The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: December 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 10:00 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 Claude Faye. In Australia, police say they are treating a mass shooting at a popular beach as a terrorist attack. It's obviously the fact that it's the first day of Hanukkah, the types of weapons, the offenders, some of the other items we found at the scene. As I said, we have found an improvised explosive device in a car. Mal Lanyon is the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police. He says at least 11 people were killed after gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney. One of the gunmen was also killed.

Reporter Katie Silver is in Sydney. It has been confirmed that it is a terrorist incident. They were taking aim. At an event, it was called Hanukkah by the sea on Bondi Beach. It was a very important event in the Jewish people's calendar here in Sydney. We understand about a thousand people at that event. Now, police say that they responded quickly. There has been criticism in the last few hours from eyewitnesses saying that there was a lot of confusion and actually that the response was quite slow and disorganized. We've also heard the identity of one of the gunmen has been confirmed

and sources are saying that their home is being raided in order to try. try and work out exactly what's gone on here. We also heard as well from the Prime Minister, calling it a devastating terrorist attack, saying that it was targeted, saying that there is no space for, to quote him, evil anti-Semitism in Australia. Where it occurred, a very popular part of Sydney.

So it really is absolutely devastating for Australia and indeed for Sydney and for Bondi. Katie Silver for CBC News, Sydney. Israel has been quick to respond to the attack at Bondi Beach, calling out the Australian government in the process. The CBC's Rafibuja Canyon is in Jerusalem. The Australian officials have come to calling this an attack that targeted the Jewish community. That seemed self-evident to officials in Israel from early this morning. Here is President Isaac Herzog addressing the country. Our heart goes out to them as we pray for the recovery of the wounded.

We pray for them and we pray for those who've lost their lives. also has criticized the Australian government for not clamping down on what he's calling rampant anti-Semitism in the country. We've heard from U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, he says in a statement, quote, I am horrified and condemned today's heinous deadly attack on Jewish families gathered in Sydney to celebrate Hanukkah. My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hanukkah. A very similar statement from European Commission President for Sala von der Leyen, who also says the EU stands. with Australia and Jewish communities around the world. Rafi Muji Canyon, CBC News, Jerusalem.

Canada is also among the countries condemning the attack. Prime Minister Mark Carney says, quote, he's horrified by the anti-Semitic terror attack, adding that Canada stands with the people of Australia and Jewish people everywhere. And in the U.S., Markle Rubio posting the social media, the Secretary of State also condemned the attack, saying his prayers are with the victims,

the Jewish community, and the people of Australia. Meanwhile, in the U.S. And I want to offer my profound thanks to all the hardworking men and women in law enforcement who worked through the night to be able to get us to this point where we can confirm that there is a person of interest who has been detained. This is exactly the kind of collaboration that we train for and that we hope for. The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Brett Smiley, speaking to reporters this morning. That person of interest is in custody in connection with the shooting.

at Brown University yesterday. No other details were released. The shooting, which happened during final exams, left two students dead and nine others injured. In Thailand, the military holds a memorial service as it returns the bodies of four soldiers to their families. They were killed fighting along the Cambodian border. The violence marks the collapse of the ceasefire that was brokered by the Trump administration. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg.