The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/22 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/22 at 17:00 EST

You may have heard of the sex cult nexium and the famous actress who went to prison for her involvement, Alison Mack. But she's never told her side of the story, until now. People assume that I'm like this pervert. My name is Natalie Robamed, and in my new podcast, I talked to Alison to try to understand how she went from TV actor to cult member and what she thinks of it all now. How do you feel about having been involved in bringing sexual trauma at other people? I mean, I don't even know how to answer that question. Alison, after nexium from CBC's on cover, is available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey.

At the G20 meeting in Johannesburg this weekend, many eyes are focused on Ukraine. The Trump administration has pitched its plan for ending the war with Russia, and the White House has given Ukraine's leader until Thursday to respond. Vladimir Zelensky says he'll consult with his partners and allies in the coming days, but he says protecting Ukraine from another Russian invasion is the priority. A number of countries will meet with Zelensky in Geneva tomorrow to discuss the U.S. plan. The UN's COP 30 climate summit in Brazil has ended with a hard-won draft deal. It includes some steps to speed up climate action and more money for developing countries

to deal with extreme weather, but it says nothing about phasing out the use of fossil fuels. fuels. The EU's climate commissioner, Vupke Hochstra, was lukewarm. We're not going to hide the fact that we would have preferred to have more ambition on everything. And we think that should have been possible. We think that is needed given what we see in terms of the planet continuing to warm up. And yet, the world is what it is, the conference is what it is, and we do think that this on balance is clearly a step in the right direction. The proposed deal is being lacerated by some participant countries who describe it as climate denialism or, say it, quote, transcends incompetence.

The world's biggest historic emitter, the United States, did not send a delegation to the conference. A rift in the MAGA base has now become a full-blown rupture. Republican Congresswoman and former staunch Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Green has announced her resignation. Chris Reyes has the latest. Once I left her, she resigned because she would never have survived a primary. But I think she's a nice person. President Donald Trump laid down his attacks against Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, who earlier this week he called a traitor.

Green posted an impassioned resignation video Friday night, criticizing Trump and both parties for abandoning common Americans. Americans are used by the political industrial complex of both political parties in order to elect whichever side can convince Americans to hate the other side more. Green was once one of Trump. Trump's biggest supporters and a prominent face of the MAGA movement. Their clash reached a boiling point when Green publicly accused Trump and his supporters of blocking the release of the Epstein files.

Green says she plans to spend more time with her family. Her last day will be early January, 26. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. Unidentified drones were spotted flying over a military base in the Netherlands on Friday. The Dutch Defense Ministry says it used weapons to try and bring the drones. down but did not succeed. The base is used by NATO. The Netherlands is one of several European countries

that have spotted unidentified drones near its military bases or civilian airports recently. And a strike by health care workers in Alberta that began this morning, ended soon after it got started. As Natasha Reeb tells us, the Alberta Union of provincial employees reached a tentative agreement with the province. It started as a couple dozen people on Kingsway Avenue

and quickly grew to about 100. Workers holding signs, some saying, if nurses are outside, something is wrong inside, and try running a facility without us. All wait. The gathering has had its share of support with lots of people driving by beeping. After about 20 minutes this morning,

the union announced they came to a deal with Alberta Health Services. The union represents 16,000 workers in Alberta, licensed practical nurses and health care aides. Here, some LPNs told me, They're looking for respect when it comes to pay, saying for almost the same work, they're getting paid far less than registered nurses. The union gave strike notice on Wednesday after bargaining fell apart over wages. AUPE was set to be on the picket lines today and tomorrow until the news came this morning.

Details on the new agreement will be released this afternoon. The union members are expected to vote in the coming days. Natasha Reeves, CBC News, Eminton. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilver. Thank you.