The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/10 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/10 at 05:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. The U.S. government is one step closer to ending a shutdown that's been going on for 40 days. Last night, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to fund the U.S. government. On this vote, the yays are 60 and the nays are 40. Three-fifths of the Senate duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, the motion. upon reconsideration is agreed to. A group of centrist Democrats supported the bill, along with Republicans. Gene Shaheen is a Democratic U.S. senator from New Hampshire.

I understand that not all of my Democratic colleagues are satisfied with this agreement, but waiting another week or another month wouldn't deliver a better outcome. It would only mean more harm for families in New Hampshire and all across the country. The bill still needs to pass the U.S. House of Representatives, where Republicans have a majority. The shutdown impacted everything from food aid to veterans' programs and air travel. More than 2,800 flights in the U.S. were canceled on Sunday.

The president of Syria will visit the White House today. Nakhm al-Assad seized power last year from Bashar al-Assad. The new Syrian leader fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq, but is now vowing to lead a more moderate government. In June U.S. President Donald Trump revoked most American sanctions against Syria. Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, is reeling after the resignation of two of its top officials amid allegations of bias.

The head of the Beeb, Tim Davy, and the head of its news department both quit Sunday night, partly in response to a leaked internal review that accused the network of distorting a clip of U.S. President Donald Trump. Chris Brown reports. Just before the last U.S. presidential election, the BBC program, Panorama ran this clip of Donald Trump speaking to supporters before the storming of the Capitol in 2021. We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you and we fight. Only Trump didn't actually say those words in that way.

They were from different parts of the same speech. Last week, the Telegraph newspaper leaked an internal BBC review that concluded the edit distorted what Trump said. In his resignation statement, Director General Tim Davy said he was taking responsibility for the mistakes. In her resignation statement, BBC head of news Deborah Terness pushed back against the criticisms, saying while mistakes were made, the accusation that the broadcaster is institutionally biased is wrong. Chris Brown, CBC News, London. The Chinese government is taking a new step that could lead to fewer drug overdose deaths in North America. China's Commerce Ministry says it will make adjustments to the catalog of drug-related precursor chemicals

and will require licenses for export of certain chemicals to Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. U.S. President Donald Trump asked the Chinese president to help stop the flow of fentanylge in their recent meeting. Flu cases are on the rise in Canada, and medical experts are now bracing for a tough winter. Lauren Pelley reports. The Southern Hemisphere often gives a preview for what Canada can expect, and this year it's grim. Australia hit more than 400,000 lab-confirmed flu infections up from the previous all-time high of 365,000 just last year. Scientists are also watching an evolving form of influenza that's quickly spilling north. And that's what we're seeing right now from an early season in the UK, an early season in Japan, where H3 and 2 is predominating.

Dr. Jesse Pappenberg spoke to us from the Montreal Children's Hospital. He's among those bracing for a tough flu season in Canada, too. The latest federal figures out Friday show influenza infections are on the rise. 2% of tests are now coming back positive, and they show a mix of strains, including H3N2. They're known for causing more serious illness, and older adults are most at risk. Lauren Pelley, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour.

Neil Hurland.