exports from New Brunswick, British Columbia, and Quebec now face a crippling 45% surcharge. And as Ottawa works to reach a deal with Washington, New Brunswick is considering a high-stakes move. Colin Butler reports. This has broad provincial economic implications, and it's going to hurt our economy tremendously. In New Brunswick, we're one in every Every 11 jobs depends directly on forest products. Premier Susan Holt says the new U.S. tariff on softwood lumber will hit hard. She warns her province is weighing its options, including cutting off electricity to the U.S.

I mean, that's a matter of last resort. Whether it's a bluff or Holt is willing to play her ace, it's hard to tell. Either way, it ramps up pressure on Ottawa, already pushing hard for a deal with Washington. We know there's only one person that decides in the U.S. And it's Donald Trump. Federal Industry Minister Melanie Jolie is urging Canadians to buy domestic lumber to support workers and the sector. But with jobs and livelihoods on the line, it means both the provinces and Ottawa are under pressure to act fast. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario.

BC is getting a new medical school. The Simon Fraser University School of Medicine is the first new training facility in Western Canada in more than half a century. 48 students will begin their studies in August of next year at an interim location. The permanent school will be built in Surrey. The province says it's being designed specifically to train primary care physicians, which are urgently needed in BC. Instagram is introducing new safeguards for teens by limiting what they can access on the app. Nisha Patel has more.

I think this is one step on a much longer path to try to be the safest platform for teens online. Head of Instagram Adam Maseri says teen accounts will now become even more restrictive, allowing them to only see content similar to what they might see in a PG-13 movie, with tighter controls on strong language and suggestive visuals. And if you as a parent want to go even a step further, you can. You can actually set up parental controls and lock down the content setting to something called... Even if teens claim to be adults, the company said it will use age prediction technology to place users into certain content.

protections. The changes come just weeks after a U.S. study by a group of online safety researchers found that nearly 60% of teens using Instagram reported seeing unsafe content over the last six months. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For news any time, you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skendaris. Thank you.