World Report - November 2: Sunday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

Blue Jays fans despair over dramatic game 7 World Series loss.Federal government prepares to table its first budget with Mark Carney as Prime Minister.Doctors Without Borders warns people's lives are still in danger in the Sudanese city of el Fasher.Two British nationals arrested over train stabbing; police say no suggestion attack terror-related.Mexico City commemorates its annual Day of the Dead.

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and a digital business library full of on-demand resources. Benefit together with Chambers Plan. Learn more at hellochambers.ca. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm John Northcott. Groans, then silence and disbelief for Blue Jays fans watching the game last night at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square. The dreams of a first world series since 1993 will have to wait for another year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers coming back to beat the Jays 5-4 in 11 innings. Reporter, Steve Futterman, was at the game and joins us in studio. Steve, what was it like being there? It was a remarkable game seven. I mean, I thought the Jays were about to win. I was watching the game. I was actually right on the edge of the press box when Rojas hits this ball, and he is not known as a home run hitter.

Sure, he's hit home runs in his career. You don't think of him as, well, I'm still glad that he's at the plate. You were waiting for the on-deck hitter, which was Shohei Otani. And then suddenly Rojas ties the game. I mean, talk about the air being let out of the balloon, the old cliche. The dome went suddenly silent and really in shock. I mean, the Jays, their fans, they all thought it was over. Not over for the Dodgers, though.

Second straight World Series. You're normally based in Los Angeles. What does this victory mean for that team and that city? Well, I mean, obviously it's historic. You don't have repeat champions like you used to. do the last time there was a repeat champion 25 years ago, the New York Yankees with, you know, Derek Jeter, Joe Torrey, those teams, you don't have repeat champions anymore.

Now, obviously, the Dodgers are a bit of a controversial team. They spend like what drunken sailors, they used to say. They have lots of money. They have ownership that can spend lots of money. And they have. They've bought the players. They have Shohei Otani. They bring in Snell.

They bring in relief pitchers. They pay what they need to pay to contend. And this time they won. So I think there are a lot of. people who feel that there's a bit imbalance in Major League Baseball, and that may be true. But nonetheless, the Dodgers have made the purchases. They've picked the right players, and now they've won two in a row. And nonetheless, a prideful moment for the people of Los Angeles?

Oh, I think so. Most of people in L.A. like the Dodgers. There are two teams in L.A., the Angels, the Dodgers. Angel fans aren't necessarily Dodger fans, but the Dodgers are the dominant team. It's sort of like in New York. The Yankees are always the dominant team over the Mets. The Mets fans may not like the Yankees, but same situation. in LA. The Dodgers are the dominant team. They control the media. They have the most

fans. L.A. is pretty happy. Steve Futterman in studio. Thanks so much, Steve. Thanks, John. After a nine-day trip to Asia this week, Mark Carney faces his biggest test yet as Prime Minister. His government tables its first budget on Tuesday. Getting it passed will require deft negotiation with the opposition. The CBC's chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton joins us from Ottawa. Set the stage for us, Rosie? Well, John, the Prime Minister made it clear yesterday before heading home from that trip to Asia that he is prepared to fight an election on this budget if needed. He also said that he believes this is the right budget for the country right now in a critical moment. Some of the words the government has been using to describe this budget, big, bold, generational, all to point to those massive investments the government believes are needed right now to spur the economy and to stand up to Donald Trump's tariffs.

But the budget is also going to be one with a very large deficit, anywhere between $70 to $100 billion, and cuts to the public service. So that's where Prime Minister Carney is going to run into some trouble, perhaps, because at this point, it's really unclear where he's going to find the support to pass the budget. Conservative leader Pierre Puehliev won't say whether his government will support the budget. He's called on the Prime Minister to do certain things like scrap the industrial carbon tax and keep the deficit under $42 billion. dollars. Here's a little more of what he told me. I don't have telepathic powers to tell you what's in it. If it were to bring down the cost of living, an affordable budget for an affordable living is something that I support.

It does sound, though, John, that because he has criticized Mark Carney and the government's approach, it would be very unlikely for them to be able to support it. There are other opposition parties, of course, who could hold sway in all of this. What are they saying? Well, remember, the government only needs a few votes, right? But the NDP and the Block Quebec are keeping their cards close to their chest. The block has made some expensive demands, including increasing old-age security payouts, more generous health transfers to provinces.

But as I said, the government's looking to make 15% cuts in the next two years. So those kinds of asks also unlikely. The NDP leader, Don Davies, says the party wants a budget that invests, yes, but doesn't want the cuts, and says he doesn't believe that Canadians want an election right now. The NDP might be the place that the government can find a bit of support, because caucus members could abstain if they wanted to. And, of course, the party doesn't have a permanent leader. But this is very much up in the air just a couple of days before the budget

in terms of where that support will come from and if the government will survive. Interesting week ahead. Thanks for setting it up for us, Rosie. Thanks, John. And you can hear more of that exclusive interview with Pierre Paulyab on Rosemary Barton live today, airing at 11 a.m. on CBC television or wherever you stream, CBC News. The Medical Humanitarian Organization Doctors Without Borders is warning people's lives are still in danger in the Sudanese city of El Fasher. Tens of thousands are fleeing ethnic killings by the paramilitary rapid support forces.

The RSF has been fighting government forces for almost a year and a half. It captured Al-Fashir last week. It was the government's last stronghold in the North Darfur state. Nabamoidine has more from Khartoum. According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 60, 60,000 people have fled the Sudanese city of Elfashir, which was captured by the barren military support forces. Doctors Without Borders Charity Organization expresses its concerns about the number of displaced

people from Alfashir and accuses the rabbit support forces of preventing their access to Taweila. A report accompanied by satellite images reveals that killing of civilians in Elfashir continues and called on organizations to reach the city urgent. While many countries condemned what's going on in El Fashir and the U.S. State Department called on the rabbit support forces to stop engaging in acts of revenge and ethnic violence in El Fashir, escalation continues, and the rabbit support forces are still targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Just on Saturday, new drone strikes carried out by the rabbit support forces, killed 12 people in two displacement camps in South Kordofan, The situation is deteriorating and the humanitarian crisis is deepening amid the RISF ignoring all of the calls to descalate and to open humanitarian corridors for people who want to flee the violence in al-Fashir and to allow the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Naba Mahiddeen for CBC News. Meanwhile, in the UK. So I'm looking to my right and I just see 20 people in about around 20 people in pure panic. there's three people severely bleeding and one guy is holding his stomach and there's blood coming down his stomach down his leg and he's just going to help help of being stabbed. Passengers on board a British train

describe horrific scenes during last night's stabbing attack. Ten people taken to hospital, two of whom remain in life-threatening condition. The London-bound train was travelling from Eastern England at the time of the attack. Two people have been arrested. Police say there's nothing to suggest it was a terrorist incident.

Mexico City is holding one, of its biggest annual events this weekend. The Day of the Dead Parade draws millions of tourists and locals alike. It combines the grief over lost loved ones with the celebration of family. CBC's Jorge Barrera is at this year's event. Giant skeletons, dancers in feathery Aztec regalia, others dressed like crows, all part of Mexico City's 8,000-strong Day of the Dead Grand Parade. The Murtos, it's time to get contact with our grandfathers, our parents, or aunts.

Enrique Sente and Vajere comes from the state of Colima along Mexico's Pacific coast. He said the parade, initially inspired by the opening scene of a James Bond movie, is just the latest evolution in a yearly celebration rooted in Mexico's indigenous heritage. If you want above, you die, so we don't want this tradition to die. So the heart of this is the same. The month-long festivities culminating over the weekend meant to honor loved ones, even pets who've died. Araseli Cruz from Mexico City

says she placed her husband's favorite beer on a shrine built in her living room with marigold and photos of other relatives who've passed. She says she leaves water and food among the candles because souls arrive thirsty and hungry for their once-a-year visit among the living. This shrine central to a tradition of remembering that love and joy exists within grief from loss.

Jorge Berrera, CBC News, Mexico City. We leave you with La Jorona. It's a traditional piece sung during the Day of the Dead that deals with that mix of the pain of loss and the joy of the memory of life. loved ones. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm John Northcott.

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