The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/26 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/26 at 19:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Prime Minister Mark Carney had few words regarding the latest tariff threat coming from the United States. On Saturday, Donald Trump lashed out at Canada saying he'll raise tariffs on Canadian goods and services. J.P. Tasker has more on how both sides are reacting.

So I'm very disappointed at Canada. The U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at Canada and threatening another 10% tariff on exports. A seemingly calm Carney says he has a plan. Building it home, diversifying our trade relationships abroad, and being ready to work with the United States government when the time comes. But senior Trump officials say they don't want to work with Canada right now. Meanwhile, Frank McKenna, Canada's former ambassador to Washington,

says it's time to take a step back from the erratic Americans. It's going to take us time, and we're going to have to go through pain to get there, but we have to use this moment of crisis to diversify our economy. Canada could get some help from the U.S. Congress. Senators will vote on a bill to block Trump's tariffs this week, and the Democrats say they have the votes to get it through. J.P. Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. The U.S. says it has agreed on a framework trade deal with China.

The Trump administration says it agreed to postpone 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, and China has agreed to daily delay the imposition of export controls, on rare earth minerals. Kate Fisher has more from Washington. According to U.S. officials, the trade deal would pause steeper American tariffs on Chinese goods in return for the Chinese delaying the imposition of export controls on rare earth minerals. Chinese officials were more circumspects and offered no details about the outcome of the meetings on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit. But any deal would come as a relief to international markets, even if it doesn't address other issues like manufacturing imbalances and access to

computer chips. The final decision about any agreement will be determined by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping and they're expected to meet later this week. Kate Fisher for CBC News, Washington. In London. This morning, we finally managed to track him down. British Health Secretary West Streeting says police have arrested a convicted sex offender. He's been detained and will be deported. What we will also do is ascertain how on earth it was that he was ever released into the public in the first place when he should have been deported. The Justice Secretary has ordered an investigation. That will take place.

There will be accountability and we will be open and honest with the public about what went wrong, who is being held to account and what we plan to do about it to stop this happening again. Officials say the Ethiopian migrant was bound for a detention center three days ago when it was. was freed by mistake. He was sentenced to prison last month for sexually assaulting a woman and a teenage girl. The violation sparked multiple protests over immigration in the UK. In Labrador, the Innu Nation is deciding whether to approve an $87 million settlement with Hydro-Cabec. This comes after the First Nation filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for ecological and cultural damage from the Churchill Falls Hydroelectric Project. Right now, the plan's on hold, but Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to fast-track it as one of his nation-building projects.

Proté Poker of Innu Nation says he's not sure what will happen. I really don't know how it's going to work because the money that we negotiate one flow to the Inno nation. And the lawsuit will continue. Poker says the lawsuit will be dropped if the settlement goes through. In Quebec, the province has adopted a bill forcing a new compensation system on doctors. Dr. Marcel Kibo says the new laws. unpopular, some doctors may pack up and leave Quebec, especially if they live in Western Quebec, just across the river from Ontario.

We don't know if they will do it, but it's very dangerous for Dave Tower, you know, to lose these doctors. At least two medical federations say they plan to take the province to court over the new bill. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm like Miles. Thank you.