The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 13:00 EST

You know that feeling when you reach the end of a really good true crime series? You want to know more, more about the people involved, where the case is now, and what it's like behind the scenes. I get that. I'm Kathleen Goldhar and on my podcast, Crime Story, I speak with the leading storytellers of true crime to dig deeper into the cases we all just can't stop thinking about. Find crime story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. You do not get to be a drug kingpin and evade the law.

FBI director Cash Patel promises the U.S. will hunt down an alleged Canadian drug lord. The Justice Department is offering $15 million for information leading to the arrest of Ryan Wedding. The 44-year-old is a former Olympian who competed for Team Canada at the 2002 Games in Utah. He's currently on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list, and he's believed to be hiding in Mexico. Attorney General Pam Bondi says Wedding is believed to be responsible for several murders. He controls one of the most prolific and violent drug trafficking organizations in this world. He is currently the largest distributor of cocaine in Canada. RCMP have also arrested seven Canadians in relation to this drug trafficking probe.

Among them, a man wanted for allegedly murdering a key witness against wedding. Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 25 people across Ukraine today, including children. President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Turkey right now looking to jumpstart peace talks. Crystal Gumansing reports. Emergency state services of Ukraine says overnight and into this morning, Russia launched more. than 470 drones and 48 missiles causing multiple deaths and sending dozens to hospitals. In the capital, Kyiv, people ran into metro stations for shelter as debris from drones shot down started falling. The attacks across the country have affected the power grid.

Ukraine's president says he wants to intensify peace talks, but so far they've gone nowhere. Zelensky is in Turkey meeting with his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, is also set to join those talks. Turkey's president is friendly with both Ukraine and Russia and has previously hosted talks between the two parties. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. A PEI man is facing Atlantic Canada's first-ever terrorism charges.

Daniel Desmond Crowder has been charged with two counts, connected with 3D printed firearms and issuing threats. Crowder's now in custody. Prior to that, he had been under a rarely used terrorism peace bond since August, which limited his access to electronic devices and internet while police investigated. A 17-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder in Hamilton, Ontario. Police arrested him in connection with the shooting death of a 26-year-old woman last summer. Belinda Sarko DiRefugee from Ghana was waiting for a bus when she was hit by a stray bullet and killed.

Hamilton Police Chief Frank Bergen. Steps away from an art crawl where had thousands of people were gathering that afternoon to enjoy the great culture and the great things that we have in the beautiful city of Hamilton. And a young punk thinks it's okay

and thinks they're entitled enough to show up on a scooter and take the life of a 26-year-old young girl, Belinda, from Ghana. A second person was also hit but survived the attention. the suspect can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The most valuable pieces from the Hudson's Bay Art Collection

are going on the auction block today in Toronto. Among them, a piece by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It's an oil painting of Marrakesh, and it's expected to go for as much as $600,000. And Kira Sao has made soccer history by becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the Men's World Cup. For the first time in their history, Curacao, our World Cup Bounds, they will become the smallest nation made the cut after a scoreless draw against Jamaica last night.

Curacao is an autonomous Dutch territory of about 156,000 people. It had to rely heavily on diaspora players recruited from the Netherlands. The qualification was only possible because Canada, the U.S. and Mexico qualified automatically as hosts of next year's tournament. That's the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey.