The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: December 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 09:00 EST

Quincy Cross is in prison for the murder of Jessica Curran. But the story of what happened that night keeps changing. Quincy's attorney did try to flag that. I mean, these attorneys, for the five of them, were really trying to flag. There's something really wrong here. This week on Crime Story, could Quincy Cross be innocent? Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour.

I'm Claude Faye. 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 fire. 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 intelligence suggests ISIS was behind the attack. President Donald Trump says the strike was ordered to prevent the jihadists from regrouping. We hit every sight flawlessly and we are restoring peace through strength. We're all over the world. 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's enemies.

Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. A nearly day-old standoff between police and a person in well in Ontario has ended with the arrest of a male suspect. Niagara Regional Police confirmed this morning that the suspect was taken into custody at about 7.30 a.m. Eastern time. The standoff began yesterday with a bylaw dispute about a fence blocking traffic sight lines. Shots were fired and a female officer injured. She was treated and released from hospital. A shelter in place order for the area has also been lifted. On Bondi Beach in Australia, a thousandth 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 is calling it the country's darkest week in recent history. The terrorist atrocity committed against innocent people celebrating Hanukkah last week of Bondi Beach. Targeting our cherished Jewish-Australian community has left our nation grieving and angry. the nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow. Power is slowly being restored to customers in parts of Nova Scotia following a windstorm overnight. Nova Scotia Power says at its peak, over 185,000 customers were left in the dark from the winds that reached more than 110 kilometers an hour in parts of the province and over 120 kilometers an hour in parts of Cape Breton. The winds brought down trees and branches into power lines leading the broken poles.

The utility company says about half of the customers have now had their power restored. People connected to the lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia say this season is one of the most challenging and recent memory. They went in knowing they were already going to have to contend with 25% tariffs from China on Canadian seafood exports. Michael Gorman reports. If lobster were a wine, this would be an unspectacular advantage. Lobster exporter Stuart Lamont says the quality coming from southwest Nova Scotia so far has been disappointing. He says it's forcing his staff to comb through product more thoroughly than usual in search of the best quality that can survive being shipped around the world. Veteran lobster captain Tommy Amiro says it's not the worst he's ever seen, but when combined with Chinese tariffs, a weak U.S. market, increased operating costs and a wharf price that makes it difficult to cover bills, some people are getting worried.

We've dealt with, you know, some different issues, but right now we're trying to weather four storms at once. Amiro says if the tariffs cannot come off, Ottawa should provide support the way it has for auto workers and farmers. Akkadianapolis MP Chris Dantramont agrees. I think we need to be able to look at that as a whole system rather than just one group over another. Nova Scotia produces more than $500 million worth of lobster a year. Michael Gorman, CBC News, Halifax. And that is your world this hour. ABC News. I'm Claude Fagg.