The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 08:00 EST

Dragon's Den is celebrating 20 years of supporting Canadian entrepreneurs, 20 years of innovative ideas, groundbreaking products, and inspiring stories from Canadian businesses. And this season has all of the wheeling and dealing that's changed the lives of countless dreamers. Now, with Celebrity Dragon Drew Scott from Property Brothers. Don't miss Season 20 of Dragon's Den. Watch free on CBC Gem. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings we're getting more details now from australia on sunday's deadly attack on a honica celebration

the attack which claimed 15 lives is being called an active terrorism inspired by the islamic state georgie smy smith has more now from sydney people stand dazed at a swelling memorial for the lives lost in Bondi. Australian Jews who were hunted at the country's most iconic beach, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Chrissy Barrett. It appears the alleged killers were interested only in a quest for a death tally. Slowly, the public is learning more about the victims gunned down at the Hunnaker event at the weekend and more about the gunmen, a father and son who had homemade ISIS flags.

Both men travelled to the Philippines last month for military-style training. The son who survived the attack is still in hospital, awaiting significant charges. New gun laws are on the way, says Prime Minister Anthony Albanesey. Limiting the number of guns an individual can own, the type of guns that are illegal, whether gun ownership should require Australian citizenship. Police are expected to take down crime scene tape in the next day, returning this much-loved public space to Australians to heal. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Sydney.

to BC's Fraser Valley, which appears to have avoided another round of extreme flooding despite another day of heavy rain. But as we hear now from Aaron Collins, south of the border, it's a different story. We don't think it's going to get to where it's scary. Turns out David McBride was right. Despite heavy rain, the Fraser Valley avoided the worst. Connie Chapman with BC water management confirms the risk of more flooding has passed for now. The weather event that we had been watching has now. since past peak flows and streams are occurring and will continue to occur over the next couple hours before starting to recede across the border in washington state residents weren't as lucky a breached levy leading to a flash flood warning and more evacuations brend mccleskey is

director of emergency management in washington's king county we've had evacuations in other places and probably upwards of 500 have been evacuated back in bcc most of evacuees have been allowed to return home. Officials there say the worst of the rain has now passed. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Abbotsford, B.C. The Trump administration is arguing in court that the construction of the new White House ballroom has to continue as a matter of national security. Willie Lowry explains. It's part of a lawsuit filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to stop the Trump administration's construction of that White House ballroom. The administration filing papers yesterday saying construction can't stop because it would pose an unspecified national security concern.

In the 36-page filing, the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service said even a temporary halt on the current site demolition would, quote, consequently hamper the agency's ability to carry out its mandate. The trust is arguing that the administration didn't go through a proper review process. In its lawsuit, the trust said, quote, no president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever. And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington.

Still with President Trump, he has filed a $5 billion defamation lawsuit. against the BBC. It relates to a speech he gave on January 6, 2021, the day his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The BBC made edits to that speech, which Trump says were misleading. The BBC admits that the editing was, quote, an error in judgment and two senior members of the network have subsequently resigned. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.