Global National: Oct 11

As Florida recovers from two hurricanes tearing through the state in less than two weeks, people are surveying the damage and enduring a long cleanup. Jackson Proskow speaks with residents in the disaster zone about how they’re feeling, and how some are considering moving out of the state. Some prominent politicians are questioning whether climate change actually plays a role in powerful storms like Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Eric Sorensen reports on the conspiracy theories spreading like fire on social media, and how even hurricanes have become politicized. Canada’s pharmacare bill is now law, but that doesn’t mean people can expect cheap medications just yet. The final piece of the puzzle still needed; what’s covered under the plan; what’s not; and what could expand drug coverage. Israel is ordering the evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few remaining operating hospitals in northern Gaza, but some patients, including children, cannot leave the facility or they will die, according to doctors there. The dire warnings, and the fears of what could happen soon. And Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots organization of atomic bomb survivors from Japan, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in advocating for a world without nuclear weapons. How the award serves as a warning about the consequences of war.