The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: December 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 07:00 EST

Hi, Steve Patterson here, host of The Debaters, the show where we answer your most burning questions, like, do candles deserve more appreciation? Canada's best comedians wax on about it in this week's new episode, so listen wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Claude Fagg. The Trump administration is retaliating for last week's deadly ISIS attack in Syria. The U.S. military says it hit dozens of... ISIS sites across the country. Julia Chapman has more from London. The U.S., aided by Jordan, targeted ISIS sites across Syria with more than 100 munitions. Operation Hawkeye Strike involved fighter jets, helicopters, and artillery to take out weapons

storage and other infrastructure thought to be used by the group. Three U.S. citizens, two soldiers and an interpreter, were killed last weekend in Palmyra. No one has claimed responsibility, but in 10,000. Intelligence suggests ISIS was behind the attack. President Donald Trump says the strike was ordered to prevent the jihadists from regrouping. We hit every side flawlessly and we are restoring peace through strength. We're all over the world. More than a thousand U.S. troops remain in Syria, tasked with fighting ISIS.

Trump says the action was carried out with the full support of the Syrian government. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth says this is not the start of a new war, but he vowed to continue killing America. America's enemies. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. On Bondi Beach in Australia, a thousand surf lifesavers stood in silent vigil this morning. Sunday marks one week since the shootings that killed at least 15 people at a seaside celebration for Hanukkah. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is calling it the country's darkest week in recent history, had this to say. The terrorist atrocity committed against innocent people, celebrating Hanukkah last week

at Bondi Beach, targeting our cherished Jewish-Australian community has left our nation grieving and angry. The nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow. Alba-Badaisi, calling it Australia's Jewish community completely unbreakable. Prime Minister Mark Carney is laying out publicly what he sees as red lines, dealing with China. Those comments coming as his government wades into a new relationship with the economic giant. Catherine Tunney reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney has referred to China as Canada's biggest security threat. He's also made clear he sees potential in renewing ties with the economic power. And then the question is how deep is the relationship and how clear are the guardrails around

that relationship? In a year interview with CBC's Rosemary Barton Live, he was asked if he sees risks further aligning the country economically with Beijing. And there are areas, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, defense, where clearly the security threats are such that we would not have a deep relationship with China in those areas. Those proposed guardrails will be closely watched over the coming year as Carney looks to reset Canada's relationship with China. Ties between the two countries have been deeply strained. And earlier this year, the public inquiry investigating foreign interference called China a persistent and sophisticated threat. Canadian officials have been traveling to China for talks paving the way for a potential Carney visit next year.

Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. And you can watch more of the year-end interview with Prime Minister Mark Carney tomorrow on Rosemary Barton Live, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern on CBC News network and wherever you stream CBC News. And a story from the jealous X department. Actor and right-wing podcaster Russell Brand is getting all. Snitty about who his former wife, singer Katie Perry, is currently dating. Look, I was okay with Orlando Bloom. But Justin Trudeau! Come on, man!

Don't put me in Calgary with that guy! That globalist stooge! Brand addressing the conservative turning point convention this week in Phoenix, and Perry's parents were in the audience for the Outer. burst. No word so far on how they or Perry or Trudeau reacted. Brand is currently facing sexual assault charges in England. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Figg.