The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: November 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 21:00 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 this hour i'm mike miles u.s president donald trump says tonight he's not thought about a pardon for geoffrey epstein accomplice galane maxwell she's serving a 20-year sentence for helping epstein sexually abuse underage girls meantime the u.s justice department it will be probing several notable democrats and financiers and their relationships with epstein katie

Nicholson has the latest. In a post on X, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi responded to an earlier post from Donald Trump. He had asked her to investigate prominent Democrats, like former president Bill Clinton, for alleged ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi replied she had asked U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton from New York's Southern District to take the lead. She said the department will pursue this with urgency and integrity. Clayton is a Trump ally who's served as the Securities and Exchange Commissioner in the first Trump administration. Trump's post accused Democrats of perpetuating what he called the Jeffrey Epstein hoax. Trump has so far avoided directly answering reporters' questions about a massive dump of

Epstein's emails earlier this week, as well as a House vote slated for next week on releasing the Department of Justice's files on Epstein. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. Trump also backtracking on some food tariffs, signing an executive order to get rid of reciprocal levies on certain imports, including beef, coffee, and tropical fruit. It's a response to pressure from U.S. consumers who complain prices are too high. Voters cited economic concerns as their top issue in off-year elections earlier this month, which resulted in big wins for Democrats in races in Virginia and New Jersey. Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav is condemning the Carney government's proposed budget, and he says analysis by the interim parliamentary budget officer confirms his opinion.

Today's parliamentary budget officer's report demonstrates that Mark Carney's costly credit card budget will mean higher grocery and housing bills and higher taxes. Canadians cannot afford the cost of Carney. Jason Jake's, the interim parliamentary budget officer, says there's only a 10% chance the government will stay within its deficit targets. Montreal is headed off a potential transit strike this weekend. The city's transit agency reached a tentative agreement with drivers, operators, and station agents. Details won't be known until the agency and union ratify the deal.

In Gaza, some things are returning to how they were before the war. One of them, Hamas, taking back control of the territory in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Tom Perry is more. Bombs and rockets once rained down on Gaza. now the rain itself is making life miserable for some Palestinians. People sheltering in ragged tents in Gaza City today, mopping up after a downpour drenched and flooded their threadbare makeshift homes. Look at the water. I were drowning from the rain, says Abu Ahmed Al-Matwak.

Commercial goods and humanitarian aid have been arriving in Gaza since last month's ceasefire deal, all of it unfolding under the watchful eyes. of Hamas, whose fighters still roam Gaza streets. The group so far refusing to comply with a key part of Donald Trump's peace plan that it lay down its weapons. The Reuters News Agency reports Hamas is continuing to tighten its grip on Gaza.

The group has fought battles with armed clans and executed individuals it accuses of colluding with Israel. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. King Charles celebrated his 77th birthday in Wales today. Happy good day, your majesty. Will Wisher sang to the king, accompanied by a harp, as he cut into an enormous cake modeled on a 200-year-old Welsh castle. Charles also presided over the opening of a light rail depot

and even took the controls of a train. The king is still being treated for cancer, but returned to his public duties just a few months after his 2024 diagnosis. That is the world to sour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.