The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 13:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. A super typhoon has hit the Philippines. Two people have been killed, and officials ordered a massive evacuation as the country declares a national emergency. Super typhoon Feng Wong has already hit the Philippines' most populous island, Luzon. Dave Grunabom is a freelance reporter in the region. 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

Mila 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 Gronabam for CBC News in Kuala Lumpur. Japan has now lifted a tsunami warning for the country's northeast coast. The alert was issued after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the area. Officials are warning there will likely be aftershocks for about a week.

No injuries have been reported. We're learning more about what prompted a conservative MP to cross the floor to the Liberal Party last week. Chris Dantramos spoke to the CBC's Catherine Cullen saying he wasn't happy with Pierre Polyev and other senior conservative leaders. and that he's not alone. You know, people aren't happy with the leadership style, not just of the leader, but of the leadership team that's there. Quite honestly, a lot of times I felt it was part of a frat house

rather than a serious political party. What do you mean by that? Well, I mean, it was about who was friends with who, you know, who could be the most negative, who could be the most cutting. Don Tramol's crossing of the floor means the liberals are just two seats shy of a majority government. A statement from Polyev's office accuses him of willfully deceiving his voters, friends, and colleagues. It says that he left the conservatives because they didn't support his desire to become deputy speaker. Russia fired drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, attacking the electrical substations that supply two nuclear power plants.

Seven people were killed in that attack. Meanwhile, a strike by long-range Ukrainian drones left two major Russian cities without heat or power. Local officials say there were no casualties. In Washington, You're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle. There are not going to be that many flights that fly if this thing doesn't open back up. That's the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, talking about the U.S. government shutdown now into its 40th day.

The Senate is holding a rare Sunday session this afternoon aimed at ending the impasse. In the meantime, air traffic controllers aren't being paid and increasingly aren't showing up. Yesterday, 18 or 22 controllers in Atlanta didn't show up. We had 81 staffing triggers throughout the national airspace yesterday. That means controllers weren't coming to work. We have controllers who, again, are making decisions to feed their families as opposed to come to towers or tracons and do their jobs. The Democrats are demanding the Republicans extend subsidies for Obamacare

in order to make sure millions of Americans don't lose health insurance. Republicans so far are refusing that demand. And in the CFL, the 112th Grey Cup matchup is now set. Yesterday, the Saskatchewan Rough Riders got a late touchdown to beat the BC Lions in the West Division final. And over in Hamilton, the Montreal Alouettes got a 45-yard field goal from Jose Maltaos-Diaz as time expired, beating the Tiger Cats 19 to 16 in the East Final. The Grey Cup will be played in Winnipeg next Sunday. And that is the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.