Melissa hits Jamaica, Amazon layoffs, epic World Series game, and more

Summary

Podcast Summary: Your World Tonight — October 28, 2025

Hosts: Susan Bonner and Stephanie Skenderis (CBC)
Episode Theme: Covering the day’s biggest global stories from a Canadian perspective, including Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic landfall in Jamaica, Amazon’s major AI-driven layoffs, Alberta’s unprecedented back-to-work legislation for teachers, World Series drama for the Toronto Blue Jays, violence in Sudan’s Darfur, and uplifting moments in Canadian sports broadcasting.

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1. Hurricane Melissa Devastates Jamaica

[01:05–05:39]

Main Points:

• Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm with up to 300 km/h sustained winds and gusts to 320 km/h, made landfall in Jamaica, causing “catastrophic” infrastructure damage.
• Floodwaters quickly engulfed streets; winds tore roofs off, destroyed power grids, and resulted in mass blackouts.
• Officials warned recovery could take years, as the National Hurricane Center signaled “total structural failure is likely.”
• The storm's trajectory next impacts Cuba and already rain-soaked Haiti.

Notable Quotes:

• “There is no infrastructure in this region that could withstand a Category 5 hurricane without some level of damage. And for Jamaica, there will be catastrophic damage.” — Reporter, [01:05]
• “The sea level is coming over the wall and we are in serious trouble. It's like I can see the wind. It's unbelievable.” — Alligator Pond Resident ([03:44])
• “I have never seen this sentence before: total structural failure is likely.” — Anne Claire Fontaine, Cyclone Researcher ([03:56])

Canadian Connection:

• Jamaican-Canadian communities are gripped with worry, following the disaster through personal calls and social media.
• “Phones buzz across Canada… Worried Canadians can't focus on work or sleep.” — Colin Butler ([06:25])
• Canadian Hurricane Center’s Chris Fogarty notes this is “the top end of the scale for intense hurricanes.” ([07:00])

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2. Alberta Forces Teachers Back to Work with Notwithstanding Clause

[09:06–11:52]

Main Points:

• Amid a prolonged strike, Alberta’s government passed legislation forcing teachers back to work, invoking the constitutional “notwithstanding clause” to insulate the law from Charter challenges.
• The law imposes a contract that 90% of teachers had rejected for not addressing crowded, complex classrooms.
• Labor experts warn this sets a dangerous precedent for all public sector workers.

Notable Quotes:

• “Our children’s education should never depend on the price of oil.” — Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi ([09:53])
• “This is going to affect every single public sector worker… Fair and free collective bargaining for the public sector in Alberta is dead.” — Prof. Jason Foster ([10:42])
• “We will pursue everything we can and leave no stone unturned.” — Jason Schilling, Alberta Teachers Association ([10:55])
• Parent perspective: “I don't really agree with how that was done, but yeah, I guess we'll see how things go.” ([11:30])

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3. Amazon Slashes 14,000 Corporate Jobs Amid AI Push

[12:01–14:43]

Main Points:

• Amazon announces the layoff of 14,000 corporate positions (of 350,000), offering most affected employees a 90-day internal job search period.
• The cuts are AI-driven, targeting repetitive functions (HR, payroll, etc.), as Amazon doubles down on the technology.
• Experts say Big Tech’s “relentless” AI investment is transforming work, some jobs becoming more powerful, others eliminated.

Notable Quotes:

• “AI is going to be very disruptive, but it's just not going to be uniform across the board and affect everybody equally. Some occupations will actually become more powerful... and some will lose their jobs.” — Prof. Ian Lee ([14:32])
• “Big Tech is creating headcount for horsepower.” — Albert Squires, Tech Recruiter ([13:38])

Industry Context:

• Other tech giants (IBM, Intel, Meta) are also rapidly restructuring for AI.
• Amazon’s logistics/warehouse jobs unaffected for now, but trend could continue.

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4. Other Major News Headlines

a. Intimate Partner Violence Sentences — Federal Proposal

[14:58–15:33]

• Conservatives push for tougher sentencing, including automatic first-degree murder sentences for such crimes.

b. Sudan: Darfur Atrocity Fears After City Falls

[15:33–19:22]

• RSF rebels capture Al Fasher, prompting massacre fears. Civilians recount summary executions.
• Humanitarian organizations warn of “targeted killing” and mass displacement, with little international intervention.
• “They shot them in the street and left them.” — Survivor’s testimony ([17:41])
• “The international response, apart from condemnation, is absent.” — Ahmed Saliman ([19:02])

c. Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Strained

[19:22–22:03]

• Minor airstrikes resume in Gaza after attacks near Rafah. Both sides accuse the other of violations.
• Ceasefire “is holding” despite skirmishes; U.S. pushing for its continuation.
• “Hamas has accused Israel of looking for any pretext to restart the war.” ([21:04])

d. U.S. Strikes in the Pacific on Alleged Drug Smugglers

[22:03–23:16]

• Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reports U.S. military strikes killed 57 alleged smugglers in the Caribbean/Pacific, amid skepticism over their identities.

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5. World Series Epic: Blue Jays Marathon Game

[23:16–25:47]

Main Points:

• The Toronto Blue Jays lose Game 3 to the L.A. Dodgers after 18 innings and 6 hours, 39 minutes of play—the longest in modern World Series history.
• Players and fans exhausted but determined. Jays seek to tie the series.
• Historic stats: 19 pitchers used (postseason record); 609 pitches thrown.
• Shohei Ohtani’s “unimaginable” feat: On base 9 times, 2 homers, 2 doubles ([23:56]).
• Derek Jeter weighs in on player stamina: “You wake up and you feel it.” ([24:08])
• “Shouldn’t be really thinking about how sore your body is at this point. For me anyways.” — Miles Straw, Blue Jays ([23:47])
• Sports scientist James Baker says players may feel “more energized,” not fatigued, by the adrenaline ([25:14]).

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6. Uplifting Ending: Autistic Broadcaster Achieves Hockey Dream

[25:47–27:52]

Main Points:

• Tanner Svenson, a 23-year-old autistic sportscaster from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, lands a pro gig — after being nonverbal until age 7 and overcoming severe hearing loss.
• Svenson’s “passion” and “miraculous” recall wins admiration.
• “I just want to be one of those play-by-players who has a lot of passion.” — Tanner Svenson ([26:20])

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• Hurricane Melissa Hits Jamaica: [01:05–05:39]
• Alberta Back-to-Work Legislation for Teachers: [09:06–11:52]
• Amazon AI-Driven Layoffs: [12:01–14:43]
• Sudan Darfur Atrocities: [15:33–19:22]
• Blue Jays in Record-Setting World Series Game: [23:16–25:47]
• Uplifting Local Story — Broadcaster Tanner Svenson: [25:47–27:52]

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Tone & Style: Factual, empathetic, Canadian lens with a balance of urgent global realities and hope in local achievement.
Memorable Closing:

• Susan Bonner: “Thank you for joining us on Your World Tonight… Talk to you again.” ([27:47])

Transcript

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[Host/Anchor]

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[Reporter/Correspondent]

There is no infrastructure in this region that could withstand a Category 5 hurricane without some level of damage. And for Jamaica, there will be catastrophic damage.

[Susan Bonner]

After intensifying quickly, a powerful storm is now slowly churning through Jamaica. Deadly and devastating. Hurricane Melissa is dumping rain, destroying infrastructure. With neighboring countries now preparing for another direct hit. Welcome to youo World Tonight. I'm Susan Bonner. It is Tuesday, October 28, just before 6pm Eastern on also on the podcast.

[Host/Anchor]

AI is going to be very disruptive, but it's just not going to be uniform across the board and affect everybody equally. Some they'll become more powerful, more more capable. Some will lose their jobs.

[Susan Bonner]

This Amazon delivery is a severance package. The tech and shopping Giant is slashing 14,000 corporate jobs, cutting labor costs while spending big on artificial intelligence at a technology transforming the workforce and the world.

[Host/Anchor]

And Marshall back.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Game over.

[Susan Bonner]

After a grueling marathon loss, the Toronto Blue Jays try to bounce back in the World Series. Much of Jamaica is taking cover tonight. Hurricane Melissa could be the most destructive storm to ever hit the island nation, making landfall earlier today as a Category 5. Officials are worried the storm's impact will be catastrophic. Katie Nicholson reports.

[Katie Nicholson]

Palm trees bent to right angles, their fronds lashed about wildly and roofs ripped away skyward as Hurricane Melissa and its nearly 300km kilometer an hour sustained winds made landfall in Jamaica just after one Eastern. It didn't take long for mucky floodwaters to swallow streets. This gully here is starting to rise.

[Susan Bonner]

The people say they're not going to.

[Katie Nicholson]

Move, so let's just hope for the best. Officials opened shelters and had been urging people to evacuate for days. Many did not.

[Margaret Evans]

I'm sorry.

[Host/Anchor]

And go to higher ground.

[Katie Nicholson]

Avril Christian was in Alligator Pond, a small village in the middle of the island's south coast, just as Melissa was making landfall.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

But what I'm seeing now, the sea level is coming over the wall and we are in serious trouble. It's like I can see the wind. It's unbelievable.

[Katie Nicholson]

Jamaica has never seen a violent category 5 storm quite like this one, with historic winds at times gust to 320km an hour, which could flatten buildings. The National Hurricane center in Miami is saying that within the eyewall, the total structural failure is likely. I have never seen this sentence before. Tropical cyclone researcher Anne Claire Fontaine said, all told, the storm will drop up to twice the amount of rain Jamaica gets during its rainy season.

[Susan Bonner]

What does it mean?

[Katie Nicholson]

It means that there will be catastrophic flash floodings and numerous landslides. It's also destroying parts of the island's electric grid, much of it newly reconstructed, leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark, says Winsome Callum with the Public Energy Service. We are seeing devastation, with ports coming down, with transmission towers and distribution lines being affected. Jamaica may take months, even years, to recover from this storm. But Melissa isn't stopping here. It's expected next to hit Cuba. Nearby Haiti, where many have already been displaced by ongoing gang violence and chaos, is under a tropical storm warning and has already been drenched from the system. We have nothing in our hands to live on. If a hurricane hits, we're screwed, says Fortune Vital, who lives in a low slung shack. There is no way out, he says, except to die. Dire words as Melissa turns slowly on and northwards through the Caribbean. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto.

[Susan Bonner]

Melissa isn't expected to come near Canada, but for people here with connections to Jamaica, the storm is having an impact. They're watching from afar and worried about loved ones. Colin Butler has that part of the story.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Take it on, right?

[Susan Bonner]

Yeah, yeah.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Wait.

[Colin Butler]

At a barber shop in Toronto's Little Jamaica, the air hums with clippers and concern.

[Susan Bonner]

In Canada.

[Host/Anchor]

We have to prepare for winter in Jamaica.

[Susan Bonner]

This is a part of what we.

[Host/Anchor]

Have to prepare for. Tropical storms.

[Colin Butler]

Barber Jason McDonald feels the worry from home.

[Host/Anchor]

The truth is, I'm still nervous for everybody back home. However, I do feel we'll overcome this. I don't think this is going to.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Be the end of Jamaica.

[Host/Anchor]

We need support, you know, not only from Jamaicans, but from everyone.

[Colin Butler]

Phones BUZZ across Canada. Family checking in from Kingston, Friends in Montego Bay. Messages ping. Worried Canadians can't focus on work or sleep. For Kevin Grant, he says there is nothing he can do but hope and.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Pray he's amazing what's going on down.

[Host/Anchor]

There, but, you know, I hope that, you know, the Almighty would come to their rescue.

[Colin Butler]

The storm is being watched closely in Halifax. Chris Fogarty, head of the Canadian Hurricane center, tracks every shift in Hurricane Melissa, which is by all accounts a monster.

[Host/Anchor]

This is an extremely, it's the top end of the scale for intense hurricanes. Category 5, 160 knots of wind, which is pretty much at the top level that I can recall for Atlantic storm intensities, 160, I think is, is right up there in the top.

[Colin Butler]

The few storms, even for a storm that won't hit Canada, the warning is clear. Powerful storms leave little room for complacency.

[Host/Anchor]

When it's been a while since a big storm hits, you can have a little bit of complacency. So hopefully people are certainly prepared down there.

[Colin Butler]

In Jamaica, Canadians are seeing the storm unfold on their smartphones. Footage from home streams in constantly.

[Katie Nicholson]

They are sending videos and sharing details that are pretty scary, pretty intense.

[Colin Butler]

Dan Wedderburn is in St. John's she's with the Jamaican Canadian association of Newfoundland and Labrador. They're trying to be there to support people and their mental health.

[Katie Nicholson]

I had one family member who said that it's unlike anything he's experienced before.

[Colin Butler]

And as the storm rages thousands of kilometers south, Canadians watch, worry, wait and hope Jamaica weathers another storm. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario.

[Susan Bonner]

Coming right up. Forced back to work with legislation that is protected from charter challenges. What's next for Alberta teachers and major layoffs at Amazon. As the power of AI grows, the company's workforce is getting smaller. Later, we'll have this story.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

I'm Thomas Dagg at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, where the Toronto Blue Jays are looking to bounce back from a historic 18 inning loss.

[Host/Anchor]

Tired as hell. It's a long night, but I mean, it's the World Series.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

A Jays win tonight would tie up the series and guarantee baseball's biggest stage returns north of the border. That story later on youn World Tonight.

[Susan Bonner]

The Jays game wasn't the only dramatic late finish of the day. Early this morning, Alberta's government finally pushed through its contentious bill to force thousands of teachers back to work. The province says it's trying to protect children. Critics say the move hurts democracy. Erin Collins explains.

[Host/Anchor]

All in favour?

[Susan Bonner]

All in post, please.

[Host/Anchor]

A long night in Alberta's legislature. There's been a division Finance Minister Nate Horner defending back to work legislation for teachers. This legislation ensures that no further harm is done to Alberta students. And there is an immediate end to the strike. Alberta's premier absent on her way to Saudi Arabia for a trade mission as the debate took place.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Our children's education should never depend on the price of oil.

[Host/Anchor]

Alberta's NDP opposition leader pushing back Naheed Nenshi against the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause in the bill to prevent a constitutional challenge.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

The members opposite know full well they're about to pass an unconstitutional piece of legislation.

[Host/Anchor]

Still early this morning, it passed.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The house is adjourned until later today afternoon.

[Host/Anchor]

The law forcing teachers to accept a contract 90% of them had rejected, arguing it didn't do enough to address overly complex and crowded classrooms.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

In Canadian history, the notwithstanding clause has only been used twice in a labor relations context.

[Host/Anchor]

Jason Foster is a professor of labor relations at Athabasca University. He says the use of the clause in Alberta will have a big impact.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

This is not just affecting teachers. This is going to affect every single public sector worker in this province. Because essentially what they are signaling with this bill today is that fair and free collective bargaining for the public sector in Alberta is dead.

[Host/Anchor]

It's one reason the head of the Alberta Teachers Association, Jason Schilling, says the union isn't done fighting. We will launch a legal challenge against this. We'll leave that up to our experts in our law office to do that work. But we will pursue everything that we can and leave no stone unturned. Other public sector unions in Alberta are also considering ways to oppose the legislation. Meanwhile, parents are preparing to send their kids back to school.

[Katie Nicholson]

I mean, on the one hand it's like, okay, it's a lot to have them home. I don't like the reasons why they.

[Margaret Evans]

Have to go back tomorrow.

[Katie Nicholson]

I don't really agree with how that was done, but yeah, I guess we'll see how things go.

[Host/Anchor]

And teachers are preparing to return to classrooms tomorrow, too.

[Katie Nicholson]

In my school, we have really high class sizes. We have a lot of kids, we have a lot of complexities in the.

[Susan Bonner]

Classroom, lots of kids with learning disabilities.

[Katie Nicholson]

And a lot of needs that aren't.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Being met right now.

[Host/Anchor]

The question for many Albertans whether this nearly month long strike will change any of that. Erin Collins, CBC News, Calgary.

[Susan Bonner]

It is a company that used technology to change the way we shop. Now Amazon is harnessing artificial intelligence to reshape its own workforce. The online retail giant is slashing thousands of jobs not in its warehouses, but in offices. Experts say it's part of a pattern of tech companies betting on AI and leaving workers behind. Neesha Patel reports.

[Neesha Patel]

The news rang out across Wall street Amazon cutting 14,000 corporate jobs out of about 350,000 positions. The company wouldn't say where the layoffs would be focused, though it's offering most workers 90 days to look for a new position. Internally, Amazon says it needs a leaner, more nimble organization.

[Host/Anchor]

And so I think this is a strategic response by Amazon.

[Neesha Patel]

It comes as Amazon spends big on developments in artificial intelligence. The company calls it the most transformative technology since the Internet. Ian Lee is a management professor at Carleton University. He says AI is having a big impact on entry level jobs like HR and payrolls.

[Host/Anchor]

It's brilliant at automating what technology has been automating for 300 years. The routine and the repetitive, that doesn't require a great deal of human creative intelligence.

[Neesha Patel]

Albert Squires is a tech recruiter in Seattle, which is home to Amazon headquarters. He's seeing the industry change firsthand.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Being able to leverage AI into our day to day jobs, whether it's HR or legal or engineering, has really upgraded efficiency. Big Tech is creating headcount for horsepower.

[Neesha Patel]

Amazon employs more than 1 1/2 million people in total. Many are warehouse workers who are unaffected for now. Meanwhile, the company has been boosting AI spending, facing stiff competition from other tech giants in the space like OpenAI and Google.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

80 some billion by Microsoft, 100 billion by Amazon. I mean, these are, these are big investments and so I think these companies are realizing what the potential is.

[Neesha Patel]

IBM, intel and Meta have also announced significant restructuring this year as they shift towards AI. Still, Professor Lee says it's a natural outcome of innovation.

[Host/Anchor]

AI is going to be very disruptive, but it's just not going to be uniform across the board and affect everybody equally. Some occupations will actually become more powerful, more capable, and some will lose their.

[Neesha Patel]

Jobs like the Internet or the computer before it. AI is seen as the latest technology reshaping the workforce. So experts say these layoffs may not be the last. Neesha Patel, CBC News, Toronto.

[Susan Bonner]

The Federal conservatives are calling on all parties to support stiffer sentences for intimate partner violence. The party wants the Justice Minister to support the bill to speed its passage. Leader Pierre Poliev says if passed, the bill would take a number of steps to protect people.

[Narrator/Announcer]

It would ensure that anyone who's convicted.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Of murder in an intimate partner setting.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Would be automatically given first degree murder sentencing. It would force those convicted of intimate partner offense to within the preceding five years to be released only by a judge.

[Susan Bonner]

Statistics Canada says intimate partner violence has increased 14% between 2018 and 2024. There are worries of a looming ethnic slaughter In Sudan's Darfur region following a critical development in the country's ongoing civil war. Rebel forces are accused of carrying out mass executions. And after capturing the battleground city of El fhr, analysts say it could be a tipping point in a long and bloody conflict. Senior international correspondent Margaret Evans reports.

[Margaret Evans]

The sound of RSF fighters celebrating the paramilitary group's capture of El Fahsher over the weekend, the Sudanese army's last foothold in the western Darfur region. Sudan's army chief and leader, General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, confirmed his forces were pulling out in a video message. We agreed that they leave the city for a safe place, he said, to spare the rest of the citizens and the city from destruction. There are some reports that RSF fighters are still battling pockets of army holdouts in the west of the city. The people of Al Fashr have already endured 18 months of violence and siege as the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces fought the Sudanese army for control of the city, eventually encircling it. There are an estimated 260,000 civilians still there, about half of them children. There are already reports of atrocities being carried out in the city, heightening fears that RSF fighters will conduct ethnically motivated reprisal killings targeting indigenous non Arab groups. Matilda Vuh is with the Norwegian Refugee Council, an aid agency. They fear execution. They fear targeted killing. Some have made it to Tawila, about 60 km to the west of El Fahsher. Ikram Abdel Hamid made it out with three children and a two month old grandson. She describes fleeing RSF fighters after they stopped a group of men, they took them out and lined them up and they shot them in front of us. She's saying they shot them in the street and left them. The RSF has been locked in a brutal war with the Sudanese army since a power struggle broke out between the two in 2023. Regional expert Ahmed Saliman of Chatham House here in London says the capture of Al Fasher offers an important boost. It will help them in terms of.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Them seeking assert authority throughout Darfur. And let's not forget, you know, that it's the same size as, you know, France.

[Margaret Evans]

Suleiman says mediators from both sides have been in Washington recently, but he says the process needs broader interest from the international community and higher profile engagement from the United States. Without it, he says, the future looks bleak, not least for the city of El Fashion. So people really aren't able to leave and they're very clearly being targeted.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

And unfortunately, the international response, apart from.

[Margaret Evans]

Through condemnation, is absent more than 150,000 people have been killed in the conflict and more than 14 million displaced. Both sides have been accused of atrocities. Margaret Evans, CBC News, London the shaky.

[Susan Bonner]

Israel Hamas ceasefire is facing more pressure Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza City tonight after IDF soldiers were attacked in Rafah. Both sides are accusing each other of violating the truce, with Israel accusing Hamas of crossing a red line.

[Host/Anchor]

Chris Brown reports the ceasefire is holding.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

That doesn't mean that there aren't going to be little skirmishes here and there.

[Narrator/Announcer]

U.S. vice President J.D. vance says Israel's airstrikes on Gaza don't mean a return to full on war. But tonight both sides are accusing the other of trying to sabotage the ceasefire. Israel's airstrikes reportedly hit near Gaza's Sabra neighborhood and at least one other close to the Shifa hospital. Hamas has not returned all of the bodies of the hostages it held and Israel says that was part of the deal. The Netanyahu government has not said if it now considers a ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump to be over. In a statement, Hamas said it is still committed to the agreement that that came into Force on October 10th. This is not the first time Israel has struck in Gaza since that deal was signed. Two people were killed in a drone attack in Khan Younis on Monday and another was killed in an attack on Saturday. Israel justified its strikes tonight by blaming Hamas first for attacking Israeli forces near Rafah earlier in the day, and secondly for turning over the wrong remains instead of those of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza. Shash Bedrosian is the Israeli spokeswoman.

[Susan Bonner]

The prime minister ordered a meeting to take place at the IDF headquarters with senior ranked security officials to discuss the serious repercussions the terror group will now face.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hamas has accused Israel of looking for any pretext to restart the war, and it says its militants were not responsible for the attack in Rafah. Tonight's strikes are far less severe than the Israeli attacks that signaled the end of the earlier ceasefire in March. And unlike then, Israel has also not indicated more such strikes are coming. In recent days, the Trump administration has sent its top officials to Israel to try to pressure the government to ensure the ceasefire holds, and Egyptian teams were permitted into Gaza to help with the search for bodies to try to speed up the difficult process. Earlier Tuesday, footage showed Hamas militants using an excavator removing what the group claims was an Israeli body from a tunnel in Khan Younis. The group had said it planned to return the remains tonight, but that was postponed because of the Israeli airstrikes Chris Brown, CBC News, London.

[Susan Bonner]

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the US has killed 14 more people in the eastern Pacific. In a social media post, Hegseth said there was one survivor after three strikes. The Trump administration has accelerated its campaign against drug smuggling. The US Military has struck boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing 57 people. It's offered no proof the people involved were drug runners. This is yous World Tonight from CBC News. If you want to make sure you stay up to date and never miss one of our episodes, follow us on social media, Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the follow button and lock us in the team lost the game. Their fans lost a lot of sleep. Now the Toronto Blue Jays are back at Dodger Stadium tonight for Game four of the World Series, looking for revenge while still recovering from a record setting game that just kept going and going and going. Thomas Daigler reports from Los Angeles.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Dodger Stadium crews spent extra hours today sweeping up peanut shells and picking up hot dog wrappers and plastic beer cups. 18 innings worth of snacks and drinks tossed aside as fans were kept mesmerized by last night's 6 hour, 39 minute long epic. As for the players tired of seeing.

[Host/Anchor]

Hell yeah credit to them in the.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Blue Jays clubhouse, Ernie Clement and Miles Straw were among those in the early morning hours trying to look past the 65 loss to the Dodgers and also push aside the fatigue.

[Host/Anchor]

It's a long night, but I mean it's the World Series. Shouldn't be really thinking about how sore your body is at this point. For me anyways.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Baseball's biggest star, Shohei Ohtani reached base an unimaginable nine times for the Dodgers, including a pair of doubles and a pair of homers. An impressive performance at bat the night before Ohtani's scheduled appearance as Game 4 starting pitcher to get ready to go out and pitch a major league game. On top of that on Fox Sports, New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter wondered how the Japanese superstar would prepare after such a grueling matchup. We know how he felt after playing a game at short at third at Dharma and you wake up and you feel it. Consider the mind boggling stats from last night's historic game. 19 pitchers were called in, setting a new postseason record. They threw 609 pitches, all of it leading to unusual scenes in the dugout. A fruit tray? Yeah, can we get one of those delivered here? Fox broadcast cameras captured staff offering pineapple and watermelon slices to Jays players as the game dragged on well into the night. But how will that marathon affect them in Game four?

[Colin Butler]

This is a career defining game that they experienced last night.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

James Baker is a sports science professor at the University of Toronto. He says the impact for the players may be the opposite of what many would expect.

[Colin Butler]

You'd look at a normal person and.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Say aren't they going to be exhausted by going through this experience? I'd be surprised if the athletes weren't more energized. Polanco sends it away and he indeed, in a previous round, the Seattle Mariners withstood a 5 hour, 15 inning clash only to fly across the continent and beat Toronto twice. Tonight the Jays hope to even their best of seven series against the Dodgers at two games apiece, no matter how many innings it takes. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Los Angeles.

[Susan Bonner]

We end tonight in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan with a young sportscaster overcoming challenges to follow his dream and find his voice.

[Host/Anchor]

Marauder's first goal scored by number seven Kaylin Woltick, assisted by number eight Tre Johnson.

[Susan Bonner]

Tanner Svenson calls the hockey rink his happy place. For years he's volunteered as a scorekeeper, then a PA announcer. Now Svensson has scored his first professional gig doing color commentary for the Prince Albert Mintos.

[Host/Anchor]

I just have this voice that I just want to just say like he shoots, he scores and passes across and then backhand and he scores. I just want to be one of those play by players who has a lot of passion.

[Susan Bonner]

For the 23 year old, having his voice broadcast to thousands of hockey fans is a big deal. For a long time no one heard his voice. Svensson is autistic and was non verbal until age 7. At 14 he had surgery to fix a hole in his skull and he wears a hearing aid after a tumor damaged his hearing. Svensson's dad Mike says he's worked hard to get where he is.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

It's miraculous that he's doing what he is doing today communicate the way he does doing it now for a living, which is quite remarkable.

[Susan Bonner]

And Svensson's colleagues say he has a unique ability to recall information off the top of his head, coming up with games stats during a live broadcast without looking them up on a computer. Svensson says he wants to keep improving his craft and go to broadcast school, hoping one day his voice is heard calling professional hockey games. Thank you for joining us on youn World Tonight for Tuesday, October 28th. I'm Susan Bonner. Talk to you again.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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