The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/16 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/16 at 10:00 EST

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after three armed suspects were reported to be shooting at people near the peerless trout first nation area last night our cmp confirmed that the suspect stole several firearms at around 1230 p m near redder Creek and later fled on foot into the woods. But it is now believed that the suspects may have exited the area. The RCMP says the search continues for the suspects. The UK is announcing the biggest changes to its asylum policy in modern times. Those granted asylum will have to wait four times longer to apply for permanent status. And they could lose their refugee status before then. The sweeping changes come as the government faces a growing backlog. over illegal migration.

Dominic Volaitis has more. Polls suggest illegal immigration via the English Channel has now overtaken the economy as voters' top concern. Tomorrow, Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, plans to announce a sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers. We have a system that is out of control, it's unfair, and it's putting huge pressure on communities. The government's crackdown is expected to make refugee states,

temporary, with the wait for permanent settlement to be quadrupled to 20 years, while housing benefits and weekly allowances for certain asylum seekers will be revoked. Sweeping new changes, but once the Shadow Home Secretary Chris Phillips says, don't go far enough. Legal and illegal immigration is in danger of breaking Britain. But its tougher approach is drawing criticism, with more than 100 British charities saying its harming migrants while fueling racism and violence. Dominic Velitis for CBC News, Bristol, England. A massive rally is taking place in the Philippines capital. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Manila demanding government accountability over allegations of corruption.

It involves the country's flood control projects and allegations of high-level politicians receiving kickbacks to secure lucrative contracts. Reporter Dave Grunenbaum is in Manila. It's come out in hearings and the ongoing investigation that lawmakers have earmarked money into the national budget for flood control projects and then steered those projects towards particular private contractors who've been paying off the lawmakers. But in addition to that, the people are supposed to be monitoring these projects to make sure they're done appropriately. Often engineers in the Department of Public Works or Highways Department, they've been getting paid off to look the other way. So what you end up having happen here is that you've got some projects according to investigators that have been marked as complete are nowhere near complete. Others are substandard and some project market is complete are not even started. We've got ghost projects and those are some of the many reasons why so people are furious about this because we're talking about according to investigators billions of dollars siphoned off for flood control projects to line the pockets of dirty people according to investigators.

Dave Brunabound for CBC News, Manila. Premier David Eby has been given a vote of confidence by his party with delegates at this weekend's provincial NDP convention deciding against a leadership review. And he had a message for neighboring Premier Daniel Smith calling her proposal for a pipeline carrying Buteman from Alberta to the BC coastline, a pipe dream. The reality is that that pipeline across the north is never going to happen. And it is threatening the coalition of support that we have between First Nations and northern communities and others for tens of thousands of jobs. and billions of dollars of investment that are real with real companies that are actually happening. Well, it's game day in Winnipeg. The 112th Grey Cup will be played today between the favorite Saskatchewan Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes. The riders will be looking

to hoist their first Great Cup since 2013, while the Ows won more recently in 2023. Kickoff is scheduled for just after 6 p.m. Eastern Time 5 Central. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg. Thank you.