The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/26 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: November 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/26 at 23:00 EST

Are your pipes ready for a deep freeze? You can take action to help protect your home from extreme weather. Discover prevention tips that can help you be climate ready at keep it intact.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Two U.S. National Guard members have been shot within blocks of the White House. in broad daylight near a metro station. One person is in custody. The CBC's Katie Simpson was on the scene shortly after the shooting. Police say an armed suspect approached members of the National Guard

as they were patrolling a metro station about two blocks from the White House. Two members of the National Guard were shot and there was a back and forth with the suspect who was also shot and taken into custody. The mayor of Washington, D.C. says at this time it appears to be a targeted shooting. police also describe it as an ambush. The National Guard deployment in D.C. started after a government employee, someone who worked at Doge was beaten up after a night out. And the National Guard have stayed in town ever since. And there's been plenty of public debate with fierce arguments on both sides about whether this deployment is necessary or even if it's appropriate for these troops to be engaging in this kind of activity on U.S. soil.

The White House says as a result of this shooting, more National Guard troops will be activated. another 500 will be added to the 2000 already here. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. And we are learning new details tonight about the alleged shooter in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump released a video statement from West Palm Beach, Florida, where he's celebrating the American Thanksgiving. The suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth.

He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021. on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about. Trump says the U.S. government will re-examine Afghan nationals living in the states. And late tonight, U.S. citizenship and immigration said it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely. At least 44 people are dead in Hong Kong after a fire broke out at an apartment complex. Another 200 are missing. Three people with a construction firm are under arrest.

in connection to the disaster. Authorities say the suspect styrofoam used in renovations helped the fire spread. Lisa Sching reports. The blaze engulfed at least seven buildings close to each other, smoke and flames shooting out of the many windows. Firefighters attempted rescue efforts, including a baby, but reaching residents was a struggle.

Cruise dodged burning debris and falling scaffolding, says Derek Armstrong Chan, Deputy Director of Fire. services at the Hong Kong Fire Department. The temperature inside the buildings concerned are very high. Officials say the fire started at the external bamboo scaffolding of one of the buildings, later spreading to the inside and nearby blocks. The government had started phasing out the material for safety reasons, no doubt part of the investigation.

As authorities look into what happened, people are grieving the dozens of family members they lost and hope for the safety of those who are still missing. Lisa Sching, CBC News, Toronto. The federal government is forging ahead with its plan to protect steel and lumber industries suffering from U.S. tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney says tariff uncertainty

will cost about 1.8% of the nation's GDP. That's about $50 billion lost from our economy or the equivalent of $1,300 for every Canadian. And this is happening fast. It's a rupture, which means, that our economic strategy needs to change dramatically and rapidly. In response, the government is introducing new restrictions on foreign steel. Countries that don't have a free trade deal with Canada

can now only bring in a fraction of what they imported last year. Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appear on state television announcing they've seized power and suspended all national institutions. The group says the president has been, been arrested. There's no confirmation on where he is now. The officers also say they've suspended all media and the current election. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.