World Report - September 20: Saturday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: September 20, 2025

Chaos at European airports following cyber attack.Estonia requests NATO consultation after Russian jets enter airspace.Canada's incoming UN ambassador, David Lametti, speaks on Canada recognizing a Palestinian state.Irish music group Kneecap vows legal action against Canadian government after being barred from entering country.Cadaver dogs to search for missing Nova Scotia children.The release of a new movie is stirring nationalistic sentiment in China.Farm Aid at 40.

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This is World Report. Good morning, I'm John Northcott. There are delays and disruptions this morning at some major European airports after a cyber attack hit check-in and boarding systems at some of the busiest travel hubs in the world. Anna Cunningham is more from London. In a statement on its website,

Brussels Airport says there was a cyber attack on Friday night the 19th of September against the service provider for the check-in and boarding systems. It goes on to state that currently only manual check-in and boarding is possible. London Heathrow and Berlin Airport also say their systems are being affected.

Ariang Gosen is a spokesperson for Brussels Airport. She says the external service provider was hit by a cyber attack, adding that there hasn't been a solution yet. Boarding and check-ins are being done manually, she says, which is why some flights are being cancelled or delayed. The suspected cyber attack has affected the business providing automated check-in and boardings for a number of airlines around the world. Collins' aerospace owner RTX confirms that they are aware of cyber-related disruption

to software in use at selected airports. It says the issue can be mitigated by manual check-in operations. The company confirms it's working to resolve the issue as swiftly as possible. Passengers flying from airports being impacted are being warned of delays and cancellations. The advice is for travellers to check the status of their flights before traveling to the airport. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. In Ukraine, another deadly air attack coming as concern grows about Russian incursions in European airspace. Emergency workers survey the damage to residential buildings in the emergency workers survey the damage to residential buildings

in the eastern city of Nipro. Ukrainian officials say at least three people were killed during a large-scale Russian missile strike. Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, is calling the attack a deliberate strategy to terrorize civilians and destroy infrastructure. Security concerns in Eastern Europe are high. Russia accused of violating Estonia's airspace

just days after Russian drones flew over Poland. Reporter Dominic Volitus has more on the rising tensions. Estonia says the three Russian MIG-31 fighter jets entered its airspace without permission and stayed for 12 minutes before finally being forced to withdraw by NATO planes. Estonia's foreign minister, Margas Sarkner, says the incursion was a very clear provocation by Russian President Vladimir Putin. That's why we are calling as well Article 4 political consultations because it is clear that Putin has started on a new level testing NATO and a new level provocation.

Estonia is now the second NATO country this month to request Article 4 consultations. Poland did so just 10 days ago after nearly 20 Russian drones crossed its border. And just this morning, NATO aircraft was scrambled once again to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting Western Ukraine near Poland's border. It could be big trouble. US President Donald Trump's reaction to Russia's latest reported incursion of Estonia's airspace. NATO has described it as another example of reckless Russian behavior. Moscow, meanwhile, has denied its jets violated Estonian airspace,

claiming at the time they were on a scheduled flight to Kaliningrad. the Russian enclave sandwiched between Polish and Lithuanian territory. Dominic Velitis for CBC News, Norfolk, England. Canada is said to recognize a Palestinian state next week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The man who will soon be Canada's UN ambassador spoke to CBC Radio's The House. David Lometti explains why the move is coming now. Host of the House, Catherine Cullen, reports.

We've seen horrific things happen, both in terms of what Hamas has done and what has been done in Gaza. David Lamedi says that is what's spurring Canada to recognize a Palestinian state. A former Justice Minister now advisor to Mark Carney in November, he'll become Canada's ambassador to the United Nations. The goal is that we have a Jewish state Israel. We have a Palestinian state that live side by side,

insecurity and peaceful coexistence, in which Hamas does not have a role. But while Canada is preparing to recognize a Palestinian state, state normalizing relations will take longer, including things like setting up embassies. And Canada's foreign affairs minister says Canada is looking for action, including ensuring Hamas lays down its weapons. Despite that insistence, Conservative leader Pierre Polyev has called this a plan for a Hamas state. Earlier this month, he said his party would never support it. We were obviously not going to recognize Hamas as a state. That would be rewarding terrorism.

Well, the NDP wants the Canadian government to do more, including calling Israel's actions a genocide. NDPMP, Heather McPherson. Canada needs to stop being complicit in a genocide. This week, a United Nations commissioned panel of inquiry said Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the latest institution to come to that conclusion. Israel has repeatedly vehemently denied the accusation. Lamede says Canada will only take a position on whether genocide is or is not occurring, when the International Court of Justice or a UN resolution draws a conclusion.

Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. And you can hear Catherine's full interview with David Lamedy this morning on the House right after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report, or wherever you get your podcasts. An Irish rap group being barred from entering Canada says it will take legal action against the federal government. Neckap was supposed to perform in Toronto and Vancouver next month, but yesterday the federal government announced they wouldn't be allowed in, alleging the group advocates political violence, terrorism, and anti-Semitism. UBC international law and politics professor Michael Byers worries Canada's move may be going too far.

We're seeing freedom of expression being attacked in the United States, that the Trump administration is going after comedians, and Canada all of a sudden is taking action against a musical group. Neckap has generated controversy with its harsh criticism of Israel. One member is faced tracing terrorism charges in the UK after allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag on stage. In a statement, NECAP calls Canada's accusations baseless. The release of a new movie is stirring nationalistic sentiment in China. It documents human experiments conducted by Japan during its Second World War occupation of China. Camille Nadellic has more from Hong Kong.

Torture in the name of science. Chinese film Evil Unbound tells the story of unit. 731, a remote World War II Japanese prison camp that experimented on and killed an estimated 15,000 people in northeastern China. Cinemagoa Wang Hongyu says it is difficult to watch. By the end, my eyes were full of tears. Victims were gassed, often had limbs amputated without anesthesia and were used as human guinea pigs in the development of biological weapons. Rape was routine. Evil Unbound is part of a recent trend of Chinese films exposing. the atrocities Japan committed during World War II.

Brian Wong, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, explains that while violence is usually censored, Beijing makes an exception for these types of films. There's the flexibility to provide a higher degree of violent contents when it comes to nationalistic anti-invasion, anti-imperialist wars, and to tune down violence in context where such violence is inappropriate. While drumming up nationalist sentiment could distract cinema goers from China's modern-day troubles of soaring graduate unemployment and an ailing economy,

evil unbound addresses real historic wrongs and long-standing outrage against Japan's conduct during their occupation of China before and during World War II. Japan has yet to issue a formal apology for the abuses perpetrated by Unit 731. Kimmel Nedaleck for CBC News, Hong Kong. And finally, it's a major milestone for a long-running fundraiser. for American farmers. That is, of course, Neil Young. He's at the original Farm Aid concert there in September 1985.

It was a time of crisis in American agriculture, with land values plummeting and families forced to sell off farms. The concert that also featured an all-star lineup, Headlined by Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, and John Mellencamp. It was supposed to be a one-off, but four decades later, farm aid 40, happens this weekend in Minneapolis, with Willie, Bob, John, and Neil all returning to the stage. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm John Northcott. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with us here at CBC News.