The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/19 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: December 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/19 at 02:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles the suspect in the brown university shootings is dead his body found thursday night at a storage facility in salem new hampshire two people were killed in last saturday's shootings five others injured the suspect was also linked to a separate murder monday night of a massachusetts institute of technology professor here's rhode island attorney general peter nairona It is unimaginable the pain that the parents and families of the deceased are feeling and will feel undoubtedly for quite a while. But I hope that by bringing this person to justice,

that we can at least give them the beginnings of some measure of closure. The gunman was identified as a Portuguese national. Hours after the death was announced, U.S. President Donald Trump suspended the diversity visa program said to have allowed the suspect into the country. Australia's government is making changes after Sunday's deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration. Prime Minister Anthony Albanesey announcing a national firearms buyback program. We expect hundreds of thousands of firearms will be collected and destroyed through this scheme.

Albanyi also introducing new laws to combat anti-Semitism and hate speech. But as Sasha Petrusik reports, Australian Jews say the measures are coming too late. The memorials continue on Bondi Beach for those shot. on Sunday, a rabbi and a 10-year-old girl, among others. Sydney's Jewish community is furious over what it sees as inaction by the Australian government to tackle anti-Semitism. It is clear we need to do more to combat this evil scourge. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is now promising a quick response, including laws

against hate speech. A package of legislative reforms to crack down on those who, spread hate, division and radicalization. The government is also proposing tougher gun control laws to prevent people like the two accused gunmen from legally owning multiple guns. Australia enacted sweeping legislation limiting firearms 30 years ago in the wake of another mass shooting.

Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Toronto. Sectors impacted by U.S. tariffs won't be getting any break for the holidays. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, tariffs could be around until summer, that after the White House revealed its wish list for the future of North American free trade. Olivia Stefanovic has more. We've been clear about our approach to supply management. We continue to stand by that.

Prime Minister Mark Carney holding his ground amid new White House demands to renew the Canada-U-S.-Mexico agreement known as Kuzma. U.S. trade representative Jameson Greer issued a series of Kuzma conditions on Canada. including better market access for American dairy products and addressing provincial bans on U.S. alcohol. Let me ask you what you understand Donald Trump's position on Kusma to be right now. In a year-end interview, Carney told CBC's chief political correspondent Rosemary Barden, Trump hasn't threatened ending the trilateral deal.

How point did he say the deal is dead? I'm ripping it up. What indications did you get? He did not say any of those things. But Carney did say there's an expectation that Mexico. and Canada will have to make adjustments. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Ottawa. Another point of Kuzma contention, Alberta's treatment of Montana power producers. Carlo Dade is Director of International Policy at the University of Calgary.

He says Montana access to the Alberta power grid has been a point of contention for several years. So it's not just the Americans yelling, but I've had folks in Alberta who do trade with the U.S. worry about it from a competitiveness standpoint for their business. businesses. It's also an issue with the Americans that they're expecting it to see it rise up during the trade negotiations. Both Alberta's electric system operator and utilities minister issued statements Thursday saying it does not treat imports from Montana any different than those from Canadian jurisdictions. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.

Thank you.