The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: November 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 20:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips the federal finance minister says there will be no surprises in tuesday's budget francois philippe champagne also insists there will be something for every political party to like but there is no guarantee the opposition parties will support it korena roman has more from ottawa this is going to be a great moment for the nation francois philippe champan was at boulea boots in st tit quebec continuing the tradition of the finance minister getting a new pair of shoes before the budget. The family-owned business is famous for its cowboy boots, but Champagne is choosing traditional black lace-ups, the same type of shoes that RCMP officers wear.

Made in Canada for Canada. Champine's choice is emblematic of the message the government wants to send with the budget, empowering and protecting Canadians while building the country from the inside out. There will be no surprises. Canadians have asked us to build big, bold, things. But at a cost, estimates put the deficit at anywhere between 70 and 100 billion, and cuts of up to 15 percent in some government departments. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa. B.C.'s Premier is pausing new anti-U.S. tariffid advertisements. The move comes after a meeting of provincial and federal

leaders focused on the softwood lumber sector. Katie DeRosa reports. We will not be running the ads. Premier David Eby has hit pause on the province's plan to roll out anti-tariff ads focused on the softwood lumber industry. It comes after U.S. President Donald Trump broke off trade talks with Canada, furious about Ontario's anti-tariff ad featuring former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Ontario pulled the ads, and Prime Minister Mark Carney says he apologized to Trump. E.B. says any future advertisements will be developed with Ottawa's blessing. A friendlier and more unified approach following months of accusations for

from the Premier that Ottawa had abandoned BC's forestry sector. Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, assuring the Premier... A softwood lumber continues to be something that we had been raising with the Americans. LeBlanc and Eby agreed to a new BC Ottawa Task Force to respond to punishing U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, which have now reached a combined 45%. Katie de Rosa, CBC News, Victoria.

The world's leading hunger monitor has declared a famine in two areas of Sudan. That includes the city of El Fasher, which fell to paramilitary forces last month. Aid groups are warning of massacres of civilians in recent days. Ida El-Sayed is head of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society. She says tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people, are fleeing into rural areas without support. The fear of that, that these people, because most of the state is desert. So if they flee away for the way of the desert, they will die from hunger and surreste. Since April 2023, the RSF has fought against the Sudanese armed forces.

Some 14 million people have been displaced due to that conflict. To northern Afghanistan. People dig through the rubble of a damaged building. The region was hit overnight by a 6.3 mega. Earthquake. At least 20 people are dead in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Hundreds more were injured. Afghanistan sits on two active fault lines and is vulnerable to earthquakes. In August, another major quake with strong aftershocks left more than 2,000 people dead. In Rome, hopes are dashed. A rescued man extracted from rubble of a collapsed medieval tower has died. The man was trapped for

hours beneath the debris. Multiple people were injured when parts of the structure came down. One other worker is in hospital in non-life-threatening condition, while two more suffered minor injuries. The Torre de Conte was built in the 13th century by Pope Innocent III as a residence for his family. The structure, near the famous Coliseum in Italy's capital, was under renovation. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks so much for listening.