The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/26 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/26 at 13:00 EST

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I'm Kate McGilfrey. Industry Minister Melanie Jolie says more help is on the way for Canada's ailing steel and softwood lumber industries. The Prime Minister will be announcing more support for sectors that are affected by the tariffs, including steel. The measures set to be unveiled this afternoon are aimed at keeping those sectors afloat in the face of ongoing U.S. tariffs. Loan guarantees are expected for softwood lumber producers. It's also anticipated the government will slap new tariffs on steel imports and cut the cost of shipping steel around the country, making Canadian steel more attractive to buyers here at home.

Block Quebecois MP Louis Plamondon has entered the record books. He's locked more days in the House of Commons than any MP in Canadian history, and Plamondon says he plans to keep going. Brittany Anriquez reports. 82-year-old bloc Quebecois MP Louis Plamondon has become the longest serving member of the House of Commons in the history of the Confederation. We're going to make the record a little bit harder to beat this time around, says Plamondon, who has no plans of retiring anytime soon. He surpasses Sir Wilfred Laurier. The former Prime Minister accumulated 15,056 days, while Plamondon beat the record by one extra number.

day on Monday. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's tenure in the House was interrupted twice by electoral defeats. Blamondon, on the other hand, has been elected without interruption since 1984. The bloc MP says he will stay in politics as long as his health permits and says he plans to run again in the next election. Britton-Nirke's CBC News, Montreal. A massive fire engulfing an apartment complex in Hong Kong has killed at least 36 people. The fire has been burning for hours now. Nearly 300 people are missing, with fears that the number of casualties could climb as firefighters try to rescue trapped residents. Talia Sarv has the latest.

In Hong Kong's Taipo district, a fire emergency. Dozens of crews tackle an inferno at a high-rise housing complex with flames spreading on bamboo scaffold. As night falls, multiple buildings have now been alight for hours. They're home to nearly 5,000. people. This resident is one of them. She says everyone was shouting, get out, just get out. There are reports some residents are still trapped inside. Firefighters have been using water cannons from the outside, but say operations have been hampered

by extremely high temperatures inside the towers. One firefighter is among those killed. Meanwhile, hundreds of residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters. have yet to confirm what caused the blaze. Talia Saab, CBC News, Toronto. Soldiers have seized power in Guinea-Bissau and deposed its president. A military coup in the West African nation follows presidential elections just days ago. A military spokesman says the army took action to stop an alleged plot to destabilize the country. He accuses national politicians of trying to minimize the country.

he accuses national politicians of trying to manipulate the election results, although the outcome of the vote has yet to be announced both the incumbent and opposition candidates have claimed victory. The electoral process has now been suspended and all borders are closed. Guinea-Bissau has seen four coups and numerous coups attempts since it declared independence from Portugal in 1973. And severe flooding in southern Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths since the weekend. Officials there say the floods have disrupted the lives of more than two and a half million people in 12 provinces.

Southern Thailand's biggest city, Hat Yai, has suffered widespread damage and is currently under a state of emergency. Deaths have also been reported in Malaysia and in Indonesia. Meteorologists say the three countries have been hit by two active cyclones. And that is the world this hour. You can listen to our podcast anytime. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate May. Gilfrey.