The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/02 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/02 at 06:00 EST

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toronto and the pitch and a broken about rounder to short and the dodgers turn it and win it that's how the game ended a championship eluding the toronto blue jays disappointing the team and its fans The CBC's Jamie Strassion was there. In the quiet of the Blue Jays Clubhouse, Ernie Clement lamented what might have been after the Jays' improbable, joyful ride to the brink of a World Series crown came to a heartbreaking end last night in Toronto.

I've been crying for like probably an hour, so I just love these guys so much. The final score, Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 4 in 11 innings, the Jays had a one-run lead in the ninth inning, two outs away from the franchise's first world championship since 1993 before Jeff Hoffman gave up a game tying home run. I cost everybody in here a World Series ring. In extra innings, both teams had glorious chances to score before Dodgers catcher Will Smith hit a go-ahead home runoff Shane Bieber in the 11th inning. There was no blame afterwards.

Kevin Gosman expressed the genuine love and appreciation this team has for each other. Might not ever have this same group in the same room, so I just enjoy this moment to kind of look back on. Jamie Strachan, CBC News, Toronto. Counterterrorism police are investigating a mass stabbing on board a passenger train in England. Wren Chambis 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 down.

and then people who come running down the train. Ten people were taking the hospital to remain in life-threatening condition. The train was headed to London. Two people are in custody. Both are British nationals. Police don't believe the incident was a terrorist act. Prime Minister Kier Starrmer is calling the incident deep link concerning. Mexican President Claudia Shane Baum is expressing 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 on what caused the explosion. Officials say there's no indication so far of any foul play. Communities across Jamaica remain isolated following Hurricane Melissa, rescuers and aid workers have been giving out food and water. Some of that relief coming from the Canadian Red Cross. The storm's impact across, across the Caribbean region has been devastating. And there's no, there's a renewed call for rich countries to do more to help deal with climate-related disasters. Host of CBC Radio's One on Earth, Laurel 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 damaging. 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. 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. 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. And you can hear more about this on what on earth coming up this morning at 11 a.m. 1130 in Newfoundland. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you.