The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/13 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: December 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/13 at 04:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbic news the world this hour i'm mike miles high-speed rail is closer to rolling into canada with the federal government announcing the network the first leg set to connect ottawa to montreal liam baker has the details i'd probably be more keen on going because it's a lot easier than jermaine is one of many ottawa locals saying it's about time there is a faster way to get between ottawa and montreal and although construction on the high-speed rail is isn't slated to start until 2029, local business leaders are praising its potential to attract more companies and customers to Canada's capital.

Sonia Shori is the president of Invest Ottawa, a local economic development agency. It's a more sustainable way to travel. So for those who make values-based decisions, it's going to support that particular goal as well. Local environmental advocates so far like what they see, partially because it takes cars off the road. The Ottawa-Montreal line is part of a planned, broader Toronto to Quebec City Corps. corridor, and with trains traveling at 300 kilometers per hour, could cut travel times in half. Public consultations on the precise route are expected to begin in January.

Liam Baker, CBC News, Ottawa. RCMPs say a bus carrying a junior hockey team slid off an icy highway in northern Alberta, injuring several people. Two teens were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while others were treated at the scene. Police say the bus hit a batch of black ice just south of Athabasca amidst extreme cold and poor road conditions. Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Carino Machado says it's time for Venezuelan President Nicola Maduro to go. She says his regime is in its final days and the best way

for him believe is through negotiations. As for U.S. intervention, I will welcome more and more pressure so that Maduro understands that he has to go, that his time is over. We had an election. regime change was already mandated by our 70% of the population. And what we need is support to enforce that decision. Machado says she has no knowledge of Donald Trump's plan for the country, wouldn't share it if she did, and that she wouldn't get involved. U.S. Democrats on a congressional oversight panel have released new images from the estate of a convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

They include photos of President Donald Trump, former Prince Andrew, former President Bill Clinton, and tech mogul, rather, Bill Gates, among others. None of the photos depict the illegal activities, but for survivors like Haley Robson, they still bring back traumatic memories. As an American and as a human being, you cannot look at these photos and not have a reaction

and not feel devastated. And then I had to take a deep breath and brace myself and said, okay, this is a teaser, this is just a little preview. There's more that's going to follow. Survivors have been advocating to have the Epstein files made public by the Justice Department. Last month, Trump signed a law compelling the DOJ to release them by next Friday. India's largest airline, Indigo, is emerging from what authorities are calling one of the worst operational breakdowns in the country's aviation history. It controls 60% of India's air travel market, the crisis stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers, and triggering unprecedented regulatory intervention.

Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi. Thousands of passengers stranded at Indian airports, demanding clarity on their flights. On December 3rd, Indigo began canceling services on Mars. The airlines grabbed more than 4,000 domestic flights in just nine days. It says cruise shortages were triggered by new pilot duty time regulations which increased mandatory weekly rest from 36 to 48 hours. Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu blames the airline for being unprepared for the rules that were announced months ago. No airline, however large, will be permitted to cause such hardship to passengers.

Officials say the industry needs more competition, but critics question whether regulatory oversight can keep pace with India's rapidly expanding skies. Indigo says it has processed millions of dollars in refunds to affected passengers. Ishan Gerg for CBC News, New Delhi. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.