The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 02:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. It's been a day of reflection in Australia over last weekend's terror attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach. Thousands of flowers have been laid out, a memorial for the 15 people killed and dozens wounded in the shooting on the first night of Hanukkah. Carolyn O'Hare is with victims of terror, Australia. She estimates that for each victim, as many as 100 other people, family, friends, colleagues, are also directly touched by their trauma.

We don't become victims of terrorism because of who we are, but because of what we represent, our community and our way of life. We see our own vulnerability here today through the vulnerability of others. and terrorism is the only crime that unites us all and for which we are all in some measure victims. Flags across the country are at half-mast, and Australians are being asked to light a candle as a quiet act of remembrance.

There will be a moment of silence later this hour. Armed police are patrolling the scene at Bondi Beach. One man with the Palestinian Kaffa was escorted away, angry mourners yelling, he wasn't welcome. Now to a developing story in South Africa, police have revised the number of dead in a mass shooting in Becker's doll 40 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. They now say it is at least nine.

Ten other people are wounded. It happened overnight in a tavern when several suspects pulled out of two vehicles. Here's what local police commissioner Fred Kekana told South Africa's public broadcaster. Ten males alighted, nine of them with pistols, one of them with AK-47 rifle. entered the tavern and randomly shot at the patrons unprovoked. What's not clear yet is why they did it. The city of St. John New Brunswick has agreed to pay more than $16 million to victims of the late Kenneth Estabrooks. He was a police officer from 1953 to 75 and witnesses said he used his power to intimidate and molest children. Rachel Cave reports.

This is the first time all parties have agreed to a total amount. to be paid in the class action. And if approved, Esther Brooks' victims will be able to make a claim for compensation that will depend on what they endured. Halifax lawyer John McHiggan represents the plaintiffs. The claims process that will be in place now

will not require survivors to testify in court. There won't be the need for them to re-ash other than that they went through. Bekegan says as many as 100 victims or more may still be alive. That includes lead plaintiff Bobby Hayes, now age 66. I can't thank them enough John McKiggan and his team, you know, for hanging on and stick him with us. The next hearing on this matter is set for March. That's when the court will decide whether to approve the settlement and what to set aside for legal fees.

Rachel Caves, CBC News, St. John. The American Heart Association is revising its guidelines for responding to choking incidents and the new recommendations are guided in part by research out of the University of Calgary. Dave Gilson explains. For the first time since 2010, AHA guidelines now recommend starting with backblows rather than traditional abdominal thrusts or the Heimlich maneuver for a severe foreign body airway obstruction. The university says that change was partly driven by a study led by Dr. Cody Dunn, a Calgary emergency medicine physician.

I hope the methods that we use are able to get other researchers to start studying this. This is an understudied area. If we can get more data in this field, that's even going to have a longer-term impact. So excited to see where this goes. The 2024 study examined outcomes among 710 young and old Albertans treated for choking. They found backblows were associated with improved relief of airway obstruction and fewer injuries when compared with abdominal thrusts. Because the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is linked to AHA guidance,

the university says the change will influence first aid training and public response recommendations across North America. Dave Dillson, CBC News, Calgary. That is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.