The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/25 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/25 at 08:00 EDT

The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in Canada, and Google is helping Canadians innovate in ways both big and small, from mapping accessible spaces so the disabled community can explore with confidence, to unlocking billions in domestic tourism revenue. Thousands of Canadian companies are innovating with Google AI. Innovation is Canada's story. Let's tell it together. Find out more at g.co slash Canadian Innovation. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg the toronto blue jays have taken a one-nothing

series lead in the world series against the los angeles dodgers addison barger launched the first pinch hit grand slam in world series history leading the jays to a decisive victory thomas dagla has more from rogers center first and second one out the dodgers in the second quick to remind everyone why they're the defending champions, sending home former Blue J. Teoska Hernandez for the first run of the game. But wait a minute. Fourth inning, Alejandro Kirk gets the offense going for the Jays. Here's Varsho, who flyed out to center with the bases loaded. Followed up by Dalton Varsho and this. And he hits a ball hard to center field. A two-run blast to tie up the game. It is good. Fast forward, bases loaded for Toronto's Addison Barger in the sixth,

and he blows the game wide open. High drive to... A pinch hit grand slam. Addison Archer does indeed blow it open. 11 to 4, once again, the final four. The Blue Jays, an extraordinary result for a team that finished last place in their own division. Last season now are up one game to none against the defending champion, L.A. Dodgers. The CBC's Thomas Dagna reporting.

And the Blue Jay fans in B.C. and across the country are related, of course, after the team massive 11-4 victory over the Dodgers in game one of the world series. The CBC's Dan Barrett spoke with Jay's fans in Vancouver. Let's go, Blue Jay. Ravi Sharma, visiting from Toronto, led the victory cheers in Vancouver. While his family ate dinner in a booth, Sharma didn't sit down for five innings, pacing nervously between sips of beer. The Dodgers have been dominant, my God, for the last year or so.

So them getting down won is amazing for us. Kayla Gordon brought her sons to watch the game. Three-year-old Wyatt and five-and-a-half-month-old Hudson. Jay's Blue under his bib. I think I'm a Trayy Savage fan because I saw his first game. Plus, he was a draft pick, so he'll be with the league for a while. My kids will grow up with him as well. Nicole and Alan McAndrew live in the Okanagan

and are ready for another Jay's World Series title after 32 years. It's just so positive with their resilience and teamwork. There's no one guy. All the players say we're playing for Canada. Game two goes Saturday night in Toronto. Dan Burritt, CBC News, Vancouver. The U.S. is ratcheting up its fight and its rhetoric against so-called narco-terrorists. This week alone, there have been multiple U.S. attacks on boats suspected of trafficking drugs.

Since September, strikes have killed at least 43 people. Mandy Sham reports. We're going to kill them, you know, they're going to be like dead. U.S. President Donald Trump says his directive is clear as day, stop the flow of illegal drugs and kill those who supply it. They're trying to, and they are killing and poisoning the American people. Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth accuses drug smugglers of being the, quote, al-Qaeda of our hemisphere. On Friday, the Pentagon dispatched the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean region, saying it will bolster U.S. abilities to dismantle cartels. Direct intervention could be imminent with a massive buildup of U.S. forces in the region and the CIA authorized to take action in Venezuela.

Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, speaking in English, had this plea. Peace forever. No crazy war. Both Venezuela and neighboring Colombia have condemned the strikes as extrajudicial executions. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. Tropical storm Melissa is expected to churn into a hurricane today. Officials say the storm is moving slowly, but it is deadly. At least three people have been killed in Haiti.

As much as 640 millimeters of rain is forecast for Jamaica, as well as parts of Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Officials are warning of life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flash flooding and landslides. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you.