The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 18:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles sources are telling cbc news ottawa is pushing back on two american automakers by limiting the number of vehicles they can import into canada tariff free stiliant has announced it was moving production out of ontario to the u.s and general motors is ending production of electric vans the two will no longer be exempt from paying canada's retaliatory tariffs on u.s assembled vehicles. Alberta Premier Daniel Smith is moving forward with back-to-work legislation to end a three-week-old teacher strike. More than 750,000 students have been out of class since October the 6th. Aaron Collins reports. A convoy of school buses on its way from Calgary to Edmonton, teachers like Aaron

Criscoe heading to a rally outside the provincial legislature. I'm here to support public education and support our students. We've got 27 buses going out to support public education. The fall sitting of the legislature begins with a teacher's strike in its third week. Premier Danielle Smith says back-to-work legislation is coming on Monday. We know that this strike is causing harm to kids. We know it's causing harm to teachers since there isn't a strike fund, and we want to be able to end it. But questions remain about what will happen after teachers are forced back to work. And that's all the time we have for questions today.

Premier, when our school's going to open? Parents all want to know that. Teachers say growing class sizes and inadequate resources for students with complex needs are their biggest issues. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. The Kearney government has tabled its long-awaited bail reform legislation. Repeat offenders will now have to prove that it's safe the grant them bail. As well, it will provide for tougher sentences for a number of offenses and allow for consecutive sentences, one after another, for violent repeat offenders.

The U.S. Secretary of State is in Israel trying to shore up. the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. But as Willie Larry reports, efforts by American officials are complicated by recent actions taken by Israeli politicians. First came special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald

Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, then Vice President Jady Vance, and finally Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, a diplomatic quartet with a clear message. We're clear-eyed about the challenges, too. But the President has made this a top priority. That was Secretary of State Rubio,

shortly after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel's leader praised U.S. efforts to keep the ceasefire alive. This is a circle of trust and partnership. You've been an extraordinary friend of Israel. But the diplomatic blitz comes as Israel advances legislation to annex parts of the West Bank. A move, J.D. Vance said the administration would not tolerate. If it was a political stunt, it was a very stupid political stunt, and I personally take some insult to it.

On Thursday, Time Magazine published an interview with Trump, who says Israel would lose all U.S. support if it went ahead with annexation. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Jerusalem. Current and former NBA players are among dozens of people arrested in connection with the illegal gambling. U.S. officials allege the criminal enterprise robbed victims of tens of millions of dollars over several years. Philip LeS. Schenock reports. A wide-sweeping criminal enterprise that envelops both the NBA and LaCoste. Senostra. FBI director Cash Patel says members of known mafia families and some professional

basketball figures are among the more than 30 people arrested across 11 states. They face charges of money laundering, fraud, and racketeering. Miami Heat Guard Terry Rosier is accused of manipulating prop bets where people wager on a player's performance. As the NBA season tips off, his career is already benched, not for injury, but for integrity. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says while playing for the Charlotte Hornets, Rosier allegedly told co-conspirators he planned to underperform. The proceeds were later delivered to his home

where the group counted their cash. Former Toronto Raptor Jonte Porter is also named in the indictment as is Portland Trailblazers coach Chauncee Billups, who faces separate allegations of rigging high-stakes poker games. Philip LeShannock, CBC News, Toronto.

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