The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 16:00 EST

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Typhoon Fung Wong has made landfall in the Philippines, bringing with its sustained winds of 185 kilometers an hour, gusting up to 2.30. Already at least two people have been killed in what is the second powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than a week. Michelle Song has more. Typhoon Fung Wong is now barreling through the Philippines, Just less than a week after the country was devastated by Typhoon Kalmagi, which killed more than 200 people.

Now, nearly a million people have been evacuated in 11 regions. At a gymnasium-turned evacuation center, one woman says, I'm anxious and scared because we don't know how strong the typhoon will impact us. Known as Uwan locally, the country's civil defense office says up to 30 million people could be exposed to the hazards from the typhoon. Butch Mili is the president of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation. This is our fourth typhoon, major typhoon in a row. We've had two earthquakes. This has all happened in the last six to seven weeks.

So our funds are starting to get exhausted because of the number of emergencies. Feng Wong is the 21st named typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. Michelle Sangell, CBC News, Toronto. Nova Scotia MP Chris Dantraman says he's not the only MP who's weary of the Conservative Party. Last week, he decided to cross the floor and join the Liberals. Speaking to the CBC, he also described what happened when news leaked that he was thinking about making the move. I had the House Leader and the whip barge into my office, push my assistant aside, rush in to sit there and tell me how much of a snake I really was. How dare you do that?

And it really pushed me to a point where it's like, okay, well, I guess my decision is made for sure now. A statement from Polyev's office accuses him of willfully deceiving his voters, friends, and colleagues by switching parties. In Washington, the U.S. Senate is holding a rare Sunday session to try and end the federal government shutdown, now well into its 40th day. The Democrats and Republicans have failed to reach an agreement on how to fund the government. Everything from food aid to air traffic control systems to veterans' programs have been affected, as has the wider economy, according to Treasury's Secretary's Secretary Scott Besant. We've seen an impact on the economy from day one, but it's getting worse and worse. Now there are estimates that economic growth for this quarter could be cut by as much as

half if the shutdown continues. The Democrats are demanding an extension to a program that subsidizes Obamacare for low-income Americans. So far, Republicans have refused. Syria carried out nationwide raids last week, targeting what it says are Islamic State cells. The raids came ahead of President Ahmed al-Shara's trip to the White House tomorrow. Dominic Volaitis has more.

Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids and arrested more than 70 people. Explosives and weapons were also seized. Officials say many of those detained in the intelligence-led operation are wanted criminals, believed to be linked to Islamic State. The raids come as Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara prepares to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington Monday, when he will join a U.S.-led coalition against Islamic States. The visit is unprecedented, with Al-Shara set to become Syria's first lead-up to pay an official visit to the White House. The United States is reportedly preparing to establish

a military presence in Damascus as part of a security pact being brokered between Syria and Israel. Dominic Volitus for CBC News, Bristol, England. And two major league baseball pitchers have been indicted in a gambling investigation. Emmanuel Classet and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians are accused of taking bribes, giving sports betters advance notice of what type of pitch they'd throw, and intentionally throwing balls instead of strikes to ensure that gamblers won particular bets. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.

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