The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/01 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: December 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/01 at 08:00 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, it's the world this hour.

I'm Joe Cummings. We go first to Washington where members of Congress from both parties are vowing to take a closer look at the Trump administration's military action in the Caribbean Sea. Specifically, they're looking to follow up on reports. that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on a boat the administration claims was being operated by drug traffickers. Willie Lowry has more. The strike in question is the very first time that the U.S. targeted these alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. It took place on September 2nd.

According to a Washington Post article, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order to kill everyone on board. After the initial strike failed to do so, they launched a second. Democratic Senator Tim Cain says that second strike may be illegal. This rises to the level of a war crime if it's true. Since that first strike, the U.S. has launched at least 20 other strikes and killed an estimated 83 people. The Trump administration says it's protecting Americans by preventing drugs from entering the country by sea and is in a non-traditional armed conflict with. these South American drug cartels. But there is now a bipartisan effort underway in both the

House and Senate Armed Services Committee to learn more about that first strike. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine are continuing this week on multiple fronts. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is in Paris today while the EU defense ministers are meeting in Brussels. And after meeting with Ukrainian officials over the weekend in Florida. U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Wetkoff, is on his way to Russia to sit down tomorrow with Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is saying progress is being made, but there is still work to be done. The search continues in Stockton, California, for the suspect or suspects, wanted in connection with a weekend mass shooting. Four people, including three children,

were killed in what police are calling a targeted shooting at a child's birthday party. Patrick Withrow is the sheriff of San Joaquin County. We need everyone who has any information on this to reach out to us. This is the time for our community to show that we will not put up with this type of behavior where people will just walk in and kill children. We all know that there are people out there that are violent and commit violent crimes. These animals walked in and shot children at a children's birthday party. The four victims include a 21-year-old and three children.

children aged 8, 9, and 14. Another 11 people were wounded. The mayor of Stockton says the shooting could be gang-related. Today is World AIDS Day. It started back in 1988 to raise global awareness about the rapidly growing pandemic. But in recent years, advances in preventative medicine have dramatically reduced infections and deaths. And health officials are warning that this success is coming with a potentially dangerous cost. Philip Lyshanik explained. HIV's visibility has changed. Ryan Lisk says the AIDS Committee of Toronto is closing its doors in the new year due to lack of funding. He says HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP has proven effective in preventing sexually acquired infection.

It prevents the transmission of HIV. So that was a significant biomedical advancement. Internationally, countries have also been slashing funding for HIV-AIDS programs. The United States, which accounts for three quarters of that funding, ended all foreign assistance, including to UN AIDS. UN AIDS says the cuts could mean 3.3 million additional new infections by 2030. Dr. Julio Mantanor is head of the B.C. Center for Excellence in HIV AIDS in Vancouver. Unfortunately, most of the G7 countries, including Canada, have decided to roll back their funding.

This is a catastrophe. Filtishan, OxyBC News. to Roger. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.