The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/16 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/16 at 00:00 EDT

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Israel has received the bodies of two more dead hostages. The Palestinian militant group Hamas says those are the last of the bodies it can easily retrieve and says the remainder will require special equipment to access. About 20 Israeli bodies remain in Gaza, and there's growing concern the delay could restart a war, that only just ended. Tom Perry reports. Hamas pledged to return the remains of 28 hostages as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel, but as so far failed to do so. The group says the widespread devastation in Gaza makes finding individual bodies difficult. But Israeli government spokesperson Shos Bidrosian berated Hamas for putting hostage families through more pain.

Hamas, the terror organization, is required to uphold its commitments to the mediators and return all of our hostages as part of the implementation of this agreement. Israel has begun returning the bodies of Palestinians killed in the fighting to health officials in Gaza. But it's also putting pressure on Hamas by refusing so far to open the Rafa crossing between Egypt and Gaza and allow more humanitarian aid into the territory. Tom Perry, CBC News, Cairo. Ottawa is threatening to take legal action against Stalantis after the automaker announced it's shifting some production out of Brampton, Ontario to the U.S.

Industry Minister Melanie Jolie sent a letter to Stalantis, noting the company had agreed to maintain its Canadian presence in exchange for substantial financial support. The company has commitments under different types of agreements with the government, including the fact that we provided support for the retooling of the very Brampton facility that right now is sitting, So we will make sure that we push the company and we hold them to account.

Stalantis says it's committed to its Canadian operations. The company says it does have plans for the Brampton plant but won't elaborate. Dozens of villages in Alaska are in recovery mode after major flooding devastated their communities last weekend. Officials say one person died and two remain missing in the hardest hit areas. Oneida Taylor reports. Emergency crews are assessing the damage. from major flooding in western Alaska. 49 remote communities were in an unexpected path

from the remnants of Typhoon Hulong Sunday night. Flood waters rose about six feet, lifting homes from their foundations and sweeping them away with residents inside. Many climbed to their rooftops waiting to get rescued by helicopter. Tristan Karo lives in Kipak, an Inupiat village of about 600 people.

He watched his uncle's house float by. I told him that they'll only be safe as long as they stay inside the house. Yeah, they were yelling and screaming, said, and I was in shock. Another hard-hit village, Quigling Gawk, is where one woman died and two men are missing. Alaska State Troopers have now called off the search. People left without shelter are getting evacuated to Bethel, Alaska. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Yellowknife.

The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners tonight in game three of the American League Championship series. Final score 13 to 4. The CBC's Jamie Strachan reports from CNN. Down to Guerrero, and that is going to do it. The Blue Jays make a statement. In a game, they absolutely had to have the biggest stars Sean brightly for the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday night. Down 2-0 in the series. All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led an offensive assault with four hits,

including two doubles in a home run. George Springer, Alejandro Kirk, Andre Jimenez, and Addison Barger also homered on a cool night in Seattle in front of a crowd that included many Blue Jay fans and all the Jay's had 18 hits in a 13-4 victory. Coupled with six strong innings from starter Shane Bieber that included eight strikeouts. The Jays now find themselves back in the American League Championship Series trailing 2-1 heading into game 4 Thursday.

The Jays send 41-year-old Max Scherzer to the mound. Jamie Strachan, CBC News, Seattle. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.