The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/15 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: December 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/15 at 00:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. We begin with breaking news from Los Angeles tonight. The legendary director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle Singer are dead. Their bodies were found inside their LA home according to multiple media reports. Police in Los Angeles now say they're investigating an apparent homicide. Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton spoke just minutes ago, but gave little information. The Los Angeles Police Department is now conducting an investigation at this residence here on Chadbourne, and that investigation will continue over the coming days. We will not be releasing

any information regarding who was found deceased in the residence, because that will be done by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. The fire department was initially called for a medical emergency at the home, CNN reports that a family spokesperson is confirming the deaths. Reiner was 78 years old and known for Hollywood classics, such as this is spinal tap, a few good men and stand by me. He met Singer on the set of when Harry met Sally. The couple have three children together. Now to the latest from Australia. It's our 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 Mins with an update on the attack at Bondi Beach Sunday. A pair of gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Jews celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. Police say the suspects were a father and son. The 50-year-old was killed in the 24th. four-year-old is in hospital in critical condition. Australian officials are calling it

a terrorist attack. Minns accused the suspects of, quote, cancerous anti-Semitism, and he praised the bystanders who intervened. Thank you to innocent bystanders and civilians who stood up risked their own lives to save other people's lives. Video was emerging of a man sneaking up behind one of the gunmen and wrestling the weapon out of his hands. by Yankee Berger is from Ottawa, but now lives in Australia. His son survived the attack. The people who were killed were my close friends. It's devastating. It's shocking. You know, we woke up this morning just hoping it was one big bad dream. And my son, he heard the first gunshot. So he ran for cover and he took his daughter. There are a few other children

there. He took them along with them. And he stood like in in front of them, you know, to prevent them from harm's way. The sounds of the gunshots were coming closer and closer. And he literally said his last prayers with his daughter. Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement saying he's horrified by the anti-Semitic terror attack and that Canada stands with Australians and Jews everywhere. We're following a developing story in Hong Kong. A judge has just found Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition and foreign collusion. The pro-democracy activist and business tycoon ran the Apple Daily newspaper.

A sentencing hearing will begin in January, Lai could face life in prison. Rainfall warnings are coming back across British Columbia's Fraser Valley as homeowners and farmers try to recover from last week's floods. Caroline Bargut reports. 325 properties were evacuated in Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Those residents still can't return home. However, there are positive signs as the floodwaters are receding. Some evacuation warnings have been downgraded to alerts.

Still, more rain is on the way. Up to 80 millimeters is expected in some areas beginning, Sunday night. Every time it rains hard, when we hear that word atmospheric river, we're panicking. Vern Oistrick is a supervisor at Environmental Corps Recycling in Abbotsford. His facility was flooded this week. I think this is a floodplain, so I don't think we can get insurance. It's just ugly. It is really ugly, eh? Highway 1 in Abbotsford has reopened, but the province says it may close again if there's too much rain. Environment Canada says more rain could destabilize land that could increase the risk of landslides. CBC News, Vancouver.

And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.