The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 10:00 EST

Choose clicks, choose the algorithm, choose doom scrolling at 3am, eyes tired, brain rewired, choose headlines that scream, choose fake friends, deepfakes, bots, and comment wars that never end. Choose truth bent and broken until you can't tell up from down or write from wrong. Choose the chaos, choose the noise. Or don't. Choose news, not noise. 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 act of terrorism inspired by the islamic state georgie smith has more now from Sydney. People stand dazed, staring 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. Smith, CBC News, Sydney. A delegation that includes six Canadian MPs has been denied entry into the occupied West Bank. They were turned away by Israeli officials they attempted to enter the territory from Jordan.

The delegation was planning to meet with Palestinians who have been affected by settler violence and live in displacement camps. The Canadian MPs, one new Democrat and five liberals, also planned to meet with the Palestinian Authority, which administers part of the occupied territory. The trip is sponsored by the Canadian Muslim vote, a registered non-profit in Canada. The United States has carried out three more strikes on boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean. In a statement on social media, the military is saying, without offering evidence, that the vessels were drug trafficking boats operated by terrorist organizations in international waters. Eight people were killed.

A video has also been posted that shows a boat moving through the water and then exploding. Since September, the U.S. military has killed at least nine. 95 people in a series of similar strikes. 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. 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. A 54-year-old man who steered a vehicle into a crowd at a Liverpool soccer parade last spring has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. More than 130 people were injured when Paul Doyle drove a minivan into a sea of fire. fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League Championship. He pleaded guilty last month to multiple

counts of causing or attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. And that is the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. The Worldless Hour is updated every hour seven days a week. And for news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.