The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: December 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 04:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. A Calgary man has been found guilty of terrorism offenses after a judge ruled he traveled to Syria and fought for ISIS. The 35-year-old was convicted of three criminal charges on Monday. Megan Grant has details. Jamal Borhot held terrorist beliefs

and was prepared to both kill and die for those beliefs. Those were some of the final. findings of Justice Karina Dario. Eight of Borhot's family members were in court to support him. Borhot, along with his cousin Hussein Borhot, traveled to Syria in 2013. Justice Dario ruled that the Crown approved Jamal stayed there for almost a year. During that time, he not only fought for ISIS, he also took on a leadership role with the group. The judge also found he attempted to recruit others.

Much of the Crown's case came from travel records, Facebook messages sent by Borat, and intercepted phone conversations he had with friends and family. Dario noted Borhot made comments that were, quote, filled with hatred towards non-Muslims and about, quote, killing those who did not convert to Islam. In 2022, the cousin Hussein Borhot pleaded guilty to similar offenses and was handed a 12-year sentence. Jamal will be sentenced at a later date.

Megan Grant, CBC News, Calgary. Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to address the Assembly of First Nations today in Ottawa. His appearance comes less than a week after he signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta, prioritizing new oil pipelines. First Nations chiefs from British Columbia are preparing to take action to oppose the proposed projects. Olivia Stefanovic has more. It's a slap in the face of British Columbians. To many First Nations, we're very concerned.

This isn't the issue Terry Tiji was hoping the annual Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa would start on. But the regional chief of British Columbia says, the Assembly of First Nations has no other choice now that Ottawa is working with Alberta to greenlight new oil pipelines to the West Coast. Well, certainly I think there's a lot of mistrust here. TG says BC Chiefs are preparing to push back through an emergency resolution. It calls on the AFN to support upholding the oil tanker ban along BC's northern coast, a moratorium that Ottawa is willing to lift temporarily to get Alberta's oil to Asia.

markets. To get approval, Prime Minister Mark Carney says there must be full partnership, equity ownership, and economic benefits for First Nations. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Ottawa. The leader of Hong Kong says he will set up an independent commission of inquiry headed by a judge to determine the cause of a deadly apartment block fire. John Lee made the promise during a speech Tuesday. At least 151 people are dead. Another 40 are missing. Yes, it is a tragedy. It is a big fire. Yes, we need a reform. Yes, we have identified failures. Those who are responsible will be accountable. The shortcomings will be addressed. 13 people have been arrested in connection with the fire. Two Australian teenagers are suing their government over a social media ban that starts December 10th.

As a young Australian, we as a whole have our constitutional right taken away from us. That's 15-year-old Noah Jones, one of the plaintiffs, trying to stop a law that will kick him off Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. The new law applies to anyone under 16. Instead of cutting kids off from social media, because we're not the problem, we should be cutting off the bad things about social media, the online bullies, the predators, and the explicit content. The Australian government says the ban will protect children.

U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday in Moscow. The U.S. is trying to get a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a revised peace plan looks better than what Russia first proposed. And that is your world this hour. For news any time, you can visit our website. We're at cbcnews.ca.ca. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.