The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: November 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 21:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. We begin with breaking news from Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has just signed into law a bill to release the Epstein files. The documents could shed new light into the late sex offender and the case that has attracted speculation and conspiracy theory. The CBC's Katie Simpson has details from Washington. The clock is now ticking 30 days. The Department of Justice now legally is required to release documents related to the Epstein sex trafficking investigation to the public. Now, there are some significant exceptions here. It's super unclear exactly how much will be released. But here's what's happened today. After the House and the Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act overwhelmingly, just one lawmaker voting against it, it was rushed over to, to the president's desk today. There was unusual silence from the White House about whether the president was going to follow through on his word and actually sign it, whether it was going to be today, whether there was going to be some sort of ceremony, whether the victims were

going to be welcomed into his office. You know, how is this going to go? But it was actually a post on truth social, Donald Trump's social media website. He actually confirmed after hours of silence today, he confirmed that yes, he has signed the bill. So now it becomes a law. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Well, he may have placed 24th in the Olympics, but former Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding is now in the top 10 of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, accused of ordering murders and trafficking cocaine.

North America's top officials have also arrested several Canadians, allegedly connected to Wedding. Sarah Levitt has more. Ryan Wedding is a modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar. FBI director Cash Patel not holding back on the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, Ryan Wedding. The United States Department of Justice announcing the arrest of 10 alleged associates of wedding, seven in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.

You do not get to be a drug kingpin and evade the law. Among those arrested, Toronto area defense lawyer Deepak Paradkar. This all in connection with the murder of a key witness in a sprawling FBI case against wedding. Bill Isayle, the first assistant U.S. attorney at the central district. of California, alleged it was lawyer Paradkar who told associates... His lawyer told him if you kill this witness, the case would be dismissed. The State Department has also raised the reward for any information leading to

wedding's arrest from $10 million U.S. dollars to $15 million. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. Alberta's fiscal watchdog has released a scathing report on a botched plan to privatize the province's medical testing labs in 2022. The Auditor General says it costs taxpayers. tens of millions of dollars while slowing down test times and negatively impacting patients. The province canceled its contract with a chain of private labs, less than one year after making the switch.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce Canada is starting free trade talks with the United Arab Emirates. Carney arrived in the Gulf State today. Karina Roman reports from Abu Dhabi. Canada, UAE talks towards an expedited free trade pact would aim to ease trade around AI, aerospace, intellectual property and labor mobility. A senior government official speaking on background says that Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the talks by the end of his visit. Carney is also expected to sign an investment agreement with the UAE. The Gulf State is home to

some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds and Carney's growing list of major projects needs capital. But human rights groups say Carney is putting profits before principle. Unhappy with allegations that the UAE funds a paramilitary group committing atrocities in Sudan. The senior government official says Carney will raise a number of security issues in his meetings and points out Canada is currently the third largest humanitarian aid donor to Sudan. Karina Roman, CBC News, Abu Dhabi. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.

Thank you.