The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 05:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.C.A. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Investigators in Australia now say the deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration was inspired by the militant group ISIS. Chrissy Barrett is commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. Early indications point to a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,

allegedly committed by a father and son. There is no evidence to suggest other individuals were involved in this attack. However, we caution that this could change, given it is early in our investigation. Fifteen people were killed on Sunday in Sydney. The suspects were a father and son aged 50 and 24. The father was killed during the attack. His son was injured and is being treated at a hospital. U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a swipe at Rob Reiner,

the 78-year-old Hollywood legend, and his wife were, murdered Sunday. Reiner often criticized Trump. I think he heard himself in career-wise. He became like a deranged person, Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape, or form. I thought it was very bad for our country. Yeah. Republican Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Green, is horrified by Trump's comments. On X, she wrote, many families deal with a family member with drug addiction and mental health issues. It's incredibly difficult and should be met with empathy, especially when it ends in murder. Reiner's son Nick is now in police custody in connection with the deaths.

Today, Canada will release its plans to slash a potent greenhouse gas, methane. CBC obtained an early copy of the announcement that Environment Minister Julie DeBruzen is expected to deliver. It offers more flexibility to the oil and gas industry. David Thurton reports. That hissing sound is so when oil well and in Alberta that's been leaking methane and other hydrocarbons. Methane is a greenhouse gas, 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide, methane pollution is supercharging the planet's warming.

CBC News has learned Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie DeBruzen will unveil new measures today. DeBruzen hinted the new rules were coming in a year-end interview. Now we've committed to enhanced regulations, not only on oil and gas, but also on landfills. Canada's largest source of methane pollution is the fossil fuel sector and their leaky valves, pipes, and how they refine their products. Through new regulations, the federal government will ban, with exceptions, oil and gas facilities from venting methane into the atmosphere. But they're also giving companies some leeway to come up with their own approach.

David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. Avalanche Canada has developed a new online avalanche database. It documents all the avalanche stats that have happened in Canada since 1782. Kimberly Davidson has more. I think we're quite excited about the whole thing. Gilles Vallad is talking about avalanche Canada's newly completed fatal avalanche incidents database. It took three years to complete and holds 243 years worth of information. Every person that was killed in an avalanche, where it happened, what the conditions and circumstances were prior to a slide,

and what the victims were doing when it came down. The resource is map-based using geolocation. All available analysis of the incident is included. Some insights on what caused the avalanche and what can be done to prevent this in the future. Avalanche Canada's executive director says this kind of information is used by professionals to determine current avalanche risk

and what warnings need to be passed on to the public. It can be found on the Avalanche Canada website. Kimberly Davidson, CBC News, Kelowna. Japan has lifted a mega-quake advisory for the country's northeastern coast one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit. Residents in the designated area are no longer asked to sleep in their clothing with helmets at their bedside. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.