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

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

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

You probably know Chris Hadfield as a decorated astronaut, but do you know Chris Hadfield, the author? This week, Chris joins me on bookends to talk about his new space thriller and his storytelling skills are out of this world. Thundering down through and flames licking around the ship and 3,000 degrees outside and then the parachute opening just before you hit the ground and then slamming into the world and rolling to a stop. And then you sort of emerge almost newborn out of that ship. Check out that conversation on bookends with me, Matea Roach, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fagg. Prime Minister Mark Carney has wrapped up his visit to the United Arab Emirates with a commitment of up to $70 billion in investment in Canada.

The money earmarked towards projects in the energy and artificial intelligence industries. Karina Roman has more from Abu Ghazi. On the surface, Canada and the UAE can appear as different as snow and sand, yet we're deeply, deeply aligned. Prime Minister Mark Carney says both countries are trading nations, both energy superpowers. I'm pleased that an agreement valued over a billion dollars. It's in the process of being finalized. We'll expand critical minerals processing capacity in Canada. But the growing relationship is not without controversy. The UAE faces allegations, ones that denies, of backing a paramilitary group responsible for mass violence in Sudan.

Carney says Sudan came up in his meeting with the UAE president on Thursday. We did discuss the situation in Sudan. We did discuss the importance of the quad process, which is the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Egypt, and the role that they need to play in establishing a ceasefire and peace. The next stop for Carney is the G20 in South Africa. Karina Roman, CBC News, Abu Dhabi. Delegates at the COP 30 summit in Brazil are facing a looming deadline.

The climate talks are due to wrap up today, but they have hit an impasse. A new draft deal removed the words, fossil fuels from the text. And as Susan Ormiston reports, the tense negotiations had to deal with another problem, a fire at the venue. We are down to the wires and the world is watching Belain. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a last-minute appeal for countries to get behind a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. And the world must pursue a just orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels as agreed at COP 28 in Dubai.

82 countries are pushing to take action on moving away from oil, coal and gas, but they make up only 7% of the world's oil production. But large oil-producing countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia, and large users like China and India, were not on board, nor was Canada, as negotiations stretched into the early hours of Friday morning. Gaps between the countries appear to be widening a large meeting of all countries. A plenary is planned for Friday, but it's unclear what they'll vote on. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Toronto.

It was a field trip, a group of grade four and five students or their parents will never forget. They were confronted by a grizzly bear in the remote BC community of Bella Kula. Janella Hamilton has the details. The bear attack was called in saying that multiple people had been injured. RCMP Corporal Madonna Saunderson says the attack happened Thursday afternoon on a trail near Belakula. Four were taken to hospital by air due to poor weather in the area. Two, in critical condition, two others seriously hurt. It was reported that there were students.

The mother of a child in the elementary school class told the Canadian press, teachers fought off the attacking animal. She says the children are in grades four and five and her son is traumatized by the attack, adding that three children were among those with injuries. The chief of the New Hulk First Nation says the community is devastated for the individuals and families impacted. Meanwhile, the El Casalta School says it will be closed Friday due to the bare incident and will be providing supports for those who need them. Janella Hamilton, CBC News, Vancouver. Global Democratic leaders are gathering in Halifax today as the 17th annual Halifax International Security Forum gets underway. The three-day international conference is being hosted

by Canada's defense minister David McGinty. Delegations include the U.S., Sweden, the Netherlands, Latvia, Estonia, and Colombia. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Figue. Thank you.