The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/11 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: November 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/11 at 08:00 EST

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From CBC News at the world this hour, I'm Pep Philpott. U.S. senators have voted to end the longest government shutdown in Washington's history. A handful of Democrats broke rank and sided with the Republicans to end the 41-day stalemate. The bill extends funding for the federal government until January 30th, but it fails to meet a key Democrat demand. Willie Lowry has more from Washington. There's really no winner in all of this. Democrats didn't get the health care subsidies they wanted, though Republicans agreed to hold a vote on them at some point next month. There's no guarantee that will pass.

And Republicans suffered stinging defeats in recent elections, President Donald Trump blaming the shutdown for those losses in New Jersey and Virginia. And after 41 days, the Democrats fractured, with eight deciding Republicans weren't going to budge and that it was time to reopen the government, a move that left many in the party frustrated. Republicans, meanwhile, agreed to some of the Democratic demands, including promising to reverse federal layoffs majoring the shutdown and funding the Federal SNAP program, also known as food stamps, through the fiscal year. This bill is expected to go before the House

as early as Wednesday afternoon before heading to the desk of U.S. President Donald Trump. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Thailand is suspending the implementation of the cease fire with neighboring Cambodia. The announcement comes after four Thai soldiers were injured yesterday by a landmine near the Cambodian border. The agreement over the disputed border was forged just two weeks ago when U.S. President

Donald Trump presided over the signing. In July, border clashes killed close to 40 people and displaced 300,000 others. The outgoing head of the BBC is defending the broadcaster's journalists. Tim Davy quit his post over the weekend. after a news program misled the public. Panorama spliced together parts of a speech by Donald Trump, and it made it appear the U.S. President explicitly encouraged the Capitol Hill riot. Davey admits the BBC made mistakes, but defends the integrity of the corporation.

I'm very, very proud of our journalists in this building. They're doing work. I think it's incredibly important. I want to thank every one of them. They're doing a wonderful job. Trump is threatening a billion-dollar lawsuit unless the BBC makes a retract. The broadcaster says it will respond in due course. Russia continues to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure striking facilities in the Odessa region overnight. Firefighters direct their hose at one of many blazes. The attack injured one person.

Over the weekend, Russian strikes hit 25 locations across Ukraine, damaging major energy facilities. Officials began daily 16-hour power. cuts in order to make repairs. Today is Remembrance Day, and some high school students in Nova Scotia have found a powerful way to honor the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Selina Alders reports. 3,806 poppy petals form the Canadian flag. On each pedal is the name of a Nova Scotian soldier who died serving in the Second World War. But for the students at Islandview High School in the Eastern Front,

passage who worked on the art project, the meaning behind it hits close to home. The students gathered for a Remembrance Day ceremony and to display the poppies. Many of them come from military families, their school just minutes away from 12-wing Shearwater, one of Canada's oldest air bases. Student Elizabeth Brown says writing out each soldier's name by hand made her appreciate their sacrifice even more. They sacrificed their lives. They left their families for us.

In the small military community, this school project was a lesson in history, but also a symbol of gratitude crafted by Canada's next generation. Selina Alders, CBC News, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. CBC Radio 1 will broadcast today's National Remembrance Day's Ceremony in Ottawa. It starts at 10.55 a.m. local time in much of the country, 1155 Atlantic, 1225 in Newfoundland. That's your world this hour. Thank you.