The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/21 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/21 at 01:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. The Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the World Series for the first time in 32 years. Tonight, the Jays pulled off a victory over the Seattle Mariners to clinch the American League Championship series in a nail-biter game 7. It's a stunning comeback for Toronto after our nerve-wracking start to the series. The CBC's Thomas Dagler is in front of the Rogers Center in downtown Toronto. 44,000 Blue Jays fans leaving Rogers Center, spilling out into the streets of downtown Toronto. This party is going to go to the early morning hours.

We've heard O Canada from the crowd. We've heard Go Jays go chance and some chance that we can't repeat on the air about the L.A. Dodgers. This is Front Street in downtown Toronto. We've seen people scaling the streetlight poles, not something that we would advise, but this is the level of excitement now in Toronto with the Jays headed to the World Series for the first time since 1993. All of this, of course.

The key moment, George Springer in the seventh inning, the Jays had put two runners in scoring position. George Springer undoubtedly the regular season MVP for the Blue Jays hitting it out of the park and the Jays never looked back with that 4-3 victory. The Toronto Blue Jays that finished in the last place of their division last season and now have home field advantage

in the World Series facing a team. the Dodgers that are defending World Series champions and have so far only lost one single game this postseason. For now lots of excitement, looking forward to game one Friday. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. And we've got breaking news from Japan. The Japanese Parliament has just elected Sanaai Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister. She replaces Shigeru Ishiba, who was forced into resignation after two disastrous election losses. The Lisbon tram that crashed in September had a faulty steel cable. That's what a preliminary report has found. Sixteen people died in the crash, including two Canadians. Alison Roberts has more. In the immediate aftermath of

the deadly funicular crash, Portugal's rail accident authority had determined that a steel cable had given way at the point where it attached to the upper carriage of the funicular. Now, in a preliminary report, the authority determined that this cable, connecting the two carriages of the finicular didn't meet the standards required by the city's transport operator itself and in fact was not suitable to be used in this type of vehicle. The cable had been in use for less than a year. Investigators found flaws in the process by which the cable was acquired and in the company's internal controls. Still they say they need to probe further to work out precisely what went wrong and it is not yet possible to assign guilt or responsibility. A more detailed

report is expected next year. Lisbon's other funiculars have been out of service since the crash and should remain so for now, according to investigators. Alison Roberts for CBC News, Lisbon. Facebook, Snapchat and mobile banking were affected by a massive internet outage on Monday. Amazon Web Services helps companies and governments operate online. Nora Young explains. Millions of internet users across Canada and around the world

found themselves unable to run their operation. check social media, or even order food. Because many of the companies offering those services rely on Amazon to run and support their online business. Amazon Web Services, or AWS, experienced a massive outage. The scale is very, very unique. And I suppose it points to the foundational role of AWS in the entire internet infrastructure and ecosystem.

In a statement, AWS said the issue was connected to domain name system resolution. The NS is often likened to the phone book for the internet. This really is a reminder that the technology that we use every day is incredibly complex. Karmie Levy is a technology analyst and journalist. There are millions of tiny pieces of technology under the surface. And when they fail, sometimes they fail significantly. In an update tonight, AWS says it's resolved the disruption and services are back to normal. Nora Young, CBC News, Toronto.

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