The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/15 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: December 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/15 at 01:00 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 rob reiner is dead the body of the legendary director and actor was found inside his home sunday afternoon along with the body of his wife michel singer steve futterman reports police will not confirm it but we have had the governor of california and the mayor of Los Angeles confirm that Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle, were indeed found dead inside their home. Local media quoting family sources say the suspect is Rob Reiner's son, Nick, who did have mental health challenges. This has just sent shockwaves throughout Southern California,

Rob Reiner, such a respected actor and director. Many people remember him as a performer in the classic 1970s show All in the Family, but as a director, he directed such films as When Harry Met Sally and Stand By Me. So right now, the investigation goes on. Police are

saying very little, but we have a Hollywood legend who is dead. Steve Huderman, CBC News, Los Angeles. Now to Sydney, Australia, where it's already Monday afternoon, and harrowing stories are emerging from the deadly attack on a Hanukkah ceremony.

at Bondi Beach. Fifteen people were killed Sunday. Another 42 were wounded. Rabbi Yankee Berger is from Ottawa, but now lives in Australia. His son survived the massacre. The shooters just didn't come with these guns. They were there for about 20, 25 minutes.

And thank God he made it out alive. And the other children who were with him also made it out alive. But so many of my friends have another close friend. His name is Alon. He was shot. They missed his heart by literally. really one millimeter. He's just gone through, I think, his second surgery now, just trying to save his life. Investigators say the suspects are a father and son who allegedly

opened fire at a gathering of Jews celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. A 50-year-old suspect was killed at the scene. A 24-year-old suspect is now in hospital. Anthony Albanese is the Prime Minister of Australia. What we saw yesterday was an act of pure evil, an act of terror, an act of anti-Semitism, an attack on the first day of Hanukkah, targeted at the Jewish community, a dark day in Australia's history on what should have been a day of light. The weapons were legally purchased, but the Australian Prime Minister is now calling

for tougher gun control laws in his country. Pierre Palliev insists conservatives are united behind his message on affordability, even after another member of Parliament crossed the floor last week, As Olivia Stefanovic reports, Pollyev denies the latest defection is a sign of internal problems. Is this a problem of your leadership at this stage?

You know, it's a problem of Mark Carney's leadership. Speaking to Rosemary Barden Live, conservative leader Pierre Pollyev accused the prime minister of trying to manipulate his way to a majority. Then you have to go to the Canadian people and have them vote for it, not do it by a dirty backroom deal. This was Pollyev's first on-camera interview

since losing three MPs in just over a month. When asked if he took any lessons from the past year, which started off with a conservative leader riding high in the polls, then losing the federal election along with his own riding, Pollyev didn't say. Focusing instead on the reason he's still in the job, fighting for better, more affordable lives, he said, for Canadians. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa.

We're following a major story in Hong Kong tonight. The pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has just been convicted in a landmark national security trial. Lai ran the Apple Daily newspaper. Three judges found him guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He could now face life in prison. And that is your world this hour. ABC News. I'm Neil Hurlant.