The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: December 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 20:00 EST

Is your home ready for the next big snowstorm? 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 Gina Louise Phillips. We begin with the latest from Australia. I'm very sad duty this morning to report that 16 people have been confirmed as 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 Minns, 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. Police say the suspects were father and son. The 50-year-old was killed and the 24-year-old is in hospital and 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, of a man sneaking up behind one of the gunmen and wrestling the automatic weapon out of his hands. A Canadian says he's traumatized after witnessing that attack. Riley Stranahan was with friends on the beach when he heard gunfire. I just remember running, running down the street

and seeing kids cry. Family's running. It's terrible. I could imagine being someone there that can't run, can't run away, whether it's old age or whatever it is. It's just, it was, I don't I don't think I've still really processed it, to be honest. He says a stranger on a balcony noticed him hiding and offered their apartment for safe shelter. He stayed for two hours. Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement saying he's horrified by the anti-Semitic terror attack. And he said Canada stands with Australians and Jews everywhere. Global Affairs Canada says it's not aware of any Canadians caught in the incident.

German police have arrested five men suspected of planning an attack on a Christmas market in Bavaria. The five are believed to be Islamist militants. Three are Moroccan nationals. One is Egyptian and one is Syrian. Investigators say they intended to drive a vehicle into a crowded market. A similar attack was carried out last December in the city of Magdeburg, killing six people and wounding more than 300. Well, after five hours, peace talks on ending the war between Ukraine and Russia wrapped up in Berlin,

with more scheduled for tomorrow. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and some of his European allies are meeting with envoys from the Trump administration. Earlier in the day, Zelensky said Ukraine is willing to drop its ambition of joining NATO, but if there is to be peace, Russia will also have to compromise. Julia Chapman reports from London. Volodymyr Zelensky says ending the war will take compromise. He says he's willing to give up the idea of Ukraine joining NATO

in exchange for legally binding security guarantees from allies, including Canada. It's not clear what Russia is prepared to concede, but Zelensky says it will if the right pressure is applied. He'll be urging American negotiators in Berlin to exert that pressure. In Ukraine, the attacks continue. An explosion in a parking lot in Zaporizia captured as first responders rushed to the site of a previous strike. The governor of the region says a supermarket was hit, injuring 11 people, a child among them. And Russia says it intercepted 235 Ukrainian drones overnight.

This is the backdrop to the talks in Berlin as negotiators try to end the death and destruction. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. More rain is in the forecast for an already soggy B.C. Fraser Valley. Environment Canada is calling for a potentially significant push of moisture tomorrow. Officials in Chilliwack have warned there may be localized flooding, but it's not expected to be as bad as last week. And that's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.