The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/02 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/02 at 04:00 EST

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and a broken bit rounder to short the dodgers turned it and win it yep the la dodgers beat the tronel blue jays five to four and it took 11 innings to do it the jays were hoping for their first world series championship since 1993. As for the fans who came to downtown Toronto to celebrate disappointment is the mood. Honestly, it's just pure heartbreak is what it is. It's just absolutely devastating and it hurts so much to see them come this far, have the lead, the whole entire game, just to fall short in the end. And like, please, next season, please bring the same energy, the same passion and just, you know, the same thing to the table that we did this year, but just a little more to get it in the end. The Los Angeles Dodgers have, for the first time in their 142-year history, become repeat champions, and the first time to repeat in 25 years.

The counterterrorism police are investigating a multiple stabbing on board a passenger train in England. Ren Chambas was on board. A man who was running down with a very clear wound, bleeding quite badly on his arm. And I thought it was like from sort of Halloween prank at first. but then he's shouting that someone's got a knife, he was stabbed, and then a few people come running down the train. Ten people were taken to hospital, nine of them in life-threatening condition. The train was headed to London.

Two people are in custody. Police using a taser subdued one of them. UK government stats report a steady rise in knife violence in England and Wales since 2011. Prime Minister Karist Armour is calling the incident deeply concerning. Mexican President Claudia Shanebaum's expressed. condolences after a convenience store explosion killed at least 23 people. Fire crews responded as flames engulfed the store. The local attorney general says toxic gases killed the victims, which included children. A dozen other people were injured. There's no word yet.

What caused the explosion? Officials say there's no indication so far of any foul play. Communities across Jamaica remain isolated this morning following Hurricane Melissa. rescuers and aid workers have been giving out food and water, some of that relief coming for the Canadian Red Cross. The storm's impact across the Caribbean region has been devastating. Now there's a renewed call for richer countries to do more to help deal with climate-related disasters. Host of CBC Radio's what on Earth, Laura Lynch tells us more. Michael Taylor survived the hurricane,

but the climate scientist who lives in Kingston, Jamaica, laments the global warming that made Melissa so damaged. He can't help but reflect on the human cost of it all. Melissa is meant to set us back completely. I don't know for how long. In fact, Jamaica was better prepared than other vulnerable countries. It had shorted up its finances and tried to build in some resilience. Other nations are offering assistance after the fact. Raquel Moses of the group Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator says much more funding is needed to pay

for the kinds of things Jamaica needs to do ahead of the next storm. She says that's the responsibility of others, particularly because Jamaica has neither contributed to nor benefited from the fossil fuel industry. Jamaica isn't wealthy because of the carbon in the atmosphere, but they are having to raise coastal roads. Days ago, a UN report said rich nations have in fact cut their contributions to the adaptation fund. Laura Lynch, CBC News, Vancouver. You can hear more about this on what on earth coming up this morning at 11, 1130 in Newfoundland. The U.S. military has destroyed another boat allegedly carrying drugs and drug runners in the Caribbean. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the vessel was operated by a U.S. designated terrorist organization and three people were killed.

It's at least the 15th such strike carried out since early September. That is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.