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

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 00:00 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, at least 16 are no longer public. One of them was a photograph showing U.S. President Donald Trump. The Justice Department isn't explaining why, just saying on social media, it is continuing to review and redact with an abundance of caution. As Chris Reyes reports, what has been released isn't satisfying victims or

lawmakers. 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 representative Jim Clyburn, backs Kana. But I'm not surprised that we have all of this delay and obfuscation. This is what you're going 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. nation will pause and reflect on one of its 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 a crowd. a Saudi national is on trial for that attack during the memorial Chancellor Friedrich Mertz called for peaceful coexistence, calling Germany a country that stands shoulder to shoulder when violence erupts. New Brunswick is going to spend $10 million in an effort to make home care more affordable for seniors and people with disabilities. The province will increase the income threshold for accessing home care by 10% starting New Year's Day. It's the first time in 30 years that New Brunswick has increased the income threshold.

Gold. Blue Origin has made history with the first space flight by a wheelchair user. That applause as space passenger Mishi Benthouse emerges from a capsule shortly after it lands in the Texas Texer. She's one of six passengers taken by a Blue Origin rocket on a brief journey into space. Benthouse is a German engineer with the European Space Agency. She's been in a wheelchair since a mountain biking crash seven years ago and has become an advocate for accessible. space travel. I think you should never give up on your dreams, right? But I mean, there's also sometimes just a low probability that it comes true. And it was the coolest experience ever, honestly. The crew experienced just a few minutes of weightlessness in space. That is the world

this hour. For news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.