The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: November 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 02:00 EST

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Join us. Because kids these days, we need you more than ever. Donate at GeoFoundation.com. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the u.s house of representatives has approved a senate back bill to end the longest government shut down in the country's history the final vote was 222 to 209 with nearly every republican including a handful of democrats voting for the bill president trump has now signed the bill which will officially reopen the government the bill also sets up a new funding cliff in Congress on January 30th.

U.S. Democrats have released email suggesting Donald Trump knew more about Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes than previously stated. Private correspondence from the convicted sex offender alleges the president spent hours with one of Epstein's victims. It also implies Trump, quote, knew about the girls and that he kicked Epstein out of his Florida club for recruiting young women who worked there. White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt says Democrats are acting in bad faith by selectively releasing emails. These emails

prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Maralago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep. Trump has died knowledge or involvement with Epstein's crimes.

Ontario is now a step closer to winning a big bet to boost its coffers. It won a court case that will allow international players to participate in online gambling with the province. The change has the potential to bring and a lot of more revenue. But with it comes more risk.

Colin Butler reports. Drove Dale Gupta is an online poker player. For him, the decision changes everything. At least 50% of the player pool, I can recognize right away by their poker handle. So I know right away that, you know, this guy plays like this, this guy plays like this. Personally, I don't see any logical reason to have that restriction.

Now he can potentially sit at virtual tables with opponents from around the world, not just from Windsor to Ottawa. It means bigger games, bigger pots, and bigger prizes, but not everyone's cheering. A coalition of provinces and a First Nation challenged Ontario's approach in court. They argued the system breaks from Canada's cooperative model for gambling regulation and warned it could open the door to chaos between jurisdictions.

The court didn't agree. The judges ruled four to one that Ontario can maintain legal control on the domestic side while still allowing international links without the consent of other provinces. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. The tropical waters of the Caribbean are turning into a military hot spot as tension escalates between the United States and Venezuela. The U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier is now stationed off the coast of the South American country.

Sasha Petrissik has more on how the buildup could reshape regional security. Its runways handle more than 75 fighter jets. Its decks hold 5,000 sailors. And Wednesday, USS Gerald Ford, the biggest aircraft carrier in the world, arrived in the Caribbean. It's the most dramatic escalation yet in what the White House calls a military campaign against suspected drug runners. Spokeswoman Caroline Levitt. The president has made it very clear. He's not going to allow terrorists to bring illegal drugs that kill American citizens into our great country.

With that justification, the U.S. has launched airstrike. against at least 20 vessels off the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of South America, killing at least 76 people. But Washington has provided little evidence that the targets actually carried drugs, prompting a growing international backlash. Sasha Petrosick, CBC News, Toronto. The U.S. minted its last penny on Wednesday. It's a move that is meant to save money because the smallest coin has become largely irrelevant.

Treasury officials say that the final few people, pennies would be auctioned off. And although no new pennies will be made, they will remain legal tender. Canada stopped producing pennies in 2012. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. I don't know.