The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/17 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/17 at 11:00 EDT

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house today volatimir zelensky will meet donald trump with the u.s president dangling the possibility of supplying tomahawk cruise missiles to ukraine mike crawley sets the stage tomahawk is a vicious weapon donald trump's meeting with the ukrainian leader comes a day after the u.s president spoke with russia's vladimir putin I did actually say, would you mind if I gave a couple of thousand Tomahawks to your opposition? This is part of Trump's newest push to try to bring an end to Russia's war against Ukraine. Trump's role in brokering a ceasefire in Gaza has launched a narrative that he could replicate that success in Ukraine. But experts say the two wars have no real parallels.

We are talking about very different types of conflicts. Maria Snegovaya is with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington. Trump's ability to exert pressure on Israel, obviously, is much, much higher than the one he's able to exert on Russia. After today's meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, Trump says he plans to meet Putin in Hungary in a couple of weeks. Mike Crowley, CBC News, Washington. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in the Niagara region today, where he's set to outline plans to strengthen border security. Questions surround his campaign pledge to add 1,000 officers on the border, as the public safety minister, recently admitted the agents have yet to be hired.

Janice McGregor fills us in. The government seems to be really struggling to keep this promise. Conservatives in particular have been putting the public safety minister under a lot of pressure in question period and at committee, suggesting that in fact there's scant evidence of any kind of a surge in human resources at the border. At committee last week, senior officials said their current training facility only actually has the capacity to train a couple hundred people at a time, but that a new cohort of about 400 is on its way,

and we'll see what next month's budget holds to cover the additional cost of these promises, which could run into the billion-dollar range. That's CBC's Janice McGregor in Ottawa. As funerals continue for Israeli hostages returned by Hamas, the group is being accused of holding back the remaining bodies. Israel is threatening to cut humanitarian aid to Gaza until all remains are returned.

The U.N. confirms an increase in aid trucks entering the territory, but it's urgently demanding more crossings be opened. Breyer Stewart is tracking the story. The white sands of Israel's Dekim Beach stand in stark contrast to what's on the other side of a wire barrier, the gray ruins of Gaza. Israel has just reopened this beach where 17 civilians were killed in the October 7th attacks. Just south of the beach is a border crossing into Gaza. which remains closed. The UN says aid is only being permitted to enter at two of the six

crossings. We've been begging to get this access. Tom Fletcher is the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief and says trucks are on the move now, but thousands need to enter a week. And I want Palestinians on the other side of the gate to know that we're coming. The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza remains closed. Israel says it will probably open on Sunday but just for the passage of people. Mostly those who've been injured and need medical treatment abroad. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, Zakeem is real. Madagascar has a new president. Wearing a business suit instead of his military uniform, Colonel Michael Randrian Arena, is sworn in as president by the High Court. The commander of an elite army unit seized power earlier this week after the

ousted president fled the country. The United Nations is condemning the move as an unconstitutional change of government. President Trump's former national security advisor has surrendered to U.S. Marshals. He was indicted yesterday on 18 charges of mishandling classified information. Bolton served during Trump's first administration, but later became a vocal critic of the president. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.