The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/28 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: November 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/28 at 03:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles we begin in hong kong where after two days fire crews have ended their battle against the blaze in a hong kong apartment complex officials now say at least 128 people are dead about 200 others remain unaccounted for family and friends of residents have begun arriving to look for loved ones mirror wong is trying to find her father just recognize some picture is in my body's of my death because my body is still missing here. And then when I come out again, it's not a stress time. It became inside to identify many bodies. Some, maybe some angers here, maybe ridiculous. Officials say rescue efforts are now

a search for victims. Also sought the cause of the fire. The complex was being renovated when the blaze broke out. Three people with the company doing that work have been arrested, accused of violating safety codes and using highly flammable materials. Alberta's governing United Conservative Party is gathering in Edmonton today. The annual Gint General meeting comes as the province has signed an agreement with Ottawa on energy. That deal provides the pathway to a new pipeline from Alberta's, Alberta rather's oil patch to the coast.

And as our Aaron Collins explains, Alberta's Premier will now have to sell that move to her party over the weekend. They want a better deal for this province. Tim Hoven doesn't think members of his United Conservative Party will be impressed with the new energy deal between his province and Ottawa. The Alberta rancher doubts it will deliver on a pipeline, and Hoven thinks Danielle Smith will have a tough time selling it at the UCP's annual general meeting this weekend. But the Premier is pitching the deal as a path to a pipeline and not just to her party. Albertans from right across the political spectrum. They expect me as their Premier to partner with this federal government to seize this long-awaited opportunity for our province.

How this energy deal ages for Danielle Smith depends on when a pipeline emerges. The longer progress on a new line lingers, the more opposition to the plan and the Premier who delivered it could build. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. That agreements prompted former Environment Minister Stephen Gilbo to quit Carney's cabinet. Gilbo saying he remains strongly opposed to the Memorandum of Understanding Ottawa signed with Ottawa, adding environmental issues remains front and center. David Thurton reports. The governing United Conservative Party MLA is cheering on the news in the Alberta legislature. After Canada's former Environment and Climate Change Minister Stephen Gilbo says he's residing from Cabinet.

In a statement, Gilbo, who was serving as heritage minister, said he can no longer serve after Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta, an accord that could clear the path for a bitumen pipeline to Asian markets. Such a pipeline, Gilbo said, would have a major environmental impact crossing the Great Bear Rainforest and contributing to a significant increase in climate pollution. Green Party leader Elizabeth May says his departure dashes Mark Carney's climate record. We need strong climate members of Parliament. So far, Prime Minister Mark Carney has tacked right.

In a statement, Carney acknowledged both he and Gilboe had differing views at times, but is glad he is staying in the Liberal Caucus. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. Donald Trump says the U.S. is putting a permanent pause on migration from third-world countries. He's tying the decision to Wednesday night's shooting of two National Guard members on patrol in Washington, one of whom died Thursday. The same distruster reminds us that we have no greater national. security priority, then ensuring that we have full control over the people that enter and

remain in our country. For the most part, we don't want them. They come in illegally. They have a lot of problems. Their countries force them in because their countries are smart. They don't want them. Trump went even farther and in angry social media post late Thursday night. He wants to strip permanent residency status from migrants. U.S. citizenship officials confirm. A review is underway of immigrants from 19 countries in CUNY, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Somalia, and Haiti. That is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.