Carney in England, Russia at UN Assembly, Canada loses Women's Rugby World Cup Final, and more

Summary

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Your World Tonight – September 27, 2025

CBC News | Hosted by Stephanie Skenderas & Susan Bonner
Episode Theme: A deep dive into the day’s big stories—Prime Minister Carney’s UK trip and Canada’s global ambitions, Canada Post strikes and the future of mail delivery, Russia’s positioning at the UN, Canada at the Women’s Rugby World Cup, climate change effects, and more.

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1. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Trip to England: Purpose vs. Criticism

[00:40 – 04:49]

• Main Points:

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney visited London for trade and security talks—with no major deals announced.
  • The trip included cheering on Canada’s women’s rugby team in the World Cup final.
  • Carney emphasized that building international relationships takes ongoing work, not just headline agreements.

• Key Quotes:

  • “It’s not just you sign a nice agreement and then something happens. No, you actually have to do the work. You have to meet with the leaders to make sure the work’s being done.”
    —Mark Carney [00:40, 02:37]
  • “I’m more certain than ever that there are endless possibilities for Canada.”
    —Mark Carney [03:35]
  • "I think people are waiting to hear what is being offered to these new partners that will bring tangible benefits."
    —Stephanie Skenderas [03:19]

• Additional Insights:

  • Political scientist Anne Fitzgerald points out Carney has a limited window to show concrete results from these trips.
  • Discussions included economic opportunities and Canada’s continued support for Ukraine through the “Coalition of the Willing.”
  • On the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Carney reaffirmed support for a two-state solution, even after criticism from Israeli PM Netanyahu.
  • “There will never be a durable peace for Israel unless those rights of self determination are respected for the Palestinian people.”
    —Mark Carney [04:25]

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2. Canada Post Strike: Labor Tensions and the Future of Mail

[04:50 – 07:45]

• Main Points:

  • 55,000 Canada Post workers strike after the federal government lifts restrictions on cost-cutting at Canada Post.
  • Potential changes: closure of post offices, elimination of door-to-door delivery, and a shift toward community mailboxes.
  • Canada Post is losing $10 million a day, with over $5 billion lost in the past decade—calling its current model unsustainable.

• Key Quotes:

  • “A company is not viable if it has cost $5 billion over the course of the last decade, if it’s losing $10 million a day.”
    —Mark Carney [05:25]
  • “The problem is Canadians as taxpayers paying more and more for a system they’re using less and less.”
    —John Hamilton, Canada Post spokesperson [06:39]
  • Wycliffe Odour (Canadian Union of Postal Workers):
    “The announcement would reduce services that the Canada Post provides to our public and that is not acceptable.” [07:23]
  • Union warns privatization is a real possibility if current plans continue.

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3. Domestic Update: Nunavut Water Crisis & Alberta Search

[07:45 – 08:47]

• Pangurtung, Nunavut:
  • State of emergency after three days without water. Schools and offices closed; engineers en route; government sending bottled water and pumps.
• Alberta:
  • Search for missing six-year-old Darius McDougal continues, optimism remains high with more RCMP tactical support.

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4. Global Hotspots: Russia at the UN, US Troops to Portland, India Stampede

[08:47 – 13:05]

a) Russia at the UN

[10:29 – 12:54]

• Main Points:

  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insists Russia has no plans for war with NATO or the EU but will respond “decisively” to any aggression.
  • Comes as NATO forces intercept Russian drones over Poland, and Estonia reports airspace violations.

• Key Quotes:

  • “Russia is being accused of almost planning to attack the North Atlantic alliance and the European Union countries. President Putin has repeatedly debunked these provocations.”
    —Sergei Lavrov [10:33]
  • “However, any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.”
    —Sergei Lavrov [10:56]
  • Analyst Christine Berzina:
    “Russia isn’t interested in backing down or showing NATO that it is weak.” [11:34]

b) US Domestic Turmoil

• President Donald Trump directs troops to Portland, Oregon, warning of “full force” response.

c) India Stampede

• 36 dead after a stampede at a Tamil Nadu rally for actor-turned-politician Vijay; cause unclear.

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5. Gaza War Update: Ceasefire Prospects and a Daring Escape

[13:05 – 17:43]

• Ceasefire Negotiations:

  • Despite President Trump’s optimism, Hamas states no plan has been officially received.
  • Possible deal: hostage exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

• Human Story:

  • Mohammed Abu Dhaka, a Gaza shop owner, escapes devastation via Egypt, China, Libya, and finally Italy—crossing the Mediterranean by jet ski, becoming a rare refugee to reach Europe by such means.
  • “When the Israelis destroyed his shop and home, Mohammed said, I cannot live here.” —Abradou Sulaiman Abu Dhaka (father) [17:43]

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6. Climate Impact: Warming Asia and Social Inequality

[17:43 – 20:39]

• Hong Kong’s Heat Crisis:
  • Asia warming nearly twice as fast as the globe; heat waves hit the urban poor hardest.
  • Substandard housing can reach 40°C inside; residents ration air conditioning.
  • Professor Ben Horton (City University Hong Kong):
    “…if we’re going to adapt to a future that is warmer and is wetter, we need to make sure those adaptations are focused on those less fortunate than ourselves.” [20:00]

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7. Hungarian Abbey’s Priceless Library Threatened by Climate and Beetles

[20:39 – 23:33]

• Main Points:
  • Hungary’s Penonhalma Abbey faces a beetle infestation, a climate-driven challenge endangering 100,000 ancient volumes.
  • Restoration is expensive (USD $1.7M), with the abbey relying heavily on donations.
  • Codices over 1,000 years old are being preserved with nitrogen chambers and new climate controls.
  • “Across Hungary’s history, wars and fires have devastated this library. After every disaster, we rebuilt the collection.” —Father Konrad Dieces [22:54]

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8. Women’s Rugby World Cup: Canadian Achievements and England’s Triumph

[23:33 – 28:35]

• Main Points:

  • England beats Canada in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final (largest-ever crowd: 82,000).
  • Canada’s underdog journey included upsets over Australia and New Zealand.
  • Unique for fast, high-risk, high-reward playstyle; lauded as a new model to be emulated worldwide.
  • Team crowdfunded nearly $1 million for trip participation; lack of funding remains an issue.

• Key Quotes & Moments:

  • “They go at a frenetic pace. All the players can play all the different positions—so they kind of throw specialization out the window…high risk, high reward.”
    —Ed Kleiman [26:04]
  • Sophie De Goody, named World Player of the Year, highlighted for her versatility and resilience after severe injury and a sporting family legacy.
  • “She kicks, gets all the points for Canada on kicking converts and kicking penalties. And then she’s right in the thick of it offensively, right in the thick of it defensively… No one else is like her.”
    —Ed Kleiman [27:08]

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9. Light Fare: Cornhole Tournament in PEI

[28:35 – 31:22]

• **First Canadian Cornhole (beanbag toss) tournament held in Charlottetown with a professional league backing and a quirky backstory.
• Growing from backyard pastime to yearly international events.
• “My doubles partner is my husband and we actually met through cornhole. Now we travel the world playing cornhole together. So our whole kind of story has revolved around cornhole.”
  —Tournament participant [30:40]

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Listen for:

• Huge public service questions around Canada Post’s future.
• Insights into the pressure on Carney to deliver foreign policy results.
• Standout women’s sports achievements, especially Sophie De Goody’s story.
• Global climate change impacts, from urban Asia to Hungary’s archives.

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Transcript

[Narrator/Host]

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[Ed Kleiman]

This is a CBC podcast.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Hello, I'm Stephanie Skenderas. This is your World tonight.

[Mark Carney]

It's not just you sign a nice agreement and then something happens. No, you actually have to do the work. You have to meet with the leaders to make sure the work's being done.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

The prime minister pushes back on criticism over trips overseas, saying he's pursuing opportunities, including economic ones, for Canada as the opposition demands results. Also on the podcast, you've not got mail. Canada Post workers are back on strike. You'll hear what that could mean for the future of home delivery. Plus, I think what we've accomplished this.

[Ed Kleiman]

World cup is very powerful, especially for rugby in Canada.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

How Canada's women's rugby team defied the odds and funding limits to reach the biggest stage in the sport. Mark Carney is wrapping up an official visit to the United Kingdom, his second to London and his 13th foreign trip since becoming prime minister. And while Carney is there to discuss trade and security with allies, his opposition back home says the prime minister has nothing to show for his travels abroad. Olivia Stefanovic reports from London.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

In a sea of white team England jerseys, Prime Minister Mark Carney stuck out wearing a red shirt and matching hat while he cheered on Team Canada in a sellout crowd of 82,000 as the underdogs faced off against England in the Women's Rugby World cup final. Canada didn't win, and during his time across the pond, the the prime minister didn't land any major deals either. But Carney says flashy announcements weren't the point of the trip, his second official visit to the United Kingdom.

[Mark Carney]

It's not just you sign a nice agreement and then something happens. No, you actually have to do the work. You have to meet with the leaders to make sure the work's being done. You have to mark progress as it's being done.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

The prime minister held a series of bilateral talks with global leaders over the last two days over along with some of the world's largest energy and infrastructure firms.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

I think the first step is to go and crystallize these relationships, but I think what everybody will be waiting for is more news on what is being offered.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

Anne Fitzgerald is a professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University. She says Carney has limited time to show results for his travels.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

I think people are waiting to hear what is being offered to these new partners that will bring tangible benefits.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

The Conservatives are asking that question too, while Carney is signaling future trade and security agreements are forthcoming.

[Mark Carney]

I'm more certain than ever that there are endless possibilities for Canada.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

It's not only economic opportunities that Carney is after. During discussions with his counterparts, Carney says he sought clarity when on what more Canada can contribute to Ukraine through the group of countries known as the Coalition of the Willing.

[Mark Carney]

In a ceasefire situation, one of the most important things will be to scale up that activity even more.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

Carney says Canada will need to increase training missions for Ukraine. Meanwhile, on Gaza, Carney is reiterating Canada's long standing position on a two state solution despite an impassioned speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United nations on Friday slamming nations that recognize a Palestinian state, including Canada.

[Mark Carney]

There will never be a durable peace for Israel unless those rights of self determination are respected for the Palestinian people.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

Carney returns to Ottawa on Sunday, bringing his focus back to domestic issues and convincing Canadians why his latest four day trip abroad was was worth it. Olivia Stavanovich, CBC News, London.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

For the second time in less than a year, Canada Post workers are back on the picket line. 55,000 workers walked off the job after the federal government lifted restrictions allowing Canada Post to take cost cutting measures, measures that could include the closing of post offices and the end of home delivery. Philip Lee Shannock has more Canada Post.

[Mark Carney]

Is part of our fabric.

[Narrator/Host]

In London, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's committed to the promise and potential of Canada Post. But he painted a picture of a broke corporation with a broken business model.

[Mark Carney]

A company is not viable if it has cost $5 billion over the course of the last decade, if it's losing $10 million a day.

[Narrator/Host]

So he says the corporation should be able to make changes that could lead it to financial sustainability. But it has to include the as part of the solution. Canada Post says regulatory restrictions in place for decades have not allowed it to make needed reforms to its business model. Spokesperson John Hamilton says now the Crown Corporation can look at cost saving measures.

[John Hamilton]

And will allow us to finally try and align the postal system to where Canadians are at today, not where they were in 1994.

[Narrator/Host]

He suggests some rural roots could be cut and post offices closed with door to door delivery Possibly giving way to community mailboxes. Hamilton says without continued subsidies, the company faces an existential crisis.

[John Hamilton]

Taxpayer, you know, injections to keep the lights on. At the Canada Post, that is not going to be a long term solution.

[Narrator/Host]

Andy says survival could mean job losses from top to bottom, management included, but that attrition will help. He estimates 14,000 people are eligible to retire over the next five years.

[John Hamilton]

The problem is Canadians as taxpayers paying more and more for a system they're using less and less.

[Narrator/Host]

Across the country. Canada Post customers say that with email and online banking, they're less reliant on home delivery. But many still defend it as a public service.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

A good portion of the mail that I get is flyers, kind of junk mail to be honest. But the stuff I do need in the mail is important to me. I mean, paperless is great, but unfortunately a lot of people will lose their jobs.

[Ed Kleiman]

That's a service that's for the people.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

And also jobs and livelihoods that would.

[John Hamilton]

Be, you know, gone.

[Narrator/Host]

On the picket line in Calgary, Wycliffe Odour of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the public wants home delivery.

[Ed Kleiman]

The announcement would reduce services that the Canada Post provides to our public and that is not acceptable.

[Narrator/Host]

The union also warns the corporation's plan could lead to privatization. Canada Post has 45 days to come up with a modernization plan and it wants the union to have a say. Philip Le Shenhox, CBC News, Toronto.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

A community in Nunavut is closing schools and government offices until further notice after three days without water service. Pangurtung, home to 1500 people on Baffin island, has been under a state of emergency since Thursday. That's when the local water treatment plant had to shut down after a pipe failure. Local officials say a plumber is now on site. Engineers are expected to arrive by Monday to resolve the issue. The Nunavut government is sending shipments of bottled water to the area along with steel pumps to draw water from the reservoir. A boil water advisory is also in place. More crews and more police will search for a six year old Alberta boy who's been missing since Sunday. 60 RCMP Tactical Support Group members are joining the search. Adam Kennedy with Alberta Search and Rescue says the search radius is expanding with.

[Ed Kleiman]

The additional There has been no change since yesterday. Honestly, the mood on ground, everybody is still very optimistic. They're still out searching and aren't giving up hope.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Darius McDougal was last seen walking with his family at a campground south of Calgary. Police have not said how he got separated from the group. Kennedy says crews are still confident Darius will be found alive. Still ahead, some of Hungary's oldest books, dating as far back as the Middle Ages, are stored in an ancient abbey. They've survived fires, wars, but now they're facing a new being eaten. You'll hear about the creepy crawly threat coming up On YOUR WORLD tonight. U.S. president Donald Trump is directing Defense Secretary Pete HEGSETH to send U.S. troops to Portland, Oregon. In a social media post, he advised the military to use full force if necessary. Trump says troops are needed to protect the city from domestic terrorists and ICE facilities from attack. Last night, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson warned of a sudden influx of federal agents across the city. But Wilson also dismissed the increase as just a big show. Russia's foreign minister says his country has no plans to start a war with EU or NATO countries. Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, Sergei Lavrov's comments came after NATO forces shot down drones over Polish airspace and Estonia said Russian jets violated its airspace. As Anise Heydari reports, Lavrov says Moscow is prepared to defend itself. I now give the floor to His Excellency Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, addressing.

[Sergei Lavrov]

The United Nations General Assembly.

[Ed Kleiman]

Russia is being accused of almost planning to attack the North Atlantic alliance and the European Union countries. President Putin has repeatedly debunked these provocations.

[Sergei Lavrov]

Those accusations come after NATO took down drones above Poland, and Estonia claimed Russian jets flew into its airspace. But at the UN On Saturday, Sergey Lavrov was blunt.

[Ed Kleiman]

However, any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.

[Sergei Lavrov]

His speech coming three years into Russia's war on Ukraine and just days after a speech from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying Russia must be stopped.

[Ed Kleiman]

And now Russian drones are already flying.

[John Hamilton]

Across Europe and Russian operations are already spreading across countries and Putin wants to.

[Ed Kleiman]

Continue this war by expanding it and no one can feel safe right now.

[Sergei Lavrov]

Russia denies they entered Estonian airspace and said drones weren't targeting Poland.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Russia isn't interested in backing down or showing NATO that it is weak.

[Sergei Lavrov]

In fact, Christine Berzina is a Senior Fellow of U.S. defense and Transatlantic Security with the German Marshall Fund think tank. She says some of these actions could be tied to a more pro Ukraine shift in Donald Trump's messaging.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

President Trump is certainly being very provocative. Instead, we're looking at a different strategy, which is the United States running out of patience and NATO running out of patience. And again, we could be coming into a situation where you see more military pressure and being put on Russia.

[Sergei Lavrov]

Days ago, President Trump said he thought Ukraine could regain all of the territory it lost to Russia, noted as a shift in messaging weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he felt the White House was listening to the Kremlin's arguments on Ukraine.

[Ed Kleiman]

We have some hopes for the continuation of the Russian American dialogue.

[Sergei Lavrov]

A message echoed on Saturday by Sergey Lavrov.

[Ed Kleiman]

In the approaches of the current US Administration, we see a desire not only to contribute to ways to realistically resolve the Ukrainian crisis, but also a desire to develop pragmatic cooperation without adopting an ideological stance.

[Sergei Lavrov]

However, his speech also comes as Ukrainian officials say Russia attacked with 115 drones overnight, though no casualties were reported. Ennis Hedari, CBC News, Washington.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

In India, at least 36 people are dead and dozens more injured after a stampede broke out at a political rally. Hundreds of people surround the entrance of a hospital in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, rushing injured people inside. Earlier today, tens of thousands had gathered in support of Vijay, a popular actor turned politician. It's not clear how the stampede began. Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X that the incident is deeply saddening and he is praying for a swift recovery to all those injured. The US President seems optimistic about resolving the Israel Hamas war. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Donald Trump said a ceasefire deal is very close. But despite Trump's words, Hamas says it has not yet received his ceasefire plan. The militant group made the comments Saturday, just hours after Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Hamas had agreed in principle to the plan. Now that plan would see Hamas release all remaining Israeli hostages. In exchange, Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and gradually withdraw its forces from Gaza. In the meantime, as the war in Gaza continues, one Palestinian man has managed a daring escape to Italy. As Megan Williams reports, it involved money, tenacity and a jet ski.

[Megan Williams]

Inside a tent in the sprawling Juan Yunus refugee camp. A mother's tears of relief in tezar Hudar Abu Dhaka's son, 31 year old Mohammed, disappeared more than a year ago. Now she watches him on a video chat as he tells her he's safe in Italy. He never talked about the idea at all, never said he was going to Italy, she says. In fact, going to Italy was never Mohammed's plan. When he managed to cross from Gaza into Egypt for $7,000 in April 2024, he went to China, where he tried and failed to get refugee status back in Egypt, then Libya, the former Internet shop owner began his quest to cross the Mediterranean, attempting no less than 10 times to cross in boats steered by human traffickers, each time blocked. Then he found a jet ski online in Libya outfitted it with a GPS satellite phone, life jackets, he says, and with two other Palestinians, set off documenting their odyssey with smartphone videos and photos. For 12 hours, they sped over the waves running out of gas about 20 km from the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, where an EU patrol border ship picked them up and brought them to Italy, three of some 47,000 migrants who have made it to Italy this year so far, though no one else. By jet ski from Italy, Mohammed and the other two manage to make it to Germany, jumping out of a migrant bus hiding in bushes along the way. It's there that they've requested asylum and where Mohammed, now in a refugee center, hopes to bring his wife and two young children, one suffering from a brain disorder. Back in the tent in Gaza, his parents thank God their son is alive. When the Israelis destroyed his shop and home, Mohammed said, I cannot live here, says his father, Abradou Sulaiman Abu Dhaka. Mohammed was never one to sit still, he adds. He would have been out moving around and likely killed. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza has displaced more than 2 million people, with some 250,000 people fleeing the strip, according to Israeli authorities. More than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, according to Gaza health authorities. After Mohammed's extraordinary journey, he's now safe in Germany, hoping his family survives their own ordeal in Gaza. Megan Williams, CBC News, Rome.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

According to the World Meteorological Organization, Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average. And in places like Hong Kong, the increasingly hot weather is hitting low income families and elderly people the hardest. Freelance reporter Laura Westbrook tells us why.

[Laura Westbrook]

47 year old Dandan Chan lives with her 15 year old son in a tiny room paying around $880 a month for 82 square feet. There is an air conditioning unit, but she only turns it on at night to save money.

[Olivia Stefanovic]

The apartment faces the sun and the whole place turns into a sauna.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

It's impossible to sleep without air condition.

[Laura Westbrook]

A survey by the non profit Society for Community Organization found temperatures in substandard housing in Hong Kong can reach 40 degrees higher than temperatures outside.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

I think people they complain that they.

[Ed Kleiman]

Are getting hotter every year.

[Laura Westbrook]

Social worker Zilai Shan says more than 200,000 people in Hong Kong live in inadequate housing, some in spaces smaller than.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

A parking spot because the area is.

[Ed Kleiman]

Small, there's no ventilation and besides the.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Hygiene is a problem. Many of them, they're in the old.

[Ed Kleiman]

Buildings, for example, they complain about many mosquito, those rats and that affects their sleep.

[Laura Westbrook]

Ms. Wong, who asked to be referred to by her last name for privacy reasons, lives with her 14 year old son. They sleep on a bunk bed. To save on space, there is a trip toilet right next to the kitchen. It costs more than $130 a month to use the air conditioning and so keeping cool is a challenge.

[Megan Williams]

I sometimes shower in the afternoon with cold water.

[Laura Westbrook]

I try to stay out of the house as much as possible. Last year was Hong Kong's warmest year since records began. That heat puts added stress on the body and can be deadly. Young people and the elderly are among the most at risk. Professor Ben Horton from City University of Hong Kong says due to the impact of climate change, governments need to realize temperatures will keep on getting hotter.

[Ed Kleiman]

There is this disparity between people who live in luxurious accommodation to other high urban areas where there isn't the access to ventilation. So if we're going to adapt to a future that is warmer and is wetter, we need to make sure those adaptations are focused on those less fortunate than ourselves.

[Laura Westbrook]

Hong Kong's leader, John Lee has pledged to improve livelihoods and the government is increasing the supply of public housing. In the meantime, residents like Dan Dun and her son will have to endure a warming city. Laura Westbrook for CBC News, Hong Kong.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

In Hungary, the warming climate has unleashed an unusual enemy. Inside an ancient abbey, a beetle infestation is threatening thousands of priceless books. Freelance reporter Pablo Gutierrez brings us that story from Budapest.

[John Hamilton]

At the Penonhalma Arch Abbey, the library shelves are bare. More than 100,000 volumes have been removed after an infestation by the drugstore beetle, an insect thriving in Hungary's warmer summers. The drugstore beetle is only a few millimeters long. The larvae bore through covers and glue, living behind holes that eat his tree. That was entomologist Cel Dioso. He says climate change is speeding up the beetle's life cycle. In normal conditions, one generation grows in 200 days. But with constant heat, you can have four or five generations in a single year. The result is centuries old bindings turned to dust to save the collection. Every book is sealed in nitrogen chambers for weeks, then cleaned by hand with soft brushes and vacuums. The shelves are disinfected and reinforced before the volumes can return. Father Konrad Dieces is the abbey's cultural director.

[Ed Kleiman]

Today we hold 18 codices, hundreds of early printed books and one of a.

[John Hamilton]

Kind manuscripts written here over a thousand years. Among the library's treasures are a 12 century Bible and the Tijani charter of 1055. That's the oldest surviving text written in Hungarian Both survived thanks to climate controlled storage, but thousands of Renaissance and Enlightenment era works remain under restoration. The cleanup is expected to cost more than US$1.7 million. Government support covers only a fraction, leaving most of the bill to donations. The abbey hopes to finish the restoration work by December. Jaen Chi says the infestation is only the latest in a long history of challenges for the abbey's collection.

[Ed Kleiman]

Across Hungary's history, wars and fires have devastated this library.

[John Hamilton]

After every disaster, we rebuilt the collection. When the library reopens, new safeguards will greet visitors insect nets on windows, restricted climate controls, and an airlock entrance that blows insects off clothes. For now, the abbey's shelves remain empty, but monks and scientists say every book returned is more than a page preserved. It is history saved, one fragile volume at a time. Pablo Gutierrez for CBC News, Budapest.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

You're listening to your WORLD Tonight from CBC News. And if you want to make sure you never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the follow button and lock us in. England's national women's rugby team celebrates their first World cup win in over a decade. The Red Roses defeated Canada's Maple Leafs in England, a disappointing loss for Team Canada, but still plenty to cheer about. The Canadians stunned the rugby world after their tournament wins over powerhouse countries Australia and New Zealand. And even though Canada didn't take home the top prize, these fans say they're beyond impressed by their team. I am so proud of our girls. They aren't funded, so you know what girls, you've been amazing. It definitely showed that Canada is a powerhouse in rugby.

[Ed Kleiman]

So really, really happy with today's results.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Just a couple of the nearly 82,000 fans who were at the match, the largest crowd in women's rugby history. For more on the World cup final, I'm joined by freelance sports reporter Ed Kleiman. So Ed, not the result Canadian rugby fans wanted, but also not unexpected. What stood out to you from today's match?

[Ed Kleiman]

Stephanie? This was number one England versus number two Canada. And I think we got to see why Canada is so highly ranked at number two and so highly. Everyone's so excited about what this team could do and how much potential they had. But we also saw why England is number one and was on this monstrous 32 match winning streak had not last since the last World cup and had torn through all of the competition to get to Canada. So Canada was competitive and they made this interesting in the second half, actually getting reasonably close at one point, but really, when England had to. They really bore down. They were the deeper team, the better team, the more deserving team in the end.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

But it took so much for Team Canada, the Maple Leafs, as this team is called, to get to this point. They beat New Zealand, six time world champions. Like just an amazing, amazing run. And even though they didn't win today's match, they did win a lot of praise in this tournament for their playing style. What's so unique and special about this?

[Ed Kleiman]

This is what's really cool about this team. The way they play is different than any other male or female in the world. Everything is at high speed. They go at a frenetic pace. All the players can play all the different positions. So they kind of throw specialization out the window, which allows them to go so fast. It's high risk, it's high reward. And in this tournament we saw that the rewards certainly outweigh the risks. It really took England at its very best to finally stop the way this team plays. And I think teams everywhere in the world have paid close attention and I think we're going to start seeing teams copy what this women's national team is doing.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Wow. Extraordinary even considering that. I mean, it took them crowdfunding nearly a million Canadian dollars to get to this tournament. Like just what they have accomplished on and off this field is incredible. And one player in particular also being highlighted. Canada's secret weapon, I guess, Sophie De Goody. She's been called the Swiss army woman. Today she was named the World Player of the Year. Tell me more about Wow.

[Ed Kleiman]

I mean, talk about the last two months for Canadian female athletes. Summer McIntosh breaking world records in swimming and Vicki Mboco in tennis, having a dream run. And then, you know, we had Brooke Henderson, the Canadian Open golf champion. And now I'm going to put Sophie DeGoody right in that category. Player of the year. Why is she Player of the Year? So many reasons. She is, when you describe her as being this multifaceted player, somebody who is unique. No one else is like her. It's, I think Shohei Ohtani in baseball who pitches and hits is the closest thing she kicks, gets all the points for Canada on kicking converts and kicking penalties. And then she's right in the thick of it offensively, right in the thick of it defensively. She's everywhere all the time. And it was great to see her rewarded. You know, what a great backstory she has. Her mother was a captain of the Canadian Women's national team. Her father the captain of the men's national team. Talk about being born to play this sport. Raised in Victoria, came to Queen's University in Kingston, won every award you could possibly win at the university level, played basketball as well at a super high level. And then when she went over to play in Europe, had a very, very serious knee injury not long before the Olympics. And she would have been one of Canada's Olympic stars. Missed out on that. Took her pretty much a year to come back. And how does she come back? Being named the best player on the planet for 2025. So way to go. Sophie De Goody.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Wow. Incredible stuff. So much good things seen from this team. Ed, thanks so much.

[Ed Kleiman]

Thanks, Stephanie.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

That's freelance sports reporter Ed Kleiman in Toronto. Now, there's another major sporting event happening this weekend. It's a high flying tournament. Or should I say corn a mint. And Prince Edward island has it in the bag.

[Sergei Lavrov]

Singing Corn Hoar.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

No, the first Canadian Cornhole tournament is in Charlottetown. If you don't know the game, maybe that's because you called it a beanbag toss when you were growing up, as most of us here at yout World Tonight did. As that name implies, two players toss beanbags into a sloped platform, trying to make it into the hole with a satisfying thud. It's big. And Barbecues Backyards Campgrounds is also a pro league. The American Cornhole Organization is behind the tournament. Frank Gears is the founder and president. He told CBC PEI's Island Morning that he saw the game at a football tailgate and knew it could be a big hit.

[John Hamilton]

The first thing I did was I.

[Ed Kleiman]

Went out to find a way to.

[John Hamilton]

Manufacture the best boards and bags in the industry.

[Ed Kleiman]

At the time, everybody was building them in their backyard.

[John Hamilton]

You know, Grandma's making the bags. You know, Dad's in the garage building the boards. But I went out and I found a furniture manufacturing business that standardized the equipment itself. That's where I got started with the idea of taking it to the next level.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Twenty years later, the ACO does 43 tour stops in the US plus the UK. And now it's going to spend at least three years in Canada playing PEI. Every September and May, dozens of professional players travel to take part, but anyone is invited. There's prize money on the line and even maybe a chance to meet a soulmate. My doubles partner is my husband and we actually met through cornhole. Now we travel the world playing cornhole together. So our whole kind of story has revolved around cornhole. And if you need an extra push to pick up a bean bag, here's an inspirational and definitely not corny tune. This is Rhett and Link with the Cornhole song on your World Tonight. I'm Stephanie Skenderas. Thanks for listening. Everybody was card holding back throwing.

[Ed Kleiman]

It's good for your good.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

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