The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: November 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 15:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.ca. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The Federal Finance Minister is beginning his work of selling Toronto Tuesday's federal budget to Canadians. Francois-Philippe-Champaign calls it a generational shift. The minister continued the tradition of getting a new pair of shoes before delivering a budget. He went to a bootmaker in Quebec. He says the budget is making broad investments,

that will build the country. We're going to do the kind of things that will make this country stronger, and everyone will see themselves in that budget. So that's why I would expect the opposition parties to be supportive because there is something for every Canadian in that budget. Some estimates say the federal budget could contain a deficit between $70 and $100 billion. The liberals will need some help for it to pass.

With the current minority, they'll need three opposition votes. British Columbia is partnering with the federal government to create a task force aimed at helping the softwood lumber industry. Federal and provincial politicians met today to weigh support for the sector amid punishing U.S. tariffs. The duties exceed more than 50% in some cases. BC Premier David E.B. says the task force will fast-track discussions to protect affected workers in the province. We are going to remain unified and together on communications. on strategy so that British Columbians and Canadians know that the federal government and the provincial government are in their corner, are standing up for them, and are speaking with one voice

on this. The U.S. claims Canada's industry is a national security threat. The world's leading authority on hunger has declared a famine in parts of Sudan. That includes the city of Elfasher, where a deteriorating humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Since 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a civil war that the UN says has left more than 30 million people relying on aid. Chris Brown reports. The fall of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region may be a turning point in the country's two-and-a-half-year civil war. The rapid support forces captured the city last week, forcing out the Sudanese armed forces after a brutal siege.

And ever since, there have been reports of hideous massacres of civilians, with hundreds dead. Now, the IPC, the world's leading authority on hunger, has declared a famine in El Fasher. Ida El-Said of Sudan's Red Crescent says tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people, are fleeing the city. So if they flee away for the way of the desert, they will die from hunger and celestine. The head of the International Red Cross described the situation as horrific. The Pope has urged dialogue and relief efforts, but at the moment there's little evidence. evidence of either. Chris Brown, CBC News, London.

At least 20 people are dead and hundreds more injured in an earthquake in Afghanistan. It happened overnight in a northern part of the country. The quake also damaged a historic 15th century landmark. Anna Cunningham has that story. Traffic navigates the debris and rock forms scattered along a highway cut deep into a mountain in northern Afghanistan. The earthquake's epicenter was near the city of Masari Sharif. Those who escaped say they were surrounded by thick clouds of dust. Residents in villages have been digging through the rubble of collapsed homes,

not built to withstand such powerful shaking. The famed blue mosque, one of Afghanistan's holiest sites, was also damaged. Its blue tiles seen scattered on the ground. The United Nations has previously warned that many, Afghans face hunger this winter. Taliban authorities say the toll from this quake will likely rise as agencies such as the Red Crescent try to reach those in more remote villages, likely the worst hit. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. And that is the world this hour. You can listen to our podcast anytime. We updated every

hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.