The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 14:00 EST

Hey, I'm Sarah Marshall, and there's one story from the past that I've been circling around for years now. This eight-part series traces the hidden history of the Satanic panic in North America. We'll connect the dots from Victoria, BC, to the backroads of Kentucky. Satan was having a moment, the sensationalist heartthrob of our time. The Devil You Know, available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Today is Indigenous Veterans Day, and communities across the country are honoring their sacrifice. In New Brunswick, at the Sedan Cis, St. Mary's First Nation, Chief Alan Polchis, says he was proud to honor his ancestors' contribution to protect Canada's freedom.

Purge, it's one of our seven teachings. The soldiers, our veterans that stand with us today, took them. courage. He took the courage to go and fight for our country to give us freedom. And today we honor that with the sacred fire. Indigenous Veterans Day started after an incident on Remembrance Day in 1991, where a group of Mohawk veterans were told they would not be allowed to place a wreath during official ceremonies in Ottawa. The day was created to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by indigenous veterans from as early as the war of 1812 and to acknowledge the historic injustices they then faced. A Nova Scotia judge has approved one of the largest class action

settlements in the province's history. He ruled that Nova Scotia should pay $32 million to as many as 6,600 people with disabilities. It is compensation for being wrongly denied social assistance benefits. In Washington, U.S. senators held a late-night vote on a bill to reopen the federal government. On this vote, the yeas are 53, three-fifths of the Senate duly chosen and swore not having voted in the affirmative. The motion upon reconsideration is not agreed to. The latest government shutdown is now record-breaking, having lasted more than a month. Poor Americans are not getting food assistance, and thousands of federal workers, including air traffic controllers, are not getting paid. Close to a thousand flights were cancelled yesterday, and more will happen today.

as the FAA seeks to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers. Some have even reported they can't afford gas for the cars in order to get to work. In Dnipro, Ukraine. Firefighters evacuate an apartment complex struck by a Russian drone. They carry children and elderly people to safety. Around 450 drones and 45 missiles were launched by Russia, targeting infrastructure in the Dnipro province. At least two people were killed and another 11 were wounded.

Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan have collapsed. The two sides have been meeting with mediators in Turkey. Border clashes last month saw the worst violence since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan four years ago. Dominic Volitus has the story. Afghanistan is blaming Pakistan for the breakdown of peace talks. This morning, a spokesperson for the Taliban said negotiations had failed due to Islamabad insisting Afghanistan stop the militant groups inside its territory from launching attacks

against Pakistan. Fighting between the two South Asian neighbours broke out last month after Pakistan launched air strikes in Afghanistan targeting militants who'd ambushed and killed Pakistani soldiers. Dozens were killed in the ensuing violence, the worst since the Taliban took power in 2021. Both sides are making sincere efforts to find a positive resolution to this complex. Despite today's breakdown in peace talks, both sides say they remain committed to the ceasefire they signed in Doha last month. But it is fragile. Dominic Velis for CBC News, Bristol, England.

Canadians traveling to Europe are facing new border measures as a group of 29 nations ramp up security. As of now, they'll have to register for short stays, and starting next year, they'll need to obtain electronic travel authorization in advance. The rules will apply to people requiring visas and those who don't. The system uses various means like electronic kiosks to collect facial images and fingerprints to verify identities.

And that's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.