Trump on nukes, Carney eyeing submarines, finding the disappeared in Mexico, and more

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Your World Tonight" – October 30, 2025

Hosts: Susan Bonner, Stephanie Skenderis
Produced by: CBC News
Duration: ~29 minutes

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Overview

In this episode, "Your World Tonight" delivers a comprehensive roundup of the day’s most important global stories from a Canadian perspective. Tonight’s deep dives include:

• President Trump’s seismic decision to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing
• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to modernize Canada’s submarine fleet in South Korea
• A rare, tenuous thaw in U.S.-China trade talks
• Breaking news and heart-wrenching stories from Sudan’s civil war and Mexico’s search for the disappeared
• The Inuit #MeToo movement growing in strength and volume across Canada
• A paleontological find in Nunavut, and a historic night for the Toronto Blue Jays

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump Resumes U.S. Nuclear Tests [01:05–05:22]

• Summary:
  President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, ending a 33-year moratorium. The decision is framed as a response to Russian and Chinese weapons programs but has triggered grave international concern about unraveling decades of nuclear restraint.

• Key Quotes:

  • Trump (paraphrased via social media post): "Because of other countries testing programs... I have instructed the US Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis with others doing testing. I think it's appropriate that we do. Also." [02:55]
  • Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House: "I think it is an obvious and logical thing to ensure that our weapons systems work as they're designed." [04:23]
  • UN Statement: "Current nuclear risks are already alarmingly high and all actions that could lead to miscalculation or escalation with catastrophic consequences must be avoided." [04:29]
  • Doreen Horschig, CSIS: "If the US starts testing nukes, Russia could follow. Then China... China would be really the only one from a technical standpoint to gain something from the testing." [04:46]

• Implications:
  The move is denounced by both Russia and China, who deny resuming actual nuclear tests, and condemned by the United Nations for increasing the risk of catastrophic miscalculation. Experts warn of an arms race spiral if all three powers resume testing.

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2. Canada Eyes New Submarines in South Korea [05:22–07:50]

• Summary:
  PM Mark Carney tours South Korea’s latest KSS3 submarine, as Canada weighs multibillion-dollar bids to replace its aging fleet. Both South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean (KSS3) and Germany’s TKMS (Type 212 CD) are contenders. The government signals urgency, hoping to decide soon.

• Memorable Moments:

  • Vice Admiral Angus Topshee: "It's a beautiful submarine. Really impressed with the size... [and] the quality of the crew's accommodation." [06:34]
  • Discussion of job creation and the recognition that manufacturing would likely occur overseas to meet time constraints.

• Analysis:
  The submarine program is seen as vital for national security and job creation, though building domestically is impractical given the urgent timeline. Expect a decision within the next year.

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3. U.S.-China Trade Détente [07:50–10:43]

• Summary:
  President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold their first summit of Trump’s second term amidst a fraught relationship. They reach a temporary easing: China will resume importing U.S. soybeans and keep rare earth exports flowing for a year, while the U.S. reduces some tariffs.

• Key Quotes:

  • Trump: "I thought it was an amazing meeting. [Xi is] a great leader. Great leader of a very powerful, very strong country, China." [08:28]
  • Xi Jinping: "China, US relations have remained stable on the whole... It's normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then." [08:41]
  • Greg Chin, York University: "There is growing awareness on the part of the White House... that China's not just going to bend to the will of President Trump." [10:10]

• Analysis:
  The limited deal exposes lingering issues like the trade imbalance and South China Sea security. China appears to retain leverage due to crucial resources such as rare earths.

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4. Sudan: Systematic Massacre in Darfur [11:47–15:39]

• Summary:
  Chilling self-filmed videos show RSF militiamen executing civilians in El Fasher. Satellite evidence and interviews confirm widespread killings, with victims trapped inside a besieged city. The international community faces sharp criticism for inaction.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Nathaniel Raymond, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab: "The objects consistent with human remains and blood stains are proliferating so fast across the city that we can't even slow down to count them all." [13:20]
  • Tom Fletcher, UN Humanitarian Coordinator: "Stop arming this violence. Insist that stopping this conflict is more important than any narrow political or commercial interest." [15:17]

• Context:
  Both sides, led by adversarial generals, are accused of atrocities amid a death toll exceeding 150,000 since 2023. The RSF draws lineage from the Janjaweed militias of the early 2000s genocide.

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5. Mexico: New Approaches to Finding the Disappeared [15:39–19:14]

• Summary:
  Mexican officials and heartbroken families launch coordinated search efforts in Mexico City’s Cumbres de Ajusco National Park, a known dumping ground. New strategies focus on linking cases and mobilizing resources across agencies.

• Voices from the Field:

  • Vanessa Gamez, searcher and mother of missing: "We are suffering. We lost our, our lives, our health. You start losing your soul." [16:23]
  • Luis Gomez Negrete, City Missing Persons Chief: "So we had in the past smallest search in one place or another. But now we are gathering cases defining an area of interest." [17:19]
  • Jacqueline Palmetto, mother searching for full remains: "I want to her whole. I gave birth to a daughter that was whole." [17:36]
  • "The investigators doesn't investigate." [18:41]

• Analysis:
  More than 130,000 remain missing nationally. The new coordinated approach is considered unprecedented, but families express skepticism over police effectiveness and slow justice.

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6. Inuit #MeToo Movement Grows Louder [19:14–22:29]

• Summary:
  Spiking allegations of sexual harassment and violence—more than 10 times the Canadian average—have triggered an Inuit #MeToo movement. Survivors, activists, and cultural leaders demand accountability and healing.

• Notable Voices:

  • Petition organizer: "Silence is no longer an option. It was a scream for justice." [21:31]
  • Nancy Kerotac Lindell, Nunavut Senator: "I feel that it is the time for us to also speak out on behalf of people who are not able to speak for themselves." [21:54]
  • Ruth Gustaw, survivor: "I just want other people to feel safe, safe enough to tell their truth." [22:24]
  • Tara Guna Taktutu Fotheringham, Amotee Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association: "We want to make sure that these women never feel like they have to be silenced again." [22:14]

• Analysis:
  The movement is amplifying voices never previously heard, and prominent Inuit are calling for trauma-informed investigation and cultural change.

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7. Canadian Military Racism Apology [22:50–23:15]

• Summary:
  Chief of the Defence Staff Jenny Carignan delivers an emotional apology for historic and systemic racism in the Canadian Armed Forces as part of a class action settlement.

• Quote:

  • General Carignan: "I apologize to every CAF member, veteran who experienced racism, discrimination and harassment. And I acknowledged we failed you." [22:59]

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8. Discovery of an Ancient Arctic Rhino [24:21–26:54]

• Summary:
  Canadian scientists, alongside an Inuk elder, identify a new extinct rhinoceros species ("itjiluk") from Devon Island, Nunavut.

• Highlights:

  • Danielle Fraser, Canadian Museum of Nature: "It's the largest animal that we've discovered in the crater." [24:32]
  • The rhino was pony-sized, had four toes, and lived 23 million years ago when Nunavut was much warmer.
  • Jarlu Kaguptak (Inuk elder) named the species "itjiluk," meaning "frosty." [25:35]
  • Donald Prothero, fossil rhino expert: "I said, well, this is a very strange animal. Good luck." [25:58]

• Significance:
  The find opens new possibilities for studying ancient migration between Eurasia and North America.

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9. Toronto Blue Jays Make World Series History [26:57–28:44]

• Summary:
  The Toronto Blue Jays secure a critical Game 5 World Series win with consecutive home runs from Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and a rookie record from pitcher Trey Yousavich.

• Colorful Moment:

  • Jays fan (on Schneider’s HR): "Oh my God. You gotta be kidding me." [27:24]
  • Trey Yousavich’s former coach: "It's been absolutely unreal... it was one of the most exciting outings I've ever seen." [28:24]

• Context:
  Spirits are high as the series shifts to Toronto for Game 6.

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Notable Quotes: Quick Reference

• Trump (re: nuclear testing): "I have instructed the US Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis with others..." [02:55]
• UN Statement: "Current nuclear risks are already alarmingly high and all actions that could lead to miscalculation or escalation with catastrophic consequences must be avoided." [04:29]
• Xi Jinping: "It's normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then." [08:41]
• Margaret Evans (Sudan): "The objects consistent with human remains and blood stains are proliferating so fast across the city that we can't even slow down to count them all." [13:20]
• Nancy Kerotac Lindell: "I feel that it is the time for us to also speak out on behalf of people who are not able to speak for themselves." [21:54]
• General Carignan: "I apologize to every CAF member, veteran who experienced racism, discrimination and harassment. And I acknowledged we failed you." [22:59]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamps | |----------------------------------------|-------------| | U.S. resumes nuclear tests | 01:05–05:22 | | Canadian submarine modernization | 05:22–07:50 | | U.S.-China thaw | 07:50–10:43 | | Sudan civilian massacre | 11:47–15:39 | | Mexico’s disappeared | 15:39–19:14 | | Inuit #MeToo movement | 19:14–22:29 | | Military racism apology | 22:50–23:15 | | Arctic rhino fossil discovery | 24:21–26:54 | | Toronto Blue Jays World Series | 26:57–28:44 |

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Conclusion

This episode deftly balances high-stakes international news with deeply personal stories of trauma and resilience, bringing context and analysis through interviews, on-the-ground reporting, and expert commentary — all delivered in CBC’s clear-eyed and empathetic style. Whether you care about geopolitics, Canadian defense, social justice, or baseball, this episode brings the world to your evening.

Transcript

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[Analyst/Expert]

We have a big arsenal, obviously. The Russians have a large nuclear arsenal. The Chinese have a large nuclear arsenal. Sometimes you've got to test it to make sure that it's functioning and working properly.

[Susan Bonner]

Testing weapons and testing limits. A surprise shift in nuclear policy dropped by the US President resuming testing after more than 30 years. With other nuclear powers watching closely and some fearing non proliferation and global security could be in jeopardy. Welcome to youo World Tonight. I'm Susan Bonner. It is Thursday, October 30, just before 6pm Eastern. Also on the podcast, no one is.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Safe in El Fashion.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

There is no safe passage for civilians.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

To leave the city. The human cost is profound.

[Susan Bonner]

New horror in Sudan's civil war. Evidence of systematic killings and a civilian massacre emerging from a region locked in a violent struggle with no clear way out.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

And silence is no longer an option. It was a scream for justice more than a hashtag.

[Susan Bonner]

The Inuit MeToo movement gets louder. The last time the United States tested a nuclear weapon was in 1992. The Cold War was over and non proliferation was expanding. Now, with US President Donald Trump ordering the Pentagon to resume testing, there's concern it could unravel decades of progress and usher in a new nuclear era. Paul Hunter reports from Washington.

[Emily Chung]

Mr. President, why did you change your nuclear plans? Why are you going to be doing more nuclear testing?

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Thank you very much everybody. At the outset of his sit down in South Korea with China's president, the US President did not answer that question, though just prior to the meeting, he'd posted his intentions. Because of other countries testing programs, he wrote, I have instructed the US Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis with others doing testing. I think it's appropriate that we do. Also. On his flight back to the U.S. trump reiterated his view. The move is driven by other nuclear powers. We have more than anybody, but I see them testing, I say, well, they're going to test. I guess we have to test. The comments have effectively turned the world on its ear. But though Russia has recently tested nuclear capable missiles and China has expanded its nuclear stockpile, neither country has tested an actual nuclear weapon in decades. The U.S. russia and China long ago signed a treaty banning such tests, though the treaty was never ratified into law. All that said from Russia's foreign minister today. Until now, we didn't know that anyone was testing. And from China, we hope the US Will abide by its test ban treaty obligations, said a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry. From Trump's Republican Party in the US Support, here's Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

I think it is an obvious and logical thing to ensure that our weapons systems work as they're designed.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

But from the United nations, this warning signal current nuclear risks are already alarmingly high and all actions that could lead to miscalculation or escalation with catastrophic consequences must be avoided.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

We need to be really careful that.

[Emily Chung]

That doesn't spiral right.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Doreen Horschig with the center for Strategic and International Studies underlines, if the US Starts testing nukes, Russia could follow. Then China, China being the only country of the three that relatively speaking, has done very little testing ever.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

And so China would be really the only one from a technical standpoint to gain something from the testing, said Trump.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

What he's seeking is denuclearization. In his post, he emphasized US Testing should start immediately. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington.

[Susan Bonner]

Prime Minister Mark Carney also has defense on his mind. He's in South Korea looking at submarines. Canada is preparing to spend big to replace its aging fleet of subs, and South Korea wants to build them. Murray Brewster reports.

[Murray Brewster]

When Mark Carney popped out of the submarine hatch at the end of his tour, he was all smiles waiting on the jetty. Canadian defence contractors who've signed onto Hanwha Ocean's roughly $20 billion bid to construct Canada's new fleet of 12 submarines.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

You're happy about the results today? More than you think.

[Murray Brewster]

Carney got a look at a brand new KSS3 alongside South Korea's prime minister. It is Precisely the kind of submarine Hanwha Ocean wants to sell Canada. This boat only went into the water a few days ago and was flying a Canadian flag for the visit. Another submarine under construction was draped in a giant Korean and Canadian flag. A not so subtle demonstration by the Koreans that their production lines are active and can deliver four boats to Canada by 2035, the navy's deadline to begin retiring the old Victoria class boats.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

It's a beautiful submarine. Really impressed with the size of the.

[Analyst/Expert]

Submarine, the quality of the crew's accommodation.

[Murray Brewster]

Vice Admiral Angus Topshee is the commander of the Canadian Navy. He says both the KSS3 and Germany's Type 212 CD submarine meet the Navy's requirements. Carney visited the German shipyard TKMS in August. Now it's a question of how much it's going to cost. The submarine program has yet to be given a budget, so I'm not sure.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

When the government will make a decision about the full funding of the submarine program. At this point, we're still working to refine the costs and make sure that we understand what this program will cost.

[Murray Brewster]

Creating Canadian jobs has been Carney's mission. Germany has raised the possibility that some of the submarines could be built in Canada, but Topshee and Defence Minister David McGinty poured cold water on that idea. Standing up a manufacturing site submarines is not an uncomplicated thing. It's a very big, big issue. And of course, I think our admiral this morning spoke to this clearly when he said he needs submarines in short order, not in 35 years. The visit was significant because it's a sign the federal government wants to move swiftly towards a decision which some experts believe will come next year. Marie Brewster, CBC News, Kojay, South Korea.

[Susan Bonner]

While the Prime Minister is in Asia, he will attend the APEC summit and meet with China's president tomorrow to talk trade. Xi Jinping already had some FaceTime today with Donald Trump in a meeting that could be a turning point in a tense relationship. Lisa Xin has more. Mr. President, the President of the People's.

[Lisa Xin]

Republic of China, US President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands and smiled for the cameras.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

It's a great pleasure to see you again.

[Murray Brewster]

Good to see you again.

[Lisa Xin]

This face to face was the first of Trump's second term. One Trump rated a 12 out of 10 on Air Force One on his way home.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

I thought it was an amazing meeting. He's a great leader. Great leader of a very powerful, very strong country, China.

[Lisa Xin]

For his part, Xi was more reserved.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

So.

[Lisa Xin]

China, US relations have remained stable on the whole, he said. We don't always see eye to eye, but it's normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then. The relationship has been tense, to say the least, especially as Trump levied tariffs on the world, some of the highest on China, reaching 145% at one point. But Beijing hit back hard. It stopped buying US Soybeans in the spring and expanded export restrictions on rare earth minerals, essential to everything from smartphones to cars to jets. John Xin is the former China director for the US National Security Council.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Beijing has demonstrated that it has leverage over us.

[Lisa Xin]

To that point, Xi agreed to keep rare earth exports flowing for at least the next year, start buying soybeans from the US Again and crack down on the export of chemicals used to make fentanyl in exchange for Trump shaving off 10% on Chinese exports to the States so their rate is closer to that of its Asian neighbors.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

They used to treat us a little more gingerly, and I think that's a sign of their confidence that they can do this with impunity.

[Lisa Xin]

Analysts say the agreement shows China still holds the power. After all, Beijing can leverage rare earths anytime after the year is up if Trump ups the ante again. Greg Chin is an associate professor of political science at York University.

[Murray Brewster]

There is growing awareness on the part of the White House in the United.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

States that China's not just going to.

[Murray Brewster]

Bend to the will of President Trump.

[Lisa Xin]

Experts say the deal yet to be signed indicates the bigger issues still haven't been tackled, like the trade imbalance that angered Trump so much and security in the South China Sea. Trump saying the issue of Taiwan did not come up this time.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

I'll be going to China in April and he'll be coming here sometime after.

[Lisa Xin]

That, signaling the president's hope for a thaw. Lisa Shing, CBC News, Toronto.

[Susan Bonner]

Coming right up, pleas for help in Sudan's civil war with rebel forces accused of brutal civilian killings and missing in Mexico, and new hope for tormented families searching for answers. Later, we'll have this story.

[Emily Chung]

It's a new species of rhinoceros named millions of years after it roamed the high Arctic with the help of an Inuk elder.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

We collaborated with Jarlu Kuguktak and he picked out itjiluk, which means frosty or frost. And so it's kind of a homage to it being from the Arctic in that cold environment.

[Emily Chung]

I'm Emily Chung in Toronto. Coming up on YOUR WORLD tonight, I'll tell you about the largest ancient mammal ever found on Devon island in Nunavut.

[Susan Bonner]

King Charles is stripping his brother Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence. Buckingham palace issued a statement saying he will no longer be known as Prince but as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. There's been pressure on the palace to oust Andrew because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, been accused of abuse by one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Giuffre. He has denied those allegations. As the son of Queen Elizabeth, Andrew was born a prince. He had already surrendered his title of Duke of York. Horrific scenes are emerging from Sudan's Darfur region. New video appears to show hundreds of civilians being massacred in El Fasher. The battleground city fell to paramilitary fighters this week. Now there are new calls for urgent intervention in Sudan's civil war. Senior international correspondent Margaret Evans reports.

[Margaret Evans]

It is through the eyes of RSF militiamen filming their own brutal acts that the outside world is getting a glimpse of the horrors reportedly taking place inside the city of Al Fashr. In one video, a fighter appears to walk down a staircase into a room strewn with bodies on the floor and shoots the last living man as he's restrained by other armed men. The Reuters news agency has verified the location as that of the university.

[Analyst/Expert]

Right now, the objects consistent with human remains and blood stains are proliferating so fast across the city that we can't even slow down to count them all.

[Margaret Evans]

In an interview with the BBC, Nathaniel Raymond of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab outlined what satellite imagery is saying about events on the ground.

[Analyst/Expert]

The city is surrounded by an earth wall, and these people are fundamentally trapped. Much of the activity that we're seeing that's outside of house to house clearance operations in neighborhoods is against this wall, likely shootings of people trying to escape.

[Margaret Evans]

The head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has delivered a video message urging those who have left the city of to return. He also promised to arrest people committing what he called violations. The investigation committee will start immediately, he said, and hold accountable any soldier or officer who committed a crime. That pledge will have little weight. The war between Dagelo and his rival, who heads Sudan's armed forces, has killed an estimated 150,000 people since 2023. Both sides accused of atrocities the RSF was born of the notorious Janjaweed militias accused of genocide in Darfur in the early 2000s. The horror and the apparent impotence, some would say indifference, of the international community to current events was on display at the UN Security Council In New York.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Can anyone here say that we did not know this was coming? We cannot hear the screams, but as we sit here today, the horror is continuing.

[Margaret Evans]

The UN's Humanitarian and Emergency relief coordinator, Tom Fletcher, had some pointed remarks for countries accused of fueling the conflict.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Stop arming this violence. Insist that stopping this conflict is more important than any narrow political or commercial interest.

[Margaret Evans]

He stopped short of naming the uae, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, all accused of backing one side or the other. Margaret Evans, CBC News, London.

[Susan Bonner]

There is a new effort in Mexico seeking to shed light on a struggle playing out in the shadows. Over the past two decades, tens of thousands of people have disappeared, many allegedly forced into drug cartels or murdered for resisting. Now officials are taking unprecedented steps, hoping to bring some peace to families in pain. Jorge Barrera has details.

[Analyst/Expert]

Machete in hand, Vanessa Gamez hacks away at the brush, using the tip to dig up the earth in a search for any evidence of human remains in a remote mountainous area on the southern edge of Mexico City, where her daughter, Ana Amelie Garcia Gamez, vanished while hiking alone this summer.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

We are suffering. We lost our, our lives, our health. You start losing your soul. You know, you get sick, there's no support. You lose your job, you lose your peace.

[Analyst/Expert]

Near her, National Guard soldiers, weapons in hand, keep watch amid the whir of weed whackers as a massive search unfolds through this area called the Cumbres de Ajusco National Park, a popular hiking spot, but also known as a dumping ground for bodies.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

It's a very dangerous place because it's so alone and a lot of people are disappearing here.

[Analyst/Expert]

Mexico City's Commission for the Search of Persons is targeting this area as part of a new approach unique in the country in the search for the vanish.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

So we had in the past smallest search in one place or another.

[Analyst/Expert]

Luis Gomez Negrete is the commissioner for the city's agency responsible for finding the missing.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

But now we are gathering cases defining an area of interest.

[Analyst/Expert]

The commission is now reviewing cases, finding geographical links and launching multi day, multi agency targeted operations with hundreds of searchers and cadaver dogs. All of this done under a city cabinet created to focus on the city's 7,000 missing and counting. Jacqueline Palmetto says the partial remains of her 21 year old daughter were found 60 meters down an embankment by a lookout in the Ajusco. She says Yael Montserrat Uribe was shot in the head. She's back for the rest of her daughter's body. I want to her whole I gave birth to a daughter that was whole, she says. Palmetto founded a collective for the families of the disappeared that is part of this search. Groups like hers for years shouldered the burden in the search for Mexico's vanished over 130,000 victims of drug wars, kidnappings or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

We are desperate.

[Analyst/Expert]

Vanessa Gammit says her daughter was kidnapped, but there's been little movement from police.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

The investigators doesn't investigate.

[Analyst/Expert]

It's a common theme in these cases. Many suspects, few convictions. The office of the city's top investigator did not return a request for comment. The searches in the AJUSCO are expected to continue next week. Jorge Barrera, CBC News, Mexico City.

[Susan Bonner]

Quebec's social services minister is quitting cabinet over a new law changing the way doctors are paid. Leonel Karma says he will sit as an independent. Many doctors are threatening to leave the province over the bill, including Karma's daughter. She's a medical specialist who wrote an open letter saying the health care system is broken. But Premier Francois Legault says the bill stays. A social movement is sweeping through Canada's Inuit. It was launched by women who have had enough of gendered violence in the north. It's more than 10 times higher than the national average. Karen Pauls has more on the allegations and the campaign being called Inuit. Me too.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

I was a young teenager and I was so confused and totally caught off guard.

[Karen Pauls]

36 year old Ruth Gustaw wishes she'd gone to police more than 20 years ago when she alleges Nastania Mullen, most recently CEO of the Manitoba Inuit association, sexually assaulted her in his mother's Iqaluit home while she was visiting his younger sister, her best friend.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

That could have just saved so many other people.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

And like I cry for those other people that are too scared to come forward.

[Karen Pauls]

Gustaw and one other woman have filed formal complaints with the police. None of the allegations have been proven and Mullen has not been charged. But others are also speaking out, part of a growing social media movement dubbed InuitMeToo, an Inuit version of the global campaign against sexual abuse, harassment and rape culture. Inuit singer and author Tanya Tagaq is using her voice to amplify the movement. Movement. She is not one of those disclosing abuse.

[Susan Bonner]

I can do my best to be.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

A megaphone because I know how scary.

[Karen Pauls]

It is to come forward. Nearly 1300 people have signed an online petition calling on the Manitoba Inuit association to do an independent trauma informed investigation into the allegations against Mullen. The petition and a fundraising campaign for legal fees was started by Crystal Martin, an Inuk businesswoman now from Ontario, who is not one of the alleged victims.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

We started this petition because silence is no longer an option. It was a scream for justice.

[Karen Pauls]

Prominent Inuit organizations and women say survivors need to be believed. Nancy Kerotac Lindell is Nunavut's senator. I feel that it is the time for us to also speak out on.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Behalf of people who are not able to speak for themselves.

[Susan Bonner]

As silent as these women have felt over the years, now it's so loud, it's deafening.

[Karen Pauls]

Tara Guna Taktutu Fotheringham is president of the Amotee Nunavut Inuit Women's Association. She's trying to support those coming forward.

[Lisa Xin]

We want to make sure that these.

[Susan Bonner]

Women never feel like they have to be silenced again.

[Karen Pauls]

Ruth Gestaw says that's exactly why she's sharing her story publicly.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

I just want other people to feel safe, safe enough to tell their truth.

[Karen Pauls]

The Manitoba Inuit association has appointed an interim CEO, but won't answer questions about Mullin's status or whether it's investigating the allegations. When we reached Mullen by phone, he said there's no comment he can make at this time. Karen Pauls, CBC News, Winnipeg.

[Susan Bonner]

An emotional chief of the defence staff apologized today on behalf of the Canadian Armed Forces for racial discrimination and harassment.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

I apologize to every caf member veteran who experienced racism, discrimination and harassment. And I acknowledged we failed you.

[Susan Bonner]

General Jenny Carignan says the stories she has heard have broken her heart, but also inspired a resolve to do better. The apology was directed to current and past members of the forces. A class action lawsuit about racism in the military was settled in January. It directed the armed forces to acknowledge its history of systemic discrimination. 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 Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the follow button and lock us in. Scientists are excited about a new find connected to a very old species. The discovery involves fossils from a pony sized rhinoceros that once roamed the Arctic. Experts are now trying to learn more about this ancient animal and how it ended up in the far north. Emily Chung explains.

[Emily Chung]

That's the sound of a rhino and not something you'd expect to hear today in the desolate polar desert of Devon island in Nunavut in an ancient crater created by a meteorite impact.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Yeah, it's the largest animal that we've discovered in the crater.

[Emily Chung]

Danielle Fraser is the head of Paleobiology at the Canadian Museum of Nature. And part of a team that identified the rhino as a new species, the northernmost ever found. It stood about a meter tall at the shoulder.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

So for rhinos, it's not terribly large. It didn't have a horn and it.

[Emily Chung]

Had an extra toe.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

Typically we see rhinos have three toes on the forefoot. It actually had four. And so it's a little bit of a weirdo in that sense.

[Emily Chung]

The rhino lived 23 million years ago, about 1,000 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. But back then it was much warmer, like modern day southern Ontario. There was a huge lake and a lush temperate forest here inhabited by creatures like rabbits and swans. But it would have been cold and snowy in winter.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

It would have been dark part of the year. I think that that's a really interesting mystery about how some of these animals lived up there.

[Emily Chung]

A local elder was part of the expeditions that found the rhino and they asked him for help to name the new species.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

We collaborated with Jarlu Kaguptak and he picked out itjiluk, which means frosty or frost. And so it's kind of a homage to it being from the Arctic in that cold environment.

[Emily Chung]

Donald Prothero is a fossil rhino expert who wasn't involved in the study, but he had seen the fossils decades earlier and shared his opinion with the researchers.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

I said, well, this is a very strange animal. Good luck.

[Emily Chung]

There used to be dozens of rhino species in North America and this new species didn't look like any of them. But the researchers found a family resemblance in rhinos from Europe. How did it end up in Canada? Fraser or colleagues thought it may have hopped across islands in the Arctic.

[Reporter/Correspondent]

We hypothesized that this animal was either crossing on land or what little water did exist between those islands at different periods in time. That there may have actually been some ice there in the winter that allowed them to cross.

[Emily Chung]

Prothero thinks rhinos might not have been the only animals to take that route.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

It's opening up a whole new door.

[Murray Brewster]

To how mammals got back and forth between Eurasia and North America.

[Emily Chung]

Researchers are now hoping to find fossils of other ancient animal migrants in the Arctic. Emily Chung, CBC News, Toronto.

[Susan Bonner]

Finally tonight.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Game five is underway with a fly ball to deep left. Gone the first pitch of the ball game.

[Susan Bonner]

You didn't think we'd leave you without mentioning those Toronto Blue Jays keeping Canada's feel good baseball dream alive with a game five win last night. That got off to an explosive start with a home run from Davis. Schneider and his dad watched from the stands.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

Oh. Oh, no, no. Way. No way. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. You gotta be kidding me. And the Blue Jay fans making a ton of noise. And Now Guerrero rips one to deep left and it's gone. And two batters in, they are up two to nothing.

[Susan Bonner]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Followed it up. Back to back home runs to start the game to go along with a historic performance by young Trey Yousavich. The 22 year old Blue Jay pitcher struck out 12 batters, a rookie record for a World Series game. Yousavich was still in college when the regular season began. He blazed through the minor leagues and secured a spot on the Jays roster just in time for the playoffs. Sean Versoni coached Jusavic as a teenager in Pennsylvania.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

You know, he was an ultra competitor. He had a lot of arm talent. You know, he threw a lot of strikes. He had a really good fastball for his age. Yeah, it's been absolutely unreal. It's hard to believe, but it was one of the most exciting outings I've ever seen. Obviously, you know, we were smiling last night. I was smiling when I woke up this morning and I'm sure it's going to take a lot to get this smile off my face.

[Susan Bonner]

Blue Jays fans are smiling, too. The team has all the momentum and the mojo with the World Series shifting back to Canada. Game 6 tomorrow night in Toronto. Thank you for joining us on youn World Tonight for Thursday, October 30th. I'm Susan Boner. Talk to you again.

[CBC Host/Narrator]

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