The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 06:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg we begin in the philippines where more than a million people have been evacuated as super typhoon fang wong draws closer winds wailed as officials loaded residents on trucks headed to shelters the edge of the storm hit early sunday packing winds estimated at one hundred eighty five kilometers an hour while heavy rain is flooding rain is flooding rivers and turning many roads into waterways. Fung Wong is expected to make landfall late Sunday, early Monday. The country is under a state of emergency. San Francisco is about to lose a symbolic structure created by a Quebec artist over 50 years ago. Sculptor Armand

Viont's fountain will be dismantled after a vote was passed by the city's Art Commission, leaving many, including Vioncourt, outraged. Gabriel Gindi has more. The Veyancourt Fountain, or rather known by its official name, Quebec Libre, was one of the first works of art that ushered in a style that is now known as brutalism. Twisting columns of concrete going in all different types of directions all lead to the center, where the end of each column serves as a spout for gushing water. The city of San Francisco will dismantle the art piece, citing it as an urgent public safety hazard in the event of an earthquake. Charles Burnbaum is with the Cultural Landscape Foundation based in Washington, D.C. Byrnebaum says it's the city's fault that the fountain is in disrepair. We have a situation where this work of art, imagine for at least 10 years, it has not been properly cared for.

In a statement, San Francisco's Parks and Rec Department did not address these claims. It says that it'll store the structure for up to three years. Viancoal says he'd rather bring the fountain back to Canada and have it installed elsewhere. Gabriel Gindy, CBC News, Montreal. Singapore will start caning people convicted. of scamming. The punishment is part of a new law aimed at tackling a surge in financial fraud. The Southeast Asian nation calls the move necessary. Patrick Falk reports. They include fake job and love scams, among others.

Scamming now accounts for about 60% of all reported crimes in Singapore. To crack down on it, the city-state is turning to caning. In the Singapore context. Criminal lawyer Josephus Tan says the penalty is meant to send a clear message. The whole idea about caning is really not a form of torture. It's really a lesson. Criminals' court scamming could now be sentenced to between 6 and 24 strokes of the cane depending on the severity of the case. Many people in Singapore support the deterrent.

Local Harry Tanayas says it's an effective way of dealing with criminals. Scamming has proliferated across South East Asia in recent years. scam hubs in countries like Cambodia and Myanmar have cheated people out of billions of dollars worldwide. Patrick Fock for CBC News, Singapore. Demonstrators in Tel Aviv gathered for their weekly rally Saturday to demand Israel ensure the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. But there was a second protest, this one against changes to the country's governing structure. Many protesters say under Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel is shifting away from liberal democracy and closer to wing theocracy. In Israel, right now, the democracy is a kind of a shaky situation. We have a

government that tried to change our democracy to dictatorship, and we're here to protest. We're here to demonstrate against it. In 2023, Netanyahu's government attempted to water down the power of the courts. The plan got overshadowed by the October 7th attack by Hamas. But legislation aimed at controlling Israel's news media is moving forward in the Knesset. In the CFL, the 112th Great Cup matchup is now set. The host Saskatchewan Rough Riders got a late touchdown to beat the BC Lions 2421 in the West Division final. While in Hamilton, the Montreal Alouettes got a 45-yard field goal from Jose Malthos Diaz as time expired to beat the Tiger Cats 1916 in the East Final. The Grey Cup will be played in Winnipeg next Sunday.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.