The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 21:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. bro.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. A day after some of the Epstein files were released, they've land it with a thud. The U.S. Department of Justice was under orders from Congress to release all of them by midnight Friday, but thousands of documents have been kept closed, and those that have been released are heavily redacted.

Chris Reyes has more. It is disappointing. A day after the partial release of the Epstein. files and few people say they have the answers they were looking for. Many mostly blacked-out documents prompting more questions from Democratic Representative Rokana, a demand for an explanation. What we need is a clear timeline of when the rest of the documents will be released. Kana says he's now considering impeachment proceedings against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over the heavy redactions and partial release of the files. Another Democrat, South Carolina,

Jim Clyburn backs Kana. But I'm not surprised that we have all of this delay and obfuscation. This is what you're going to get from this White House. The DOJ has argued redactions are meant to protect victims, but some say it's the alleged perpetrators that are being protected, like a massage client list with hundreds of names blacked out. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. Australia is sharing its grief to remember its worst mass shooting in three decades.

It's now Sunday there on an official day of morning and people are laying flowers on Bondi Beach. Phil Mercer now with more from Sydney. A day of reflection comes at the end of the Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah. Flags are flying at half-mast on government buildings. It's been a week Australia will never forget. Funerals for the victims of the Bondi shootings have been held. The nation's political leaders are promising to make Australia safer,

with urgent reforms to firearms laws and measures to combat radicalisation. Fifteen people were murdered here. Thirteen others wounded in the shooting remain in hospital. One gunman was shot dead by the police. The other alleged attacker faces multiple charges, including murder and terrorism. At 6.47pm local time on Sunday, a minute's silence will be held. A nation will pause and reflect on one of its dying. darkest days. Phil Mercer for CBC News at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

In Germany, Saturday marked one year since the deadly car ramming attack at a Christmas market. Those bells tolling at a candlelight vigil held at a church near the market. Six people were killed, more than 300 others injured when a rented SUV drove through the crowd. A Saudi national is on trial for that attack. During the memorial, Chancellor Friedrich Mertz called for a peaceful coexistence, calling Germany a country that stands shoulder to shoulder when violence erupts. After 33 years behind bars, Danielle Jolivay has been released on bail. His conviction on four counts of murder is now under examination by a federal panel as a possible

miscarriage of justice, as Quabina Aduro tells us. Joe Lovett couldn't contain his emotions when he walked out of court. I'll rest. I need to see a doctor. A judge has granted bail to Daniel Jolivé, bringing tears to his eyes. I felt that all the fight that I had to go through, you know, and all the time that I had spent in jail, it all came to me. It's a decision that comes after the provincial Crown Prosecutor's Office had another look at evidence presented during his murder trial. It found reasonable grounds to believe there had been a miscarriage of justice.

Jolivir was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in November 1992. Joliveir has maintained his innocence the entire time. His lawyer, Nicholas Saint-Jacques, says... He will be able to breed outside. We'll be able to have a real life. Jolivé, his lawyer and family, are confident that he will be cleared for good. The case is in the hands of the federal justice minister,

who will decide whether there will be an appeal or retrial, a process which could take up to five years. Kubino Duro, CBC News, Montreal. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.