The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: December 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 11:00 EST

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Follow us on Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts to find out. 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 had dozens of ISIS sites. 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 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. 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's enemies. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Police in well in Ontario have taken a man into custody following a standoff that lasted nearly a day. The suspect identified as 59-year-old Daniel Tronko. had barricaded himself inside his home after exchanging gunfire with police yesterday over a bylaw infraction. Constable Richard Hingley with Niagara Regional Police says they continued to negotiate with Tronco through the night for a peaceful ending, but there were some tense moments. We sent remote cameras into the building, into the residence.

Every time that we did that, the suspect met those cameras with gunfire. just demonstrating a blatant disregard for public safety and the safety of officers. Those operations continue throughout the night. And approximately 25 after 7 this morning, our tactical team, our tactical unit took the suspect into custody. Hingley says an interaction between police and Tronko led to him suffering injuries. He was taking the hospital and now faces attempted murder charges. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has taken over. the case. Power is slowly being restored to customers in parts of Nova Scotia following a windstorm

overnight. Nova Scotia Power said 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 120 kilometers an hour in parts of Cape Breton. The winds brought down trees and branches into power lines leading to broken poles. The utility company says about half of the customers have 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 that 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.

Akity, Annapolis, 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. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag. Thank you.