The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: December 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 16:00 EST

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We begin with the latest from Australia. I'm a very sad duty this morning to report that 16 people have been confirmed has been killed, 15 innocent people and one perpetrator. There are 42 people in New South Wales hospitals overnight, and the victim's age ranges are from as young as 10 to 87. That's New South Wales Premier Chris Mins providing an update on the victims of a mass shooting on Bondi Beach on Sunday. A pair of gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Jewish families celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. One of the gunmen was killed, the other is in hospital in critical condition.

Australian officials are calling it a terrorist attack. While Mins accused the suspects of, quote, cancerous anti-Semitism, he also talked about bystanders who intervened. Thank you to innocent bystanders and civilians who stood up risked their own lives to save other people's lives. In particular, there's a video of a man sneaking up behind one of the gunmen and wrestling the automatic weapon out of his hands. Some Australian media sources are identifying that bystander as a Muslim. Riley Stranahan is a Canadian living in a hostel right on Bondi Beach. He was with friends at the beach when shots rang out.

He fled into a nearby neighborhood where he was given shelter by strangers. Somebody above me asked me what was going on just off their balcony, told them there was some gunshots, and they're like, do you want to come upstairs? And I'm like, yeah, please. So they let me in their apartment. And I stayed in their apartment for probably about two hours. He says he feels shaken by the incident. Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, is sending his condolences to the Jewish community in

Australia, and he had some sharp words for the Australian government. We repeat our alert time and again to the Australian government to seek action and fight against the enormous wave of anti-Semitism, which is plaguing Australian society. At least one of the 11 people killed was from Israel. Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement saying he's, quote, horrified by the anti-Semitic terror attack. And he says that Canada stands with Australians and Jewish people everywhere. In Germany, police arrested five men suspected of planning a terrorist attack on a Christmas market.

Authorities say they planned to drive a vehicle into a crowded bazaar in Bavaria, killing or injuring as many people as possible. Spokesperson, Marina Mayer, says the public prosecutor's office is investigating. She says a 56-year-old Egyptian National had called for the attack, Four others, including three Moroccans and one Syrian, allegedly agreed to carry it out. There has been a series of vehicle attacks on markets in Germany in recent years. And here at home, a man in his 30s is dead after his tent caught fire in Montreal this morning.

The man was living in an encampment used by people who are homeless. Sarah Levitt has more. After a cold night in Montreal, a tragic morning. Police were called after a fire broke out inside a tent, an area often used by those who are homeless. Paramedics at the scene quickly confirmed the death of a man in his 30s inside the tent. There'll be an autopsy to determine his death, but homeless advocates say staying warm in Montreal's harsh winters isn't easy. Andrew Morocco is the executive director at St. Michael's mission. For people who are in situations of precarity, they're not

able to consistently have access to the resources that they need. They don't know which shelters are going to be open and which ones are going to be closed sometimes because in the winter, a lot of the measures are very last-managed. Fires in homeless encampments are common in cities across Canada and typically involve appliances for heating or cooking. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And that is the World the Sour. For news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.a.

For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.