The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 07:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. Super Typhoon Fung Wong is bearing down on the Philippines, forcing massive evacuations as the country faces its second major storm in a week. The capital region is on high alert. Super Typhoon Fung Wong has already brought heavy rains to the Philippines' main island,

Luzon, and David. Groombaum is a freelance reporter based in the Philippines. The dangers are so high. They've already evacuated almost one million people. The highest alert level, Signal 5, already up in parts of the country. Many community centers and basketball courts and high ground areas have been turned into evacuation centers. This is the 21st tropical cyclone in the Philippine area this season, although not all of them

have made landfall. The government has redirected about 2,000 soldiers from field training to humanitarian aid. This includes search and rescue teams. Some coastal areas southeast of Manila are already getting torrential rain and heavy winds. This typhoon has a diameter of about 1,800 kilometers. Of course, the Philippines got hit by a typhoon last week. The one that hit last week hit the island of Sabu the hardest. That's over 200 people killed more than 100 still missing.

But the Philippines just reeling from that now has to deal with another one, but the Filipino people known for their resilience. Dave Grenabound for CBC News in Kuala Lumpur. Japan is issued a tsunami advisory after a powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the nation's northeastern coast. The quake struck off the coast at around 5 p.m. local time, the same region devastated by the 2011 tsunami. Japan's meteorological agency says small tsunami waves have already been detected and aftershocks are continuing. Bullet train services have been temporarily delayed and there are scattered power outages throughout the region, but no immediate reports of major damage

or injuries. Ukraine is facing a catastrophic energy crisis this morning after devastating Russian weekend attacks targeted its power infrastructure. Authorities in Kyiv say power will be rationed across the country for up to 16 hours a day to allow for emergency repairs. Dominic Velaitis has the latest. At least seven people have been killed across Ukraine this weekend. as Russia targeted the country with hundreds of drones. It was, according to Ukraine's presidents, Volodymyr Zelensky, another huge attack. The strike was massive with a lot of ballistic missiles, he says. There were at least 25 and more than 450 drones of various types.

Ukraine's energy infrastructure was badly damaged in the latest assault. The state power firm warning generating capacity is down to zero, as a result, meaning electricity will be cut for up to 16 hours in several parts of the country today. Ukraine, too, is stepping up its attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, striking oil depots and refineries. Over night, Ukrainian drones temporarily disrupted power and heating in the southwestern Russian city of Voronish. Dominic Velitis for CBC News, Bristol, England. Scott Moe has received another vote of confidence from the Saskatchewan Party. The Premier, getting 80% support from delegates to the party's convention.

This is not the time for any of us in this room or in this province do in any way become complacent. We, at every level, cannot afford to take anything for granted. While Mo led the party to a fifth straight majority last year, he took responsibility for losses in Regina and Saskatoon, adding the party needs to do better in the next election. He's led the Saskatchewan Party since 2018. The U.S. Senate is holding a rare Sunday session hoping to resolve the 40-day government shutdown.

The shutdown is having a growing impact on Americans. More than 1,400 flights were canceled yesterday. Thousands of others were delayed. The FAA has been reducing air travel capacity at dozens of airports to support air traffic controllers. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you.