The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/30 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/30 at 20:00 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 Angie Seth.

Prince Andrew will no longer be addressed as prince. King Charles issued a statement saying his brother will from now on be known as Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor. Andrew had already been stripped of his titles, including Duke of York. The statement goes on to say he will be moving out of Royal Lodge on the grounds of Windsor Castle and will move to private accommodations. The king and queen also said their thoughts and sympathies are with victims, of all forms of abuse. The U.S. President says

plans to test American nuclear weapons will get underway, quote, immediately. Donald Trump says that's because Russia and China are catching up. We have more than anybody, but I see them testing. I say, well, negative testing is we have to test. Trump says nuclear weapons will be tested on an equal basis

with Russia and China. It has been nearly three decades since a military superpower last conducted a known nuclear weapons test. The latest U.S. directive has raised fears it will trigger another nuclear arms race. It comes as Russia tested a nuclear-capable missile and a nuclear-powered torpedo earlier this week. Meantime, the Trump administration is also slashing the number of refugees. The United States will admit from 125,000 to just 7,500 and says most of those accepted will be white South Africans. The White House published the information in the Federal Registry.

Palestinian militants have handed the Red Cross two more coffins containing the remains of dead hostages from the Gaza Strip. So far, 15 bodies have been returned and 13 still need to be found. In exchange, Israel has freed hundreds of Palestinians who were being detained. The man convicted of stealing a Yusuf Karsh portrait of Winston Churchill from the Chateau-Rourier Hotel in Ottawa has lost its appeal of his sentence. Jeff Wood pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years less a day. His lawyer appealed, calling the sentence unnecessarily harsh, but the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected that appeal. Wood's lawyer says they'll take it to the Supreme Court next.

Well, thousands of high school students across Alberta walked out of class today in support of their teachers. They joined protests against Daniel Smith's government's back-to-work legislation and the use of the notwithstanding clause. Aaron Collins has more. Just one day after returning to class, thousands of Alabama, Alberta students are out of school again, protesting the law that forced their teachers back to work. It is my final year in high school.

So it is essential that we fight back now. Calgary and Aria Mishra is one of the founders of students for teachers, the group that organized dozens of walkouts across the province, pushing for caps on class sizes and more help for students with complex needs. Students understand this directly affects us, and education is a priority to us all. Grade 11 student Mari Webb walked out of her high school in Lethbridge, upset with the government's handling of the teacher's strike. It'll show the public and other parents, maybe people who don't even have kids, how important teachers' rights are to us. The province used the notwithstanding clause to prevent teachers from challenging the constitutionality of its back-to-work law.

Erin Collins, CBC News, Calgary. None of its leaders are calling on the federal government to include four Inuit-led projects in its national infrastructure. priorities. Paul Urnkaut is the vice president of Nunavut, Tongavik, Inc. He says the projects are essential to both Nunavut's future and Canada's Arctic sovereignty and security. Together with the government of Nunavut, you have laid out four shovel-ready projects that will give Canada the Arctic presence it talks about. These are not just abstract projects. They are lifelines. The four projects include a safe harbor, clean power in Akalewan, a hydrofiber link that will connect Nunavut to southern Canada and a year-round road and port.

While the Toronto Blue Jays flew back to Toronto overnight with the wind in their sails, the team has one win away from winning the World Series after defeating the L.A. Dodgers last night, taking it three games to two. Game six goes tomorrow. That's Friday night. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Angie. Suf.