The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/28 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/28 at 05:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. The Alberta government is ordering striking teachers back to work, passing a bill overnight that will see students and teachers return to school in the coming days. But as Julia Wong reports, there's anger over how the government is doing it. It also invokes the notwithstanding clause to help ensure stability for the school system, Moving forward. Booze and jeers, as the Alberta government tables bill two to force 51,000 striking teachers back to work,

ending a three-week-long strike. The province will impose the last contract offer teachers overwhelmingly rejected, and it's using the notwithstanding clause to protect the bill from a charter challenge, Alberta Premier Daniel Smith. So this is a unique strike. We've never had 51,000 workers off the job at the same time. The Alberta Teachers Association is angry, and exploring legal options, says President Jason Schilling. And I'll tell you right now, if they think by what they have done here today, is going to quiet down the tens of thousands of voices of teachers across this province, then they're sorely mistaken.

Students and teachers are expected to be back in schools Wednesday. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. A small plane crashed in Kenya this morning. 12 people are fear dead. The crash happened in a hilly and forested area. Operations at the crash site are now underway, and authorities are investigating the cause of the crash. Hurricane Melissa is approaching the coast of Jamaica. It's expected to make landfall today as a Category 5 hurricane.

It was just a tropical storm this past weekend, but in less than a day it grew into a hurricane with winds of 225 kilometers per hour. And Ayat Singh has more. We've had five hurricanes, and now, four of them have undergone this extreme rapid intensification. Shell Winkley is an expert with Climate Central, a New Jersey-based science non-profit that's analyzing the rapid strengthening of Hurricane Melissa, which it says is fueled by an overheating planet. This is something that we didn't see a couple decades ago, but that we're now seeing at least

every season. Hurricanes derive energy from the heat in ocean water, and ocean temperatures in the Caribbean are unusually high, about two to three degrees above normal. Oceans absorb excess heat from the atmosphere, which has been warming because of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Last year saw the highest average ocean temperatures on record globally. Experts say it's a warning sign that the overheated oceans will continue leading to more and more destructive hurricanes. In Ayat Singh, CBC News, Toronto. Japanese media say the man accused of killing former Prime Minister Shenzhou Abe has just pleaded guilty to the crime.

Tetsuya Yagamaki is appearing in court today. He's charged with murder and connection with the assassination three years ago. The L.A. Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 last night in Game 3 of the World Series, but the game was tied for most of the night and lasted an incredible 18 innings. The CBC's Thomas Degler reports from Los Angeles. After 18 innings of baseball and in front of a season, stadium full of bleary-eyed fans, Freddie Freeman walked it off. Last year's World Series MVP, born to Canadian parents, Freeman blasted a solo homer to

center field, claiming game three for the Dodgers 6 to 5. Oh my gosh, just pure excitement. Freeman's game winner capped off a marathon that lasted longer than two average big league games combined, a heartbreaking outcome for the Blue Jays who earlier in the game saw Slugger George Springer leave with pain in his right side. Jay's manager John Schneider. The Dodgers didn't win the World Series today. They won a game.

You know what I mean? Shoh! Amid it all, the sport's biggest star Shohay Otani belted four extra base hits. Otani is set to start on the mound in game four. Tonight, Thomas Dagg,

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